Which USB Scanners work?

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 11:31 -0400, FarSight Data Systems wrote:
> I'm looking to replace my old HP ScanJet 6300c scanner. It's giving me
> problems.
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> So, I've tried the Canon CanoScan 8800F and it doesn't work (and I've
> tried) with Linux and Canon doesn't support Linux (currently using
> Linux Mint 7 on desktop and lapton and Kubuntu 10.04 on netbook) might
> be upgrading to Kubuntu 10.04 all around.
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> So, what scanners work with the above distros? My parameters:
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> Company should support Linux (an exception can be made for a definite
> working flatbed scanner that's inexpensive)
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> Price at or under $150
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> USB 2.0 
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> Can scan at minimum of 600 DPI (higher would be better)
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> Can anyone help me with choosing a scanner with the above parameters?

Just about any of the HP All-in-One printers with a built in scanner
seems to work just fine. I love mine. I just hate how expensive it is to
use one as a printer. They are cheap though. I just keep mine full of
ink so that it will work as a scanner. Ric


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