From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 4 13: 3: 6 2002 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 5204037B400 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2002 13:03:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [63.93.4.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99B8A43E4A for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2002 13:03:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost.wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g74K30uF026987; Sun, 4 Aug 2002 14:03:00 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) with ESMTP id g74K2tYY026984; Sun, 4 Aug 2002 14:03:00 -0600 (MDT)?g (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 14:02:55 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Eugene Grosbein Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Scanner for FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <20020804233631.A67870@svzserv.kemerovo.su> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 4 Aug 2002, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > I'm going to buy a scanner working with FreeBSD. > I run 4.6-STABLE. What kind of interface should I use: > SCSI, USB, LPT? SCSI is fast, although maybe not faster than USB depending on the scanner. USB only works with some scanners through SANE. Avoid parallel for anything other than printers. When I was looking for a scanner some months back, it looked like Epson was among the few scanner makers that had cooperated with developing drivers for their USB scanners. So I got an Epson 1640. It works fine. See the SANE page at http://www.mostang.com/sane Under the Supported Scanners link, there are links for parallel and USB scanners, but remember that these might not all apply for FreeBSD. And not all models from a given manufacturer will be compatible. I posted a note here yesterday about setting up a USB scanner with SANE. Check the archives for it, or I can send it to you. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message