[TriLUG] Scanner recommendations

[Ken Mink]

I'm going along with Ed on this one. I use the same scanner, only mine
is connected to an Adaptec 2940. While there are better scanners
available, the Mustek produces good quality images. Plus, getting it to
work with Linux and the Gimp was incredibly painless.

Ken

On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 20:20, Ed Hill wrote:
> 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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