Scanners

[Darryl LeCount]

On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 10:31 +1300, Paul Thompson wrote:
> My HP2200 works perfectly in Edgy, just plug it in and off it goes.
> You cannot get them new any more but there are plenty on Ebay.
> 
> On 3/7/07, Darryl LeCount <darryl at jamyskis.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 10:10 -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> > > My old scanner bit the dust. Can anyone suggest a (low-end) scanner that's
> > > going to work well with Ubuntu / Kubuntu?
> > >
> > > tia
> > > ---Michael
> > >
> > > --
> > > Get Microsoft Vista. You don't think *YOU* own your computer, do you?
> > > http://www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog:20070124
> >
> > My Hewlett-Packard All-in-One PSC 1350 works brilliantly with Ubuntu -
> > detects it automatically (assuming it's switched during installation,
> > otherwise it's just a case of going to Printers and selecting New
> > Printer, where it will detect it automatically) and installs the printer
> > and scanner drivers easily enough. Print-out quality is top-notch and
> > scanner quality is pretty good too.
> >
> > Unfortunately I can't say if they're still available brand new, but
> > scanning around on Ebay quickly suggests you may be able to get a decent
> > one for 40-50 € (about $50-60). I think HP are now offering a more
> > recent model of the PSC (Printer-Scanner-Copier) series which I would
> > suggest is the same if not even better for around 80€ new.
> >
> > -- D
> >
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> > darryl at jamyskis.net
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As far as printers go, HP's support of Linux is excellent, probably
better than any other printer manufacturer. I would suspect that's why
the printers tend to work better than most other makes.

-- 
Darryl LeCount
www.jamyskis.net
darryl at jamyskis.net
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