garywk
join:2001-03-06
Clarkston, WA
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Re: Any such thing as out of box/easy found driver Linux Scanner
said by Hayward  :said by garywk :Are you stuck on a standalone scanner? I've had really good luck with just about all the all-in-one OfficeJets from HP. HP is pretty much Linux-friendly in this area. They even officially support Debian on some of their servers. No not paerticularly, but I have a perfectly good Linux compat Dell COLOR LASER printer, and Fax machine.... just need a SCANNER.... AND AGAIN JUST AS SOON NOT EVERYTHING DOES'T ALL CRAP OUT AT ONCE, as all in ones tend to do when they go bad.. That's fine. No need to YELL about it. All I did was ask a question.
I went all-in-one for lack of desk space. I just brought up the all-in-ones from HP because there is good Linux support for them.
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Maccawolf
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join:2001-02-20
Hillsdale, NJ
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Actually, I AM stuck on a stand alone. Not for the reason that everything craps out at once, but because if one part of it fails, you need to replace the whole unit.
Also as Hayward mentioned before, it's a quality issue.
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Hayward
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Key West, FL
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said by garywk :Are you stuck on a standalone scanner? I've had really good luck with just about all the all-in-one OfficeJets from HP. HP is pretty much Linux-friendly in this area. They even officially support Debian on some of their servers. No not paerticularly, but I have a perfectly good Linux compat Dell COLOR LASER printer, and Fax machine.... just need a SCANNER.... AND AGAIN JUST AS SOON NOT EVERYTHING DOES'T ALL CRAP OUT AT ONCE, as all in ones tend to do when they go bad..
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garywk
join:2001-03-06
Clarkston, WA
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said by Maccawolf :SOMETHING by Canon is supported in Linux? I must be dreaming! LOL. Yeah, I haven't personally run across anything yet by Canon that does support Linux. |
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Maccawolf
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join:2001-02-20
Hillsdale, NJ | reply to No_Strings
SOMETHING by Canon is supported in Linux? I must be dreaming!
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garywk
join:2001-03-06
Clarkston, WA | reply to Hayward
Are you stuck on a standalone scanner? I've had really good luck with just about all the all-in-one OfficeJets from HP. HP is pretty much Linux-friendly in this area. They even officially support Debian on some of their servers. |
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firephoto
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I pretty confident in saying that any epson model that has the feature you want is going to work. In the past the only issues I ever ran into was the system throwing a fit because it didn't have the exact device usb id in it's list so it wouldn't allow the device 'user' access. Thank kernel people that protect you from evil usb devices for that one.  |
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No_Strings
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join:2001-11-22
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I was responding to his quote of a user review in his research of the Canon I suggested. He should not have to recompile anything to get the scanner I suggested working.
If you started logging back in, you wouldn't need to be so defensive about posting anonymously. |
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happylurk
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On behalf of Anonymous Internet Boneheads Everywhere I'd just like to thank you with a huge THHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHPPPPPPPPPPTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!! 
BTW, what was going thru your parents' minds when they Christened you No_Strings? |
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No_Strings
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Who are you going to believe, Hayward - some anonymous bonehead posting on the Internet or me?
Wait. Don't answer that.
The Canon and the one I had before it (a LiDE 10, I think) were essentially ready for use by plugging them in. I did have to set up a udev rule to keep from having to run XSane as root under Slackware.
No suggestions on transparency work. |
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Hayward
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1 edit | reply to No_Strings
OK there is a check mark but would like something with basic transparancy capability too....
And this isn't exactly encouraging for ease of use
quote:
Works fine in Linux, but only with the very latest plustek backend. You might have to recompile the sane-backends to get it working.
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Hayward
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1 edit | reply to No_Strings
OOPS DP NM |
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No_Strings
Premium,Mod
join:2001-11-22
The OC | reply to Hayward
Canon LiDE 25
Cheap, functional, supported by SANE drivers.
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···38111121 |
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happylurk
@look.ca | reply to happylurk
Whoops! that's the 4990 not the 4490 that's completely supported...
Anyway, cross reference the two pages and you're sure to find something that works for ya.  |
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happylurk
@look.ca
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Well here's the place to start looking...
»www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-EPSON
Of those models I personally own an Epson Perfection 1260 but I wouldn't hold my breath trying to find that particular model these days. Most likely discontinued...
Corss-referencing here »www.pricewatch.com/brands/scanne···on-1.htm the Perfection 4490 is listed as both available and completely supported...
My advice would be to snap one up before they're completely discontinued... |
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Hayward
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4 edits | reply to happylurk
said by happylurk
Epson scanners generally offer the choices of open source and proprietary drivers...
OK I'll admit it.... Keys laid back (You ever want to know about the Keys come to the SE forum... I'll save you lots of time & BS) any particular model(s) suggestions in mind?
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happylurk
@look.ca | reply to Hayward
For Linux support I've had great luck with Samsung Printers and Epson scanners...
Epson scanners generally offer the choices of open source and proprietary drivers... |
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Hayward
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4 edits | reply to RX9735
Well again the postscript capable DELL Printer even the generic Color Laser Driver works quite well, again even some options that never did under WIN.... only thing really missing is the toner GAS GUAGE..
Issue at the moment is scanner.
I HATE all in one solutions (print/scan/fax).... FUP's loose everything. (As well as spec usually big compromise)
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RX9735
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I believe the driver was on the CD however I went to Brothers web site and search for "linux" and they had updated drivers so I used those. Go look around their site and pick out a printer and search for the driver. Here is their Linux page:
»solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/ |
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Hayward
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Did you have to search for that or supplied?
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