USB scanner

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 12:55:50PM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a good, but inexpensive, flatbed scanner. It doesn't
> really need to do much more than 300DPI, but it *must* work under Linux. I
> already have more printers than I could possibly shake a stick at (four to
> be precise). Ideally the scanner would be slim enough that I could put it
> away on the shelf with my binders when it's not in use. I know that this
> is an easy reality for Windows scanners, but I don't know much about
> hardware that's Linux friendly.
> 
> Any recommendations on where to buy and what models I should be looking
> at? (Note: I refuse to buy from OTA, so don't bother suggesting them.) I
> live in Parkdale, so I'd prefer something downtown ish.

Check the SANE scanner support list.  You almost can't buy an epson
scanner that won't work with linux, although they are certainly not as
slim as some of the canon's.

Lennart Sorensen
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