Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-23 Thread Chris Davies
Reid Priedhorsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for a decent USB flatbed scanner for use with my Lenny box -- > and I don't want to spend much, $20-30 on eBay would be ideal. I would use > it to scan photo prints and text documents. My Epson 2480 "Perfection" works nicely for me. It's go

Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-21 Thread wanderlust
Hello You may try to use Epson Perfection 1270 it works perfectly. There is a proprietary driver you have to use with it, and must pay attention whether USB suspend is not turned on into kernel (it caused me mad, because I couldn't understand why scanner is freezing after making preview). Sincerel

Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-21 Thread Neil Watson
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 10:35:01AM +0100, Lars Scheuer wrote: stay away from Canon LIDE 20. It will be recognised by SANE but as soon as you start scanning it won't work. I tried with several Linux distributions and had no luck so far. I have a LIDE 25 and it works. I bought one on recommendat

Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Reid Priedhorsky wrote: > Folks, > > I'm looking for a decent USB flatbed scanner for use with my Lenny box -- > and I don't want to spend much, $20-30 on eBay would be ideal. I would use > it to scan photo prints and text documents. > > Any suggesti

Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-21 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:35:01 +0100 "Lars Scheuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Lars, > stay away from Canon LIDE 20. It will be recognised by SANE but as Mine worked for more than a year, first with Mandriva and then Debian. Then, one day, it just stopped. I previously owned a Canon printer

Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-21 Thread Lars Scheuer
Hi, On Nov 21, 2007 10:07 AM, Brad Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:55:33 -0600 > Reid Priedhorsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Reid, > > > Any suggestions for manufacturers or specific models, or pointers to > > good resources to help me choose, would be very muc

Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-21 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:55:33 -0600 Reid Priedhorsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Reid, > Any suggestions for manufacturers or specific models, or pointers to > good resources to help me choose, would be very much appreciated. I I tend to prefer HP machines. Partly for build quality, partly

Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-20 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Nov 20, 2007 5:55 PM, Reid Priedhorsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, > > I'm looking for a decent USB flatbed scanner for use with my Lenny box -- > and I don't want to spend much, $20-30 on eBay would be ideal. I would use > it to scan photo prints and text documents. > > Any suggestions

Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-20 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Nov 20, 2007 5:55 PM, Reid Priedhorsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, > > I'm looking for a decent USB flatbed scanner for use with my Lenny box -- > and I don't want to spend much, $20-30 on eBay would be ideal. I would use > it to scan photo prints and text documents. > > Any suggestions