[gentoo-user] new scanner : any advice ?

[gentoo-user] new scanner : any advice ?

[Philip Webb]

My trusty 12-year-old scanner is starting to show signs of age :

Epson Perfection 1260
  1200 x 2400 dpi ; 48-bit color
  Speed : 1200 dpi hi-speed : Monochrome + Color 32 ms/line
  Optical Resolution : 1200 dpi
  Max Document Size : 8.5" x 11.7"

I'm inclined to get another Epson, but would consider something else.
The local store (Canada Computers, College St) offers the following :

Epson Perfection V370 Photo Scanner -- $ 150 -- in stock 1
  Item Code: SNES000478      Part Number: B11B207221
  4800 x 9600 dpi ; 48-bit Color 
  Speed	: Monochrome A4 300 dpi 11 s , Color A4 300 dpi 14 s
  Optical Resolution : 12,8 K dpi
  Max Document Size : 8.5" x 11.7"

Epson Perfection V550 Photo Flatbed Scanner -- $ 230 -- in stock 2
  Item Code: SNES000509      Part Number: B11B210201
  6400 x 9600 dpi ; 48-bit color
  Speed : 6400 dpi hi-speed : Monochrome + Color 21 ms/line
  Maximum Resolution : 12,8 K dpi
  Photo Restoration , 35mm Medium Format Scanning
  USB 2.0 Hi-Speed

Epson Perfection V600 Photo Flatbed Scanner -- $ 276 -- in stock 3
  Item Code: SNES000346      Part Number: B11B198022
  6400 x 9600 dpi ; 48-bit Color
  Speed	: 21 ms/line (Color + monochrome)
  Max Document Size : 8.5" x 11.7"

All have Linux drivers, according to Epson's I/net site.

V370 has lower resolution & probably slower,
but it's not clear what justifies the extra cost of V600 over V550.

Does anyone have experience with these or have any advice to offer ?

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Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : any advice ?

[Bruce Hill]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 07:02:39AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
> My trusty 12-year-old scanner is starting to show signs of age :
> 
> Epson Perfection 1260
>   1200 x 2400 dpi ; 48-bit color
>   Speed : 1200 dpi hi-speed : Monochrome + Color 32 ms/line
>   Optical Resolution : 1200 dpi
>   Max Document Size : 8.5" x 11.7"
> 
> I'm inclined to get another Epson, but would consider something else.
> The local store (Canada Computers, College St) offers the following :

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> Does anyone have experience with these or have any advice to offer ?

HP is the only desktop printer/scanner/etc that I've used in years, because
their Linux support is great. My home use HP Officejet Pro 8600 N911g has an
embedded web server so I only need enter it's IP in a web browser and scanning
is drop dead easy. You might need more, but in the past all my Linux
experience with Epson hardware/drivers was negative.

Check the LinuxQuestions.org HCL: http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/

Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : any advice ?

[Peter Humphrey]

On Sunday 21 Jun 2015 10:05:02 Bruce Hill wrote:

> HP is the only desktop printer/scanner/etc that I've used in years, because
> their Linux support is great.

I have an HP inkjet which insists on starting itself up every time the power 
is restored, despite the presence of a perfectly good on/off button. When I 
complained, they said they thought it was more helpful that way.

Not my idea of good support.

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Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : any advice ?

[Bruce Hill]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 04:51:39PM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> 
> I have an HP inkjet which insists on starting itself up every time the power 
> is restored, despite the presence of a perfectly good on/off button. When I 
> complained, they said they thought it was more helpful that way.
> 
> Not my idea of good support.

Mine seems to start when the power fails, and I like that. No need to go push
the power button when I'm nowhere near the thing and it was turned off.

My idea of a good feature. :)/

 >')
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  ^^

Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : any advice ?

[Philip Webb]

150621 Bruce Hill wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 07:02:39AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
>> My trusty 12-year-old scanner is starting to show signs of age :
>> I'm inclined to get another Epson, but would consider something else.
>> Does anyone have experience with these or have any advice to offer ?
> HP is the only desktop printer/scanner/etc that I've used in years,
> because their Linux support is great.
> My home use HP Officejet Pro 8600 N911g has an embedded web server,
> so I only need enter it's IP in a web browser and scanning is easy.

The local store, whose hardware has been very reliable for  15 yr ,
doesn't have any HP scanners in stock in my price-range,
whereas it has  6  Epsons at present.

> You might need more, but in the past all my Linux experience
> with Epson hardware/drivers was negative.

There's a problem with the driver of my present scanner
(sometimes it gets confused & makes the R-half of the image darker),
but that's quickly solved by restarting Xsane.
It's done an excellent job with documents, photo prints, negatives + slides,
by now in the many thousands of images altogether.

> Check the LinuxQuestions.org HCL: http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/

Most of these are long out-of-date, perhaps indicating
that most users now expect equipment to be problem-free with Linux.

Any other advice wb very welcome.  Thanks for all the replies so far.

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Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : any advice ?

[Adam Carter]

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Here's HP's recommended list if you choose to go that way

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/recommended.html

And for supported:
http://www.hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html

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Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : any advice ?

[Philip Webb]

150622 Adam Carter wrote:
> Here's HP's recommended list if you choose to go that way
> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/recommended.html
> And for supported:
> http://www.hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html

Thanks for trying, but those are printers.
My small HP printer is capable of scanning too,
but there's no Linux driver to do that.

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Re: [gentoo-user] new scanner : any advice ?

[Adam Carter]

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On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net> wrote:

> 150622 Adam Carter wrote:
> > Here's HP's recommended list if you choose to go that way
> > http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/recommended.html
> > And for supported:
> > http://www.hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html
>
> Thanks for trying, but those are printers.
>
"HP Linux Imaging and Printing", then you have to join the dots.


> My small HP printer is capable of scanning too,
> but there's no Linux driver to do that.


So depending on your needs and requirements, you may be interested in
selecting a printer with a tick in the Scan column.

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[gentoo-user] Re: new scanner : any advice ?

[James]

Philip Webb <purslow <at> ca.inter.net> writes:


> Does anyone have experience with these or have any advice to offer ?


Depending on your needs a multipage feeder is very cool on a scanner.
Both my brother and HP built in scanners work just fine. Cups does 
nuke things (working configs) time to time, so I just keep backups
of all the config files and manually fix line items that Cupsd just 
seems to fork_up from time to time.


An auto page feeder is of little cost and very, very nice to have!


hth,
James