On Dec 30 13:16:06 PM EST 2024, I wrote: >> crw------- 1 root root 180, 0 Dec 3 08:53 /dev/usb/hiddev0 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9796 Dec 21 13:01 /dev/usb/lp1
On December 31, 2024 12:03 PM, e...@gmx.us <e...@gmx.us> replied: > If you remove the file and disconnect / reconnect the printer, it might get > recreated. Or maybe it's not intended to exist at all, in which case "got > me". I did remove lp1 and turned on the printer. lp1 was not recreated, and the printer works fine. I stupidly created lp1 by copying a file there after the original character special device was gone. I still don't know how I got /dev/usb/hiddev0, but it probably doesn't matter. On Dec 30 13:16:06 PM EST 2024, I wrote: >> 3. With xscan, the scan quality is good enough for most purposes. But when >> I tested some fine engraving (like a dollar bill), it was less sharp than I >> get with my old Epson Perfection 2400 (from 2004). In both cases I asked for >> 300 dpi and set JPG quality as high as possible. The Brother at 600 dpi >> didn't match the Epson at 300 dpi. On December 31, 2024 1:34 PM, Henning Follmann <hfollm...@itcfollmann.com> replied: > I hope you tried with something other than paper money. Usually all paper > currency have some pattern (like an irregular five of a dice) embedded. > Most imaging software won't allow to process these images (in high quality) What I used was a few engraved 19th-century postage stamps. On December 31, 2024 4:53 PM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. <r...@rtellason.com> wrote: > Jpeg is a lossy format, try something else, like tiff maybe? Good idea. If I scan to a TIF at 600 dpi, the Brother's quality matches that of the Epson's 300-DPI JPG, even if I later convert the Brother's TIF to a 600-dpi high-quality JPG with other software. So the Brother gives good quality when scanning as TIF but not as JPG. Thanks. ________________________________________ From: Roy J. Tellason, Sr. <r...@rtellason.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2024 4:53 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly] External Email: Use Caution On Monday 30 December 2024 01:15:31 pm Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > 3. With xscan, the scan quality is good enough for most purposes. But when I > tested some fine engraving (like a dollar bill), it was less sharp than I get > with my old Epson Perfection 2400 (from 2004). In both cases I asked for 300 > dpi and set JPG quality as high as possible. The Brother at 600 dpi didn't > match the Epson at 300 dpi. Would installing the Brother scanner driver be > an improvement, or is this just a limitation of the hardware? > Jpeg is a lossy format, try something else, like tiff maybe? -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin
