Scanner Recommendations

[Carl Parrish]

Ben Francom wrote:
> On 9/15/06, *Carl Parrish* <lists at pcl-consulting.com
> <mailto:lists at pcl-consulting.com>> wrote:
>
>     I've gotten several HP all in one fax / printer / copier / scanner and
>     so far I've never been able to get the scanner to work with my linux
>     boxes. So now I'm just looking for a flat bed scanner doesn't need
>     to be
>     all that fast but has to be *very* clear. I think I'd prefer if it
>     was a
>     USB scanner. Other than that I don't have much of a feature list. It
>     would be nice if it was under $200.00. I'm going to look on the
>     web but
>     thought I'd ask the collective first.
>
>  
>  
> I'm not sure what *very* clear is, but I've had good luck with my
> Canon LiDE 25 from newegg for $43.  I use it mainly for scanning in
> lineart from drawings and vectorizing them in inkscape.  Ubuntu is
> what it runs on, and it powers off the USB, so there isn't a power
> cord getting in the way.
> I looked at the SANE supported devices list before I got it too.  Here
> is the link if you need:
> http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html
> <http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html>
>
>  
>
Thanks Ben I just saw the LiDE 25 on the sane-supported list and at
amazon. I think that's what I'm going to go with.