I don't know what you consider affordable, if you get a scanner that's is a "network" scanner -- it can scan directly a system using network protocols, like 'email', or 'smb', or 'ftp'. I don't know at what price point they start offering features like that. But I laid out some bucks for a laser printer recently (my volume is very low -- so low that inkjets die because the ink dries up in them and clogs the output tubes), so...I decided I had to go with something that wouldn't dry out -- like powdered toner. :-). The price of ink's were driving me to insanity, but if you don't use the ink, you lose the printer. Nice marketing ploy, and HP is among the worst. (I got a Dell). Haven't tried printing from linux, but it scans to linux or windows. In fact, it was easier to configure to scan to linux than windows since my linux machine accepts email internally, but my windows machine doesn't. But I can't say it was the most affordable printer I've ever seen -- but it should last without me worrying about the ink for a very long time. Probably just have to worry about dust...(and power spikes...they say not to put them on UPS's... not sure why)... Per Jessen wrote:
I bought an HP Scanjet 2400 a while ago, obviously neglecting to check if it worked with Linux - which it doesn't (AFAICT). I would really like to get a new one, but one that works with Linux. The scanjet has two buttons on the front - copy & scan. Those would be really handy to have working too.
Any (affordable) recommendations? This scanner isn't used a lot, only occasionally.
thanks Per
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