Ben Francom wrote: > On 9/15/06, *Carl Parrish* > 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 > > > > 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. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss