From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 620EB138334 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2018 12:01:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3FE3CE0BD3; Sun, 11 Nov 2018 12:01:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mtaout004-public.msg.strl.va.charter.net (mtaout004-public.msg.strl.va.charter.net [68.114.190.29]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F755E0AF7 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2018 12:01:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from impout006 ([68.114.189.21]) by mtaout004.msg.strl.va.charter.net (InterMail vM.9.00.023.01 201-2473-194) with ESMTP id <20181111120113.BRPW3685.mtaout004.msg.strl.va.charter.net@impout006> for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2018 06:01:13 -0600 Received: from [97.93.202.25] ([97.93.202.25]) by impout006 with charter.net id yc1C1y00F0ZPCNx01c1DTZ; Sun, 11 Nov 2018 06:01:13 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=RJfDJ8q+ c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=3zyg82hNKPdAZWrofK+JXg==:117 a=3zyg82hNKPdAZWrofK+JXg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=oI_r85Kc6XPy4jSpMmMA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-Auth-id: Y29yYmluYmlyZEBjaGFydGVyLm5ldA== Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Scanners, sane and driver support question To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <4e275bf5-6093-26d9-77c1-eb8a44a4befe@gmail.com> From: Corbin Bird Message-ID: <00d3228f-96ab-2e1a-616b-5ba426a083a6@charter.net> Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 05:59:53 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.3.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4e275bf5-6093-26d9-77c1-eb8a44a4befe@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 991b939e-8920-47d6-b9d3-3149cb48baab X-Archives-Hash: 3aa39552a40de8c87485b059c65d9605 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 > > :-)  :-)  >