Scanners.

[Thomas K Gamble]

On 11/04/2013 02:01 PM, Doug wrote:
> On 11/04/2013 02:33 PM, Knapp wrote:
>> I am looking for a good scanner. One that works without havinvg to fight
>> against linux problems. Do you konw of any? Thanks!
>> PS Price about 50-80 euros and I am in Germany.
>>
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> Look for an Epson scanner. They are of high quality with very good
> reproduction of the original, They connect by USB, and XSane works
> fine with them. Also, the all-in-one printers from Epson--I have a
> WP4530 that does very good scans. Probably my stand-alone Epson scanner,
> model V300 PHOTO is obsolete, but it does an excellent job
> also. If the scanner needs a driver, Epson has Linux drivers for
> all their current equipment, but I don't know if you will need a
> scanner driver--XSane seems to just work.
>
> --doug
>

I second the suggestion for the Epson WP4530.  I works well with xsane 
and the price is right.  Even has a document feeder.

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Thomas K. Gamble
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