From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 2 22:45:31 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7A6116A469 for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 22:45:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83C5F13C45D for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 22:45:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l52MjUTZ030833; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:45:30 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) with ESMTP id l52MjUYL030830; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:45:30 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:45:30 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Andrew Falanga In-Reply-To: <340a29540706021415w2b8055edp4c82b346d8d48010@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20070602160123.Q30680@wonkity.com> References: <340a29540706021415w2b8055edp4c82b346d8d48010@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:45:30 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Flatbed scanners for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:45:31 -0000 On Sat, 2 Jun 2007, Andrew Falanga wrote: > What scanners are best used with FreeBSD? I'm hoping for one that I > can use in both Windoze and FreeBSD. Preferably, one that is USB. > I've never configured a scanner for FreeBSD before and would like > recommendations on hardware before purchasing. The best supported are those recognized by uscanner. 'man uscanner' or look at /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/uscanner.c to see the list. Also look at http://www.sane-project.org to see which are the easiest to use (status "Good" or "Complete", no firmware downloads needed). Really, picking a scanner is tough. Finding ones that are supported is tricky enough. Finding one that isn't terribly slow is worse, since the manufacturers often don't provide benchmarks. I have an Epson 1640SU which works great. Recommended, if you can find one. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA