Re: [gentoo-user] Scanners, sane and driver support question

[Corbin Bird <corbinbird@charter.net>]

A family member still uses a old SCSI Mustek flat bed scanner.
( Paragon 1200 SP ?? / last windows driver was for Win2K ).

Works just fine. The Linux drivers are old, but nothing wrong with them.

On 11/10/18 6:35 PM, Dale wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> I'm on the hunt for a scanner, flatbed type, and have been browsing Ebay
> and the sane project list of supported devices.  I'm leaning toward HP
> on this.  While looking at say a ScanJet 6200C, it says the drivers are
> no longer maintained but complete.  It leads me to this question.  Does
> that mean they are complete and fixes will no longer be made even if
> something breaks them and they need a little tweaking OR they are
> complete and if a bug pops up, they will be fixed as needed but all
> functions work?  I can see the logic either way on this.  I'm leaning
> toward the side that if something pops up that requires a little
> tweaking, it will be done by someone.  The drivers are just feature
> complete. 
> 
> Does anyone else have the same thinking or is buying one of these
> scanners a bad idea if the drivers were to break and the scanner was
> rendered no longer usable? 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 
>