Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:28:47 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Marc Wiz <marc@wiz.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD scanners Message-ID: <20040819152847.GK20058@abigail.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20040819145740.GD43840@wiz.com> 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>
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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
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