Low-end scanners with good Linux support

[Tyler Aviss]

I'll add to the "Canon LIDE" crowd.
I've got a "Canoscan LIDE 20"
Works great in linux. Conveniently sized. Comes with a little post to
have it oriented vertically if you want.
It's also USB-powered so there's no need to deal with messy wall-warts
or anything like that, I'm guessing that the LIDE-25 or other models
in that series are similarly featured.

I remember it was somewhat of a PITA to get working with debian due to
USB permission issues, but in Ubuntu it worked pretty much
out-of-the-box once I installed all the SANE stuff.




On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:38 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> | From: John McGregor <mr.mcgregor-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
>
> | I have a Canon Canoscan LiDE 25 that works great with Mepis 7.0 and
> | Mandriva 2008. It's currently available at Staples for $49.96.
>
>  http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?webid=618438&AffixedCode=WW
>
> Interesting.  pricegrabber.ca doesn't find that price.  Looks like a good
> choice.
>
> Staples is not listing Vista as a supported OS for this scanner.
> That might be a mistake or it might be the reason it is being sold
> off.  In any case, it suggests that the model might be oldish.
>
> I've not looked for scanners recently.  Looking now, it seems as if
> the prices have moved up.  Maybe this is because multifunction devices
> have taken over the low end.  I bought one for $20 that Linux
> supports (supposedly -- I haven't unpacked it yet).
>
> The LiDE series scanners are quite thin which seems like a good thing.
> The next one up at staples, at almost twice the price, has twice the
> optical resolution in each direction.
>  http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?CatIds=&webid=716136&affixedcode=WW
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