[ale] Scanners

[Steven A. DuChene]

I have a HP Scanjet 3400c USB scanner that works very nicely
with the sane scanner software that is packaged with most
Linux distros. These are 1200dpi scanners that can be purchased
off of ebay all day long for $10 - $15 

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>
>Sent: Jan 24, 2006 7:47 AM
>To: ale at ale.org
>Subject: [ale] Scanners
>
>My old scanner has croaked.  It's a Mustek 600 III EP Plus.  Why you'd 
>care, I don't know. :)  It's one of the parallel printer models.  It 
>just isn't there any longer.  The software doesn't find it, Linux nor 
>Windows so I need to get a new scanner, however it looks like the Linux 
>drivers for scanners trail the market.  I can't find a current 
>production scanner that Linux supports.  
>
>Has anyone purchased a scanner recently that has a Linux driver 
>available?  I'd sure like to not have to use Windows, besides I suspect
>the new scanners won't have drivers for Win98SE, which is the only thing 
>I've got, if you don't count my laptop.  :)
>
>Thanks,
>Jim.
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