Date: 13 Feb 2001 14:31:10 -0500 From: Chris Shenton <cshenton@OutBounderInc.com> To: Mike Nowlin <mike@jason.argos.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: scanner suggestions? Message-ID: <lfhf1ytm69.fsf@Samizdat.uucom.com> In-Reply-To: Mike Nowlin's message of "Tue, 13 Feb 2001 02:09:39 -0500" References: <20010213020939.A32714@jason.argos.org>
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On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 02:09:39 -0500, Mike Nowlin <mike@jason.argos.org> said:
Mike> I'm looking for a page scanner that meets the following: 1)
Mike> Decent resolution. (at least 600x600) 2) Supported by FBSD /
Mike> SANE 3) USB or SCSI 4) Able to hook >1 up to the computer & run
Mike> several at the same time 5) Auto document feeder 6) Able to
Mike> handle 800-1000 pages/day, divided by # of scanners
I'm not much of a scanner user, but had some cash burning a hole in my
pocket recently. I searched places like streetprices.com for
scanner usb scsi
cuz I wanted something that would work now (presumably scsi) and
future (usb, if it's stable).
Turned up an HP and an Epson model or two. I think both are available
with ADF.
The Epson 1640SU I got seems nice and works over USB (recent commits
to USB config files for the model ID) tho I've hung/crashed my
4.2-STABLE box a couple times trying to do real high resolution; I
suspect it's a USB immaturity thing. Seems to work fine over USB over
more typical resolutions and bit-depths. Haven't tried the SCSI yet.
Again, I don't have much to compare with, but "works for me" (tm).
What swayed me to go Epson instead of HP:
* various reviews comparing image quality for comparable models
* price for comparable features
* SANE comments indicating Epson has been *very* forthcoming in
releasing doc to SANE developers
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