Hi all, my mother's machine, I discovered to my dismay, doesn't have a USB port. She's running SuSE 6.4 and wants me to investigate buying a printer and a scanner for her. What are her best options? The printer isn't the problem, and apparently folk on this list have had good results with the Epson 760 colour printer. She can go beyond the most basic items, but the question I'm most confused about is whether to go SCSI or not with her scanner? Some scanners come with a SCSI card - anyone tried such packages under SuSE? Apparently these aren't *proper* SCSI cards and might not work for Linux? If SCSI *isn't* a sensible price / performance issue (i.e. I have to buy a proper SCSI card out of the money allocated for the printer and scanner), is there a way to set up a parallel printer and scanner combination under SuSE which works? Can anyone tell me a reasonable printer / scanner combination to buy her? Any help would be appreciated, as I would only have the one weekend to set things up, and I wouldn't have any access to this group over there! :-( Some friends at work suggested buying a USB PCI card, but I don't know if they work under Linux and it sounds a bit dodgy to me. I have to admit being a bit nervous about getting the things for her, as exchanging things is a lot of hassle and postage expense... k. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq