Re: [Sheflug] Document scanners for Gentoo?

[Graham Allott <graham.allott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 07 March 2007 12:00, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a decent document scanner that will just work with
> Gentoo Linux? I have a middle-aged Epson Perfection 640U, which I cannot
> get working with Gentoo; I'm considering chucking it out.
>
> I've sought help on the Gentoo-AMD64 e-mail list, but although willing,
> no-one there can offer much help.
>
> Thanks in advance...
Peter,

We use a Canon Lide 20 (plustek backend) and a Mustek 1200 UB (gt68xx backend) 
which work fine - but your Epson Perfection ought to work according to 
http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl

We've had to return scanners before as the manufacturers sometimes change the 
chipsets without altering the model number - if yours isn't  the 0x04b8 
0x010c chipset it probably won't work.

We did have some HP All-In-Ones, which scanned fine, but the printer drivers 
wrecked the heads fairly quickly, then they refused to scan.

HTH


Graham

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