On 4/18/21 9:57 PM, 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.
I am using a CanoScan LiDE 400. I bought it because they have a (very
simple) Linux support.
The software is a not very clever but works nicely. The images (jpg,
pdf) are good. There are a lot of buttons on the machine but you cannot
use them.
I tried to use xsane but that does not know the scanner.
--
K.D.J.
