[TriLUG] Scanner recommendations

[Dave Schwartzburg]

Assuming you still have a box with an ISA slot...


Jason Tower wrote:

>hard to beat this for cheap...
>http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=1200LS-WB
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>On Tuesday 26 November 2002 20:20, Ed Hill wrote:
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>>On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 18:38, Mike Mueller wrote:
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>>>On Tuesday 26 November 2002 12:32, Michael Thompson wrote:
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>>>>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.
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>>>Read this:
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>>>http://www.mostang.com/sane/index.html
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>>>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.
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>>Hi Mike,
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>>I recently picked up the following:
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>>  1) Adaptec 1460D PCMCIA SCSI card ($40 w/shipping from eBay)
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>>  2) Mustek 600-II-CD SCSI scanner ($30 from a friend locally)
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>>and the combo is quite nice.  You can see some results on my two most
>>recent photo albums which are linked from:
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>>  http://www.eh3.com/
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>>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.
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>>Good luck in your search for a suitable scanner!
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>>Ed
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