Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Watts Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Scanner that works well with linux? Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:15:37 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Injection-Info: mx03.eternal-september.org; posting-host="6oIlEBqCjOm0MjsSUEk5CA"; logging-data="5372"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19TMXOEWsUCoXIdB8TF+h3stW4Eh0dvPrA=" User-Agent: KNode/4.4.10 Cancel-Lock: sha1:ayZidjf0z9gFF5/TbWyY3WSB+yg= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.misc:981 Douglas Mayne wrote: > On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:36:42 -0700, 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. >> > AFAIK, xsane is the way to go. It integrates with the gimp, and that > removes some of the complexity. I recommend trying it again with that > combination and seeing if the results meet your requirements. I don't > know what else to say, except that xsane is as complicated as it is for a > reason. I last wrote about integrating xsane/gimp on my blog here: > http://preview.tinyurl.com/3vxwqqk > > As far as hardware, I have a HP Photosmart c72xx series. It works very > well as a flatbed scanner, and even works via network connection. That > all-in-one model number is probably discontinued by now; HP is known for > going through hardware models like a hot knife through butters. Their new > business model based on selling proprietary ink cartridges is also > discouraging...c'est la vie > Similar experience with an HP C6180 all-in-one. Very nice networked scanner (why can't you get a netscanner that isn't part of a printer system???) but expensive ink. -- Tim Watts