[KLUG Hardware] Scanner for Linux

[Dennis]

Adam Williams wrote:
> 
> > thanks for the info.  Thinking of moving away from Redhat 9.
> > abt epson, had a bad experience with their printer.
> 
> Printer quality doesn't seem to bear any relation to OEM,  every model
> stands on its own.  I've had crap printers of every derivation.  Our
> purchasing department says that HP models have the least expensive per
> page supplies - pretty much across the board.  And given that supplies
> end up covering the cost of the printer pretty quickly....
> 
> > how are the scanners?
> 
> They've "just worked" for me.  Images look fine.  I moved to the Epson
> Perfection (USB) from an HP 4c (SCSI) mostly because of the size of the
> physical unit.  I think the Epson produces a somewhat crisper image, but
> most of what I scan is B&W documents for archival (CDs being smaller
> than file cabinets).  {But I'm red-green-color-blind}.  My wife who does
> a fair amount of work with photographs and "art" has never complained
> except that scanning at something like 1200dpi takes some time (that
> would be USB on a laptop vs. SCSI on a server more than the scanner
> device - I suspect).
> 

I have an Epson Perfection 1660 Photo scanner and it works flawlessly
in RH 7.3 through RH 9. I really like it. Works nicely with Xsane,
GIMP, other apps and Epson Iscan: 
http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/lsd_e.html

I use Xsane. The version of Iscan I tried (1.5.1-5) was a little
'iffy', it worked and may have improved since then. 
-- 
Dennis