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 Check the LinuxQuestions.org HCL: http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/ Most of these are long out-of-date, perhaps indicating that most users now expect equipment to be problem-free with Linux.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. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
