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 DD330138334 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 06:06:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ECB9FE0A6F; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 06:06:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gw2.antarean.org (gw2.antarean.org [141.105.125.208]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 482C3E0A52 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 06:06:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw2.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C18F12421B for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 07:06:55 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from gw2.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gw2.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Zg0kjy3AJ3sD for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 07:06:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from mailstore1.antarean.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw2.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0AD21241A7 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 07:06:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from andromeda.localnet (unknown [10.55.16.200]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailstore1.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EB06A25 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 07:06:10 +0100 (CET) From: "J. Roeleveld" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Scanners, sane and driver support question Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 07:06:10 +0100 Message-ID: <1648970.HUY2mqVmEJ@andromeda> In-Reply-To: <4f4860b3-a162-0e60-4634-e46026554480@gmail.com> References: <4e275bf5-6093-26d9-77c1-eb8a44a4befe@gmail.com> <8f38cc6b-7c6e-a687-652d-09f82135667a@youngman.org.uk> <4f4860b3-a162-0e60-4634-e46026554480@gmail.com> 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Archives-Salt: a8870373-0ae8-49b6-84e4-e37f46570d96 X-Archives-Hash: 3e050dca7f23ee487c892f22f7d0a6c2 On Sunday, November 11, 2018 11:07:23 PM CET Dale wrote: > Wol's lists wrote: > > On 11/11/2018 14:29, Dale wrote: > >> Thanks for the info. I figured someone may have a little better idea = on > >> this. After some more digging, I found a ScanJet 4570C which is > >> actually a little better than the others I was looking at. So, I boug= ht > >> it. It shows complete but appears to be still maintained. > >=20 > > I've got an HP MFP 477 (not cheap - nigh on =A3400), but it has what I > > call "push scanning". Configure samba, point the printer at it, and > > when you hit "scan" it dumps a pdf, or jpeg, or whatever, in the samba > > folder you told it to. > >=20 > > Cheers, > > Wol >=20 > I thought about a all-in-one approach, since I need a printer too.=20 > Thing is, printers seems to break a lot. The cheapos may last a few > years, from past experience, but die shortly after the warranty does.=20 I have the same experience, when using ink-based printers. My current=20 Laserprinter doesn't seem to want to die. > So, I wanted a stand alone scanner that I hope will last me a long > time. Plus, this scanner can do negatives and such with a adapter which > I can get later. I tried that once, the quality of the results was really bad. I ended up=20 borrowing a proper negative-scanner from a colleague. That was a windows-on= ly=20 one, but the quality of the scans more than made up for having to use that.= =20 (And using VirtualBox, I got better performance, eg. scanspeed, than when=20 using windows native) > Also, I plan to get a color laser printer later on.=20 > From what I've read, they can last for many years and it's cheaper for > the toner than all those cartridges etc for ink jets.=20 I got a colour laser all-in-one, it's nearly 8 years old and not had any=20 problems with it. Would like to replace it for a double-sided (print and sc= an)=20 version though. > Now if someone local wanted to give me something that is like a fancy > copy machine that prints, scans and maybe even washes dishes, I'd take > it. I'm not sure where I would put it but still. ;-) Try old office buildings, they do remove them as cost-saving exercises on=20 occasion, you might be able to pick one up? (you do have a big car/van/truc= k=20 to move it?) > One thing I've figured out. Cheaper on the front end, pay for it on the > backend. Pay a little more on the front end, more dependable and > cheaper later on consumables. Hey, at least I'm figuring it out. lol It's a hard lesson to learn, but once learned, it sticks. :) =2D- Joost PS. glad your mom is doing fine