[Fwd: Re: [opensuse] USB Scanner recommendation?]
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On Thursday 22 November 2007, Lenz Grimmer wrote:
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)?
On 22/11/07 21:06, johnlayt@yahoo.com.au wrote:
Almost anything from HP will be supported, except their very cheapest models which cut a few corners. They're the gold standard for manufacturer based printer & scanner support under linux.
Epson reportedly also has fairly good support.
John, My experience has been bad with HP scanners under Linux actually. I've had HP scanners for many years. Under the Xsane.org project, most were badly supported, or not at all. I changed to Epson scanners about 2 years ago, and all worked very wall so far with the avasys.jp drivers. Now OpenSUSE also has them as native according to Johannes Meixner form SUSE in Germany. HP printers also kind of worked for lasers, but their ink was expensive. I now have an Epson ColourLaser C1100, which works perfectly; and it is cheaper to buy and the toner is cheaper and lasts much longer than HP's. HP software has caused me a lot of problems for some printers, most scanners and especially the all-in-one products that had to be installed incessantly for USB devices, all under windows 2000 and XP. Support for most scanners and all-in-one products were practically non-existent for Linux until recently. Now an all-in-one package exists for Linux, but I don't know how good it is. I have learnt to stay clear from HP, due to bad windows software, very bad Linux support and prices for consumables after getting the printers almost given away to lock you in for their comparatively very expensive inks and toner. :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Hello, On Nov 23 09:09 LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote (shortened):
My experience has been bad with HP scanners under Linux actually.
Do not mix up HP flatbed scanners with scanners in HP all-in-one devices. Linux support for HP flatbed scanners is poor. Linux support for scanners in HP all-in-one devices is good, see http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/index.html We provide HPLIP in openSUSE and (same as Iscan) I keep it as up-to-date as possible (i.e. I check in the current version a short time before package version freeze). Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Just a datapoint. I have a Brother scanner/printer. They provided Linux drivers and it has not given any problems. I use xsane to drive the scanner and the printer is our network printer ==John ffitch "This research is of insufficient standard" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Hello, On Nov 23 10:09 jpff wrote (shortened):
I have a Brother scanner/printer. They provided Linux drivers and it has not given any problems.
You use it on a i386-compatible true 64-bit system (i.e. AMD 64-bit)? Or perhaps even on a non-i386-compatible platform? ;-) Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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I use it on a VIA Samuel 2 (500HMz). I use remote printing from the AMD64 machine. Never tried connecting it directly ==John ffitch "This research is of insufficient standard" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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