* List: alug@stu.uea.ac.uk On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 12:24:09AM +0100, John Woodard wrote:

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Any ideas on which scanners work in Linux or which to avoid and is there a Linux equivalent to TWAIN?

Have a look at SANE, Scanner Access Now Easy <g>. http://www.mostang.com/sane/

I'm only looking for a low end A4 device for general photos and OCR stuff, not too expensive around 150.00 is my limit.

http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-backends.html is a big list of working scanners. -- www.nott.ac.uk/~psystrj ..::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::. /\_./o__ ....:::::::::' RTFM John, It's not just an acronym, ':::::: (/^/(_^~' ''::::: it's the law :::: ___.(_.)____ '::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECT of "unsubscribe" to this list and "subscribe" to ] [ alug-announce@stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

* List: alug@stu.uea.ac.uk On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, John Woodard wrote:

* List: alug@stu.uea.ac.uk Has anybody had any experience with flatbed scanners in Linux

Not quite yet...

My cheapo parallel port jobbie won't work in a real OS so I'm going to replace it with a nice shiny new one. I'm thinking about a scsi model, because I think I read somewhere that they are more likely to work in Linux.

Any ideas on which scanners work in Linux or which to avoid and is there a Linux equivalent to TWAIN?

I'm only looking for a low end A4 device for general photos and OCR stuff, not too expensive around 150.00 is my limit.

Well, my Umax Astra 1220S was, at the time of purchase (summer last year) mid-range. Flatbed, A4 in size, SCSI and with decent capabilities. Works nicely under Photoshop 5 in WindowsNT4 (SP3 and 4). I haven't yet had the time (he says, six months into Linux proper), to install it under Linux, but your request might just kick me into action ;-) I believe SuSE do SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) which sound's like the best solution. Besides, I'm sure GIMP could access it :-) Get any probs, pop into a support group on Usenet or IRC (try efnet.demon.co.uk #linux or #linuxhelp). So how's the newest Woodward in town? Regards, James Green. - currently having fun with CSS2 in M7 :) [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECT of "unsubscribe" to this list and "subscribe" to ] [ alug-announce@stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]