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It's a cheap workhorse. I haven't tried it with Linux but it doesn't require any special software or drivers on macOS, which makes me think it is entirely open standard. --Gregory On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 03:57:30PM -0400, Default User wrote: > Hi! > > It may be time for a new scanner. > > For years I have used a Visioneer OneTouch 7100 usb flatbed scanner on > various x86 computers running various versions of Debian and > simple-scan. > > Currently: > Debian Unstable (updated, of course) > Linux 5.10.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.28-1 (2021-04-09) x86_64 GNU/Linux > Cinnamon 4.8.6-2 > Dell Inspiron 3542 (laptop, circa 2015), 64-bit > Scanner software: simple-scan, from Debian Unstable repositories > Use case: light duty home use. > > For years it worked "okay". But it suddenly started producing scans > with a narrow pink stripe down the left side of the scan image > produced. > > I tried installing xsane (too complicated for me), which I did not > configure at all. And if I just clicked the scan button in xsane it > would "dim out" and then do nothing. As a bonus, simple-scan then no > longer worked; upon clicking scan in simple-scan it would just do > nothing, with a rotating "activity busy" circle displaying > indefinitely. > > So I uninstalled (purged) both xsane and simple-scan, re-installed > simple-scan, then rebooted. > Simple-scan now "works", but still produces the pink stripe down the > image left side, just as before. > > : ( > > Note: the scanner is (about) 20 years, so no parts or service > available from Visioneer. > > : ( > > So . . . > Can anyone recommend a good replacement scanner? > > I am really hoping to get something that works "out of the box", with > little or no configuration, etc. > >
