[TriLUG] Scanner recommendations

[Ed Hill]

On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 18:38, Mike Mueller wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 November 2002 12:32, Michael Thompson wrote:
> > What brand/model scanner would be my best bet for Linux compatibility?
> > I have checked the sane web site and have selected a few models from
> > their list but was wondering if anyone on the list has any comments or
> > suggestions?  I don't do very much scanning, so I hope to find something
> > cheap.
> 
> Read this:
> 
> http://www.mostang.com/sane/index.html
> 
> I am shopping for a scanner and a dig cam.  The USB links push Epson.  THey 
> are expensive and kind of lagging in density compared with other brands.
> 


Hi Mike,

I recently picked up the following:

  1) Adaptec 1460D PCMCIA SCSI card ($40 w/shipping from eBay)

  2) Mustek 600-II-CD SCSI scanner ($30 from a friend locally)

and the combo is quite nice.  You can see some results on my two most
recent photo albums which are linked from:

  http://www.eh3.com/

I'm only mentioning this to say that there are used SCSI scanners out
there that are quite cheap, will work nicely with SANE on Linux, and
produce good image quality on a range of media (prints and negatives). 
While the Mustek unit isn't perfect (need to adjust gamma values for my
negatives), I'm very pleased with the results of this $70 spending
spree.

Good luck in your search for a suitable scanner!

Ed


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