[lug] scanner recommendation request

[John Dollison]

Daniel, I have an Epson Perfection 636U (USB) scanner with the optional
document feeder.  I recently replaced it with an HP All-In-One for space
reasons, and would be willing to part with it.  (I'll even throw in the
Epson 640 inkjet printer, too.)  I've never tried to use it under Linux, but
I've found many articles that say it works fine, like this one:

"I recently decided to enter the world of scanners, too. I chose the USB
Epson 636U which looked like a good match with my Mandrake 7.2 desktop. It
took me about 10 mins of installing sane and xsane, and then editing the
appropriate files, but when I was done I was thoroughly impressed with the
results."
by fester on Thursday May 24, @03:58PM
(http://www.linuxmednews.com/linuxmednews/990489359/990737931/addPostingForm
)

John D.
Anyone who's interested in the scanner or printer, e-mail me off-list at
john-at-dollison-dot-com, or call me at 303-499-7769.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Webb" <lists at danielwebb.us>
To: "Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List"
<lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 11:51 AM
Subject: [lug] scanner recommendation request


> I'm looking for a scanner to use with Linux, but don't even know where to
> start.  My requirements are that it be:
>
> 1) Fast.  This seems to mean I need to get a SCSI scanner.  I already have
> a good SCSI card which has 2 or 3 kinds of SCSI connectors on it.
>
> 2) Cheap, old, tried-and-true.  Something from Ebay that will be cheap,
> but very well supported and last forever.  Think HP Laserjet 4 or IBM
> Thinkpad 600E.
>
> Quality and resolution are secondary.  I want to use this to scan a lot of
> old articles and maybe even a book or two very very quickly.  The faster
> per scan the better.
>
> Daniel
>
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