[PLUG] Inexpensive Letter-size Scanner For Linux

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Thu May 11 13:10:02 UTC 2006


On Wed, 10 May 2006, Paul Mullen wrote:

> If you have a SCSI adapter available, any of the older HP ScanJet units
> work great. I can vouch for the IIcx. It's like having an aircraft carrier
> on your desk, but they're fully supported by Sane, and can usually be found
> for ~$20 on eBay or Craigslist.

   That's interesting. Several years ago I had a Umax scanner (known to be
supported by sane) and bought another SCSI card for it. Could never get it to
work properly. The card would connect to a SCSI ZIP drive, but not the
scanner. It sat here collecting dust until I gave it away.

Thanks, Paul,

Rich

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