Re: Scanner that works well with linux?

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A Watcher <stocksami@earthlink.net> writes:

> A Watcher wrote:
>> I've tried several scanners with linux and have never found a
>> software/hardware that works easily and well.  I have used xsane and
>> it has so many options that it's virtually unusable, at least for
>> me.  I have no idea what all of those terms mean.
>>
>> I would like to scan a large number of old photos.  Does anyone have
>> any idea on how I can do this.  Right now I have a Cannon flat bed
>> scanner and a Lexmark Pinnacle Pro901 multifunction machine.
>>
>> I would like to avoid using MS Windows if possible.  I rarely use it.
>
> Thanks for all of the replies.  I guess I wasn't very specific in
> describing my problems.  Yes, I can get usable scanned images, but I
> spend a lot of time with xsane settings and then fiddling with GIMP to
> get files of a reasonable size that I can take to the store and have
> printed.
>
> My elderly mother recently passed away and I ended up with a large
> number of old photos and printed documents that I would like to scan
> and print and or email to family members.  In order to get this done
> in a reasonable length of time I need to do it a lot faster than it
> has taken me in the past.

Take a look at what I just posted.  (scanimage).

A command line tool will be the quickest way to go.
(It even has a "batch" option.)

If you need help with the parameters someone here will probably help.

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Scanner that works well with linux? A Watcher <stocksami@earthlink.net> - 2011-04-30 08:36 -0700
  Re: Scanner that works well with linux? Douglas Mayne <none@invalid.com> - 2011-04-30 16:36 +0000
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  Re: Scanner that works well with linux? notbob <notbob@notbob.invalid> - 2011-04-30 16:47 +0000
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      Re: Scanner that works well with linux? unruh <unruh@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> - 2011-04-30 19:02 +0000
      Re: Scanner that works well with linux? despen@verizon.net - 2011-04-30 15:04 -0400
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