Scanning paper to computer file(s)

[James McIntosh]

At 11:09 AM 2005/03/24 -0500, Lennart Sorensen
<lorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>  wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 07:34:44AM -0500, James Knott wrote:
>> Why not get a scanner and do it yourself?  All the required software is 
>> available in Linux.
>
>If you buy a scanner supported fully by sane.  Many are not.  I used to
>have great luck with Epson scanners, but unfortunately they have
>switched to using the snapscan chips instead of their own, so driver
>development has become a lot slower, although still happening.  Epson
>was great at releasing programing specs for their own designs.  It seems
>to be much slower when the specs are someone elses.
>
>Lennart Sorensen


It is not feasible for me to connect a scanner to my computer.


Jim McIntosh   416-292-8126   <jemcinto-cpI+UMyWUv+w5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org>


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