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Re: Scanner recommendations?

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On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:53:45 +0100, André Gillibert wrote:

> Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> wrote:
>> My long-serving Epson Perfection 1650 has died on me so I need a
>> replacement. I'm thinking of the Canonscan Lide 110 which is now
>> supported for linux.
> 
> It looks like it's supported by GPL code in the genesys GL847 backend in
> the stable release of SANE. So, it should work well, most probably.
> 
>> The only other possibility seems to be a combined printer and scanner,
>> but I don't need the printer and want something that doesn't take up
>> too much room. Any advice please?
>> 
>> 
> Beware, combined scanner/printers are usually not well supported by
> Linux. e.g. HP LaserJet 100 color MFP M175nw scanner doesn't work
> properly even though HP claim to support Linux. If you don't need the
> printer or copy function, why would you buy that anyway?

HP OfficeJets work perfectly as do the lower end HP All in Ones. I'm using 
an OfficeJet with Fedora. For a stand alone scanner the Epson perfections 
work, however you have you to download a driver. My girlfriend just got 
the EPSON Perfection V30, it's running on a Fedora 14 system. I downloaded 
the RPM and it works fine.

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  Re: Scanner recommendations? André Gillibert <MetaEntropy.removeThis@gmail.com> - 2011-11-22 13:53 +0100
    Re: Scanner recommendations? General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-22 13:46 +0000
      Re: Scanner recommendations? General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-22 13:58 +0000
        Re: Scanner recommendations? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2011-11-22 14:02 +0000
          Re: Scanner recommendations? Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> - 2011-11-23 16:03 +0000
      Re: Scanner recommendations? André Gillibert <MetaEntropy.removeThis@gmail.com> - 2011-11-22 16:14 +0100
    Re: Scanner recommendations? Richard Kimber <richardkimber@btinternet.com> - 2011-11-22 08:49 -0600
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    Re: Scanner recommendations? Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> - 2011-11-23 13:19 +0000
      Re: Scanner recommendations? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2011-11-23 14:58 -0500
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  Re: Scanner recommendations? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2011-11-22 22:07 -0500
    Re: Scanner recommendations? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-11-22 21:33 -0700
    Re: Scanner recommendations? Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> - 2011-11-24 10:31 +0000
      Re: Scanner recommendations? General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-24 18:42 +0000
  Re: Scanner recommendations? Richard Corden <richard.corden@gmail.com> - 2011-11-27 12:21 +0100
    Re: Scanner recommendations? Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> - 2011-11-29 09:13 +0000
      Re: Scanner recommendations? Not Disclosed <not_disclosed@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-22 02:50 +0000
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        Re: Scanner recommendations? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2011-12-22 19:50 -0500
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