Scanner recommendations needed

[Philippe LeCavalier]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 8:02 AM, <linuxnutster at videotron.ca> wrote:

> On 07/10/2013 07:57 AM, Philippe LeCavalier wrote:
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>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 7:48 AM, <linuxnutster at videotron.ca
>> <mailto:linuxnutster@**videotron.ca <linuxnutster at videotron.ca>>> wrote:
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>>     On 07/10/2013 07:30 AM, Tom Horsley wrote:
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>>         On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 06:52:29 -0400
>>         linuxnutster at videotron.ca <mailto:linuxnutster@**videotron.ca<linuxnutster at videotron.ca>>
>> wrote:
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>>             Would there be a particular line of scanners which function
>>             flawlessly
>>             in linux, or am I expecting too much?
>>
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>>         Not exactly the best solution, but I have a Epson Artisan
>> all-in-one
>>         device with a network connection, so when I want to use the
>> scanner,
>>         I crank up a Windows virtual machine and scan from there over
>>         the network,
>>         saving the files on a samba mount that is served by the host.
>>
>>         The hplip package (which you can get from the fedora repos) has
>>         support for most HP all-in-one devices, but essentially no stand
>>         alone scanners.
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>>       It sees this particular stand-alone just fine, but it simply
>>     doesn't work fine. The scanner interface will either lock up or
>>     simply crash. In order to get it to start scanning again I have to
>>     either reboot or kill the scanlite process...
>>
>> Never used scanlite. I always either scanned directly from GIMP or via
>> CLI(if I remember correctly). Based on experience I doubt your issues
>> are hardware related on the computer side(doesn't mean they're not but
>> I'd say unlikely). Most scanners are made pretty cheap. That said, have
>> you tried a different USB cable? ppl tend to overlook that part of the
>> equation...
>>
>> Have you tried Xsane? Looks to me like that's the more "mainstream" app
>> for what you're trying to do.
>>
>> Phil
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>>   Yep, I've scanned from the gimp and used xsane, switched cables, etc...
> The only thing I haven't tried is an all-in-one which is supported. I had a
> lexmark which wasn't supported and was given away because there were no
> drivers beyond winxp. I guess what I'm looking for is a magic bullet, where
> somebody on the list says "this model works perfectly!" :-)
>
> Well, mine does but I can't recall the exact model and it's not accessible
to me at the moment. Just for the record, the 3570 you mention is listed as
"Good" on the HCL. Ideally you'd want "Complete". Also, after further
review, it's Canon(formerly AGFA) that makes the SnapScan -not to misguide
you. But again, you *should* be able to grab just about any functional HP
ScanJet or Canon and have it work  "flawless" for what you mentioned.

Phil
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