Which USB Scanners work? ADDENDUM

[Basil Chupin]

On 29/09/2010 16:50, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 29/09/2010 13:47, FarSight Data Systems wrote:
>    
>> On Tuesday 28 September 2010 09:40:10 pm Basil Chupin wrote:
>>      
>>> On 29/09/2010 01:31, FarSight Data Systems wrote:
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>>>> 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
>>>>          
>>> Don't have to go further than the Epson V300 Photo.
>>>
>>> Have one myself.
>>>
>>> Works beautifully.
>>>
>>> You can either use it with the SANE driver but preferably use the Linux
>>> driver provided by Epson itself.
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/Product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&sku=B1
>>      
>>> 1B193081
>>>
>>> BC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sound that shatters silence is called noise. Sound that enhances
>>>        
>> silence is
>>      
>>> called music. Chinese proverb
>>>        
>>
>> The SANE supported Devices page says the Perfection V300 Photo is
>> unsupported. Is this wrong?
>>      
> Yes. I have the SANE driver installed. Fascinating....
>
> I go to Applications/Graphics and start XSane Image Scanner.....and I
> get XSane 0.996 Perfection V300 driver.
>
> The "native" app. in Ubuntu Simple Scan supports it.
>
> But you would be better off going to http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/
> to get the Linux driver for the V300 from Epson itself.
>
> The driver comes in 2 parts:
>
> esci-interpreter-gt-f720_0.0.1-2_i386.deb  and
>
> iscan_2.24.0-4.ltdl7_i386.deb
>
> Use nautilus to install these. BUT, you need to install one before you
> can install the other - and I cannot remember which one comes first! :-)
> . Don't worry, you will get an error message if you do it the wrong way
> 'round :-) .
>
> There is also
>
> ImageScan.pdf
>
> BC
>    
I just realised that this thread is in kubuntu and not ubuntu.

However, I do not see how there would be a difference in the drivers for 
V300 between ubuntu and kubuntu except perhaps that the driver may have 
the *.rpm extension and not *.deb and that you would use something else 
other than nautilus (?konqueror) to install the 2 parts.

BC

-- 
Sound that shatters silence is called noise. Sound that enhances silence is called music.
                                           Chinese proverb