From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 15:28:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CBAD16A4CE for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:28:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.35.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C31243D1F for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:28:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i7JFSmwV027308; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:28:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i7JFSmp0027307; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:28:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:28:47 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Marc Wiz Message-ID: <20040819152847.GK20058@abigail.blackend.org> References: <411E9639.2070609@spintech.ro> <8cb27cbf0408152126257ec1bc@mail.gmail.com> <4121E53D.7000900@spintech.ro> <20040817115042.GB38060@abigail.blackend.org> <4121FAE5.70605@spintech.ro> <20040817132341.GC38060@abigail.blackend.org> <20040819003107.GX88156@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20040819135254.GI20058@abigail.blackend.org> <20040819145740.GD43840@wiz.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040819145740.GD43840@wiz.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.10-PRERELEASE cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD scanners X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:28:52 -0000 On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 09:57:40AM -0500, Marc Wiz wrote: > > So let me ask this question; what are good scanners now days? > I'd say a scanner giving good results with slides. > I know there are some high end scanners that do Firewire (about > ~$400) and some scanners even have SCSI. Any recommendations > and/or horror stories for a particular scanner for use on FreeBSD? > The SANE backend is the most important part, it's independant from FreeBSD. The main problem is writting the backend, since hardware specs are often not public... The fact some color corrections, etc. are done by the driver does not help; vendors tend to remove the optic parts (or use less and less parts...), the electronic and the software do the job of these parts nowadays. You can see some similar state of things with (cheap) digital cameras. The expensive scanners you mentioned may be good ones, but nothing is better than a real test. I use scanners for black/white scans at 300dpi, so a lot of scanners fit my need. > Anyone have experience with that HP scanner that is "clear". > No, but is it supported by SANE? Marc