Fred A. Miller wrote:

LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:

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Torsdag 22 november 2007 11:14 skrev Lenz Grimmer:

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Hi,

it's rare that I am soliciting this list for help, but maybe someone could share his experiences with me.

I have browsed the hardware compatibility list at http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html to find a suitable USB scanner model. However, it seems as if most of the models listed on there are no longer available (except as used devices on eBay).

Does anybody have a recommendation for a flatbed scanner, connected via USB2 that works flawlessly with Linux (openSUSE 10.3 in particular) and is still on sale (especially in Europe/Germany)?

Most Epson scanners and printers work. I use the Perfection V100 Photo Scanner with the C1100 colour laser with the avasys drivers quite successfully on OpenSUSE 10.3. The V100 is available at Media-Markt and Amazon.de. The price (incl. transport) at Amazon.de is about the same as Media-Markt.

RPM Drivers at: http://www.avasys.jp/english/linux_e/dl_scan.html

You have Iscan working natively with SUSE 10.3 64-bit?!! I dumped the 64-bit install and installed 32-bit because my Iscan wouldn't work with it! Further, I was told many times that it won't work! I have the Perfection 4490 Photo. 'Wish Iscan supported it better.

Fred

Hi Fred, I don't use Iscan. I got the V100 scanner with Xsane on a 32 Bit system now. But here is what Johannes Meixner of SUSE says about his RPM on OpenSUSE 10.3 and 64 Bit. It should work natively then I presume: Hello, On Nov 22 12:55 LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote (shortened):

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RPM Drivers at: http://www.avasys.jp/english/linux_e/dl_scan.html

Why don't you use our RPMs of their software? I keep them as up-to-date as possible (i.e. I check in the current version a short time before package version freeze). I provide their proprietary stuff in the packages iscan, iscan-proprietary-drivers, and iscan-firmware. Additionally I provide their free software in the package iscan-free so that it works natively on 64-bit systems for those scanners which don't need their proprietary binary-only i386-only modules. For details read the RPM package infos. Regarding scanner recommendation: I cannot recommend a particular model but I would avoid any scanner which requires firmware upload and/or which requires a proprietary binary-only i386-only module from iscan-proprietary-drivers. I think the simplest way to check which scanner is supported to which extent by the packages which we provide in a particular product, run the YaST scanner setup, read the comments in its model list, and "fake" to set up the model which you intend to buy. In case of known possible problems, the YaST scanner setup shows a popup message. Kind Regards Johannes Meixner :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org