From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Apr 8 05:14:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA23832 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 05:14:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gatekeeper.itribe.net (gatekeeper.itribe.net [209.49.144.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id FAA23779 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 05:13:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jamie@itribe.net) Message-Id: <199804081212.IAA01663@gatekeeper.itribe.net> Received: forwarded by SMTP 1.5.2. Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 08:14:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden To: Steve Hearn cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freebsd + scanner recommendations In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Steve Hearn wrote: > > Having just spent several frustrating hours scanning on a Win95 box.... > > I would really like to put a scanner (just basically A4 color style) on one > of my > freebsd boxes. > > Can anyone point me to a reliable hardware/software configuration for > freebsd. Preferably SCSI. > > I think I saw in a recent post that xv supports HP scanners? > > Thanks for any help. There is a company out there that sells a product called xvscan for $50. It comes as a fully registered copy of xv, with HP scanner support. There is also hpscan in the ports. Having used xvscan, I can tell you it's a nice product, and having registered xv is a nice side bonus. I have no experience with hpscan. -- Jamie Bowden Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message