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Re: [opensuse] Scanner recommendation? Epson 4490 any good?
- From: Philippe Andersson <pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:35:05 +0200
- Message-id: <4628CF99.2020109@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Robert Smits wrote:
> On Thursday 19 April 2007 09:32, chusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> The 4499 will run only with the Epson propritary driver. The 4990 will run
>> also with the sane. I went through the same process you are going through
>> now. After considering all the pros an cons of all the generation scanner O
>> went with the 4990. I love it. -terry(Denver)-
>
> Thanks, Terry, but the 4990 is more than double the cost, which is also a
> consideration.
>
> Does the fact that the 4490 only runs with the proprietary driver limit the
> way it will work with Kooka?
From experience, the proprietary Epson driver integrates well with Sane,
which means that Kooka works with it as well. But that's only if you're
on i386. Last time I checked, no such driver was available for x86_64
(that was a while ago, though).
HTH
Cheers. Bye.
Ph. A.
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> On Thursday 19 April 2007 09:32, chusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> The 4499 will run only with the Epson propritary driver. The 4990 will run
>> also with the sane. I went through the same process you are going through
>> now. After considering all the pros an cons of all the generation scanner O
>> went with the 4990. I love it. -terry(Denver)-
>
> Thanks, Terry, but the 4990 is more than double the cost, which is also a
> consideration.
>
> Does the fact that the 4490 only runs with the proprietary driver limit the
> way it will work with Kooka?
From experience, the proprietary Epson driver integrates well with Sane,
which means that Kooka works with it as well. But that's only if you're
on i386. Last time I checked, no such driver was available for x86_64
(that was a while ago, though).
HTH
Cheers. Bye.
Ph. A.
--
*Philippe Andersson*
Unix System Administrator
IBA Particle Therapy |
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