Which USB Scanners work?

[Basil Chupin]

On 29/09/2010 21:14, Gil Gibbons wrote:
> On 09/28/2010 03:24 PM, Brian Wootton wrote:
>    
>> On 28/09/10 17:48, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> I appreciate the answer. I should have mentioned I looked up the SANE
>>> website before I bought the scanner, figuring I wouldn't have a
>>> problem with it, under the versions I've been using.
>>>
>>>
>>> What I'm asking for is what are those on this list using, what
>>> problems, if any, did they have, etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>   From these answers I will determine the unit I will get.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> I would not look at other than HP because of HPLIP, I find that application
>> invaluable, they do support linux fairly completely.
>> I have an HP C7180 all-in-one(will connect USB, wifi, ethernet, parallel)
>> and an F2280 all-in-one(USB only) The only trouble I've had with them is
>> when upgrading Kubuntu, when both the Printer and Xsane drivers
>> from the repos have been out of date, and I have had to get onto the HP
>> site to get the latest.
>> To be fair, I've just now installed Kubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-amd64 and
>> both printing and scanning worked 'out of the box'. The only mutter-
>> mutter I've got is that they seem to be a little expensive on ink.
>> brian
>>
>>
>>      
> Brother all-in one printer scanners fax. Brother has Linux drivers
> http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_scn.html
>    

Horses for courses, of course.

A close friend of mine wanted to buy a scanner and a printer which would 
do photos [he became a grandfather for the second time recently and, 
naturally, photos are "the in-thing"].

I told him my opinion what he ought to have. He (as is his nature) 
checked this out and wondered if he would be better off - and at a 
lesser price - to have one of these "all-in-one" wonders: scanner, 
printer, fax machine, latte maker, toe nail cutter......

I asked him: Do you want something which does everything poorly or do 
you want something which does every job perfectly?

As he uses Windows, I suggested (and bought for him) a Canon scanner 
(CanoScan 5600F) and a Canon Pixma printer which does A3 photo prints.

The cost was not under $200 of course but now he cannot stop scanning 
photos of his grandchildren but also all his old photos and printing 
them out in perfect resolution and colour on the Canon printer (Pixma 
IX5000).

As me late pappy used to say, "I am not that rich to buy cheap goods ©".

BC

-- 
I am not that rich to buy cheap goods.
             Leonid Chupin ©