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150621 Bruce Hill wrote: |
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> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 07:02:39AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: |
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>> My trusty 12-year-old scanner is starting to show signs of age : |
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>> I'm inclined to get another Epson, but would consider something else. |
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>> Does anyone have experience with these or have any advice to offer ? |
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> HP is the only desktop printer/scanner/etc that I've used in years, |
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> because their Linux support is great. |
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> My home use HP Officejet Pro 8600 N911g has an embedded web server, |
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> so I only need enter it's IP in a web browser and scanning is easy. |
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The local store, whose hardware has been very reliable for 15 yr , |
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doesn't have any HP scanners in stock in my price-range, |
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whereas it has 6 Epsons at present. |
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> You might need more, but in the past all my Linux experience |
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> with Epson hardware/drivers was negative. |
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There's a problem with the driver of my present scanner |
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(sometimes it gets confused & makes the R-half of the image darker), |
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but that's quickly solved by restarting Xsane. |
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It's done an excellent job with documents, photo prints, negatives + slides, |
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by now in the many thousands of images altogether. |
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> Check the LinuxQuestions.org HCL: http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/ |
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Most of these are long out-of-date, perhaps indicating |
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that most users now expect equipment to be problem-free with Linux. |
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Any other advice wb very welcome. Thanks for all the replies so far. |
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