Good Scanners

Nathan England plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:53:41 -0700


But I want one for my laptop!!! lol
SCSI would be okay I guess..
So now I need to find a scsi scanner, I have a 2930 siig scsi card.

thanks Alan


On Tuesday 21 January 2003 11:09 am, Alan Dayley wrote:
> I second Lee's vote for a SCSI scanner.  I have an older Artec SCSI scanner
> hanging off an Adaptec 2930.  It simply just works with Linux.
>
> Alan
>
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Lee Einer <appealsman@cox.net>
> Sent: 01/21/03 07:13 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Good Scanners
>
> > Hi, Nathan-
>
> When I switched to Linux, I had a HP parallel port scanner, and ended up
> giving it away as I found the configuration issues way too daunting. I
> bought a SCSI Epson 636 Perfection, used, for less than $100, and I am
> very happy with it. It is much faster than my old parallel port scanner,
> which I think is due to the SCSI connection, and it auto-detected and
> installed just fine with Mandrake 8.2. I can scan directly into Kword.
> Can't scan into StarOffice, but I think that is a bug in Staroffice, not
> a limitation of the scanner. It also works great with Kooka, Xsane and
> The GIMP.
>
> The Epson came with it's own bargain-basement SCSI card, and
> installation was a snap. Unless you are short on PCI slots on your
> motherboard, I would highly recommend a SCSI scanner.
>
> Lee Einer
>
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