On 08/29/2010 11:20 AM, Keith Edmunds wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a scanner suitable for a non-techy Ubuntu user?
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> Thanks,
> Keith
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Scanners are generally supported by the SANE project. I would guess that
Ubuntu uses this too. They have a list of supported scanners.
http://www.sane-project.org/
The last time I looked at this I had great difficulty finding a model on
sale
which was supported by SANE. Most supported scanners in the list are
either obsolete or very rare.
However, most Epson scanners (at least the last time I looked) are supported
by Avasys drivers. This is probably you best chance at getting support for a
current model.
http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/
Although they have their own tool (Image Scan!) I use it with xsane.
Installation depends on distro - I haven't used it with Ubuntu. There
are deb
files and a pdf document on the site.
