Which USB Scanners work?

[FarSight Data Systems]

On Tuesday 28 September 2010 12:53:16 pm Perry wrote:
> Le Tuesday 28 September 2010 17.31:31 FarSight Data Systems, vous avez
> écrit
>
> (you wrote) :
> > I'm looking to replace my old HP ScanJet 6300c scanner.  It's giving me
> > problems.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > So, what scanners work with the above distros?  My parameters:
> >
> > Company should support Linux (an exception can be made for a definite
> >  working flatbed scanner that's inexpensive)
> >
> > Price at or under $150
> >
> > USB 2.0
> >
> > Can scan at minimum of 600 DPI (higher would be better)
> >
> > Can anyone help me with choosing a scanner with the above parameters?
> >
> > Mark
>
> As I'm still with Jaunty I can't swear it will work with Mint 7 or Lucid,
> but I guess a Linux printer is a Linux printer.
> I'm using an *HP Photosmart C4280* with no problem except that the scanning
> button on the printer does not work and I must first open Xsan in order to
> scan.


I appreciate the advice, but I'm not looking for a printer, but a stand alone 
flatbed scanner.  I have 2 printers which work perfectly fine with all the 
versions of Linux I've used for the past 8 years.

Scanner, not printer and definitely not an all-in-one.

Mark
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