Linux Scanners

[Max Blanco]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 03:55:31PM -0500, John Moniz wrote:
> > I'm intending on treating myself to a scanner soon, but one that is good 
> > for photo/film/slide scanning. I'd like to pick a brand that is very 
> > Linux friendly, not just a model that is on the USB list. Which company 
> > would be good to support? Is Epson as good with scanners as it is with 
> > printers? I had a look at an Epson Perfection 1670 Photo scanner that 
> > might fit my requirements, although it looks almost too inexpensive. Is 
> > Canon still a PITA?  Any scanner suggestions would be welcome?
> 
> I haven't read or heard anything about brands other than Epson ever just
> working.  Epson has the advantage that they make their own scanners and
> hence can use the same command set in all of them, which they document
> and let developers get at.  I think all other scanner companies mostly
> just rebrand scanners form a few makers.  One place on the Sane site I
> saw the comment that if it is Epson, it will work, if not now, within
> a few weeks or months.

I explored the HPScanJet language with the scsi interface and some low
level driver code a while ago for my HPScanJet II.  It was a breeze to
use, and you could ask the scanner for commands it recognized.  Granted,
that's a 15 year old scanner.  Don't make /em lke they used to, I spose.


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