On 05/06/2017 09:15 AM, Daniel Frey wrote: > On 05/06/2017 06:15 AM, Philip Webb wrote: >> 170506 Mick wrote: >>> On Friday 05 May 2017 19:27:47 Philip Webb wrote: >>>> There is a pkg media-gfx/iscan-plugin-gt-x820 for a V600 : >>>> I could take the V550 back & exchange it for a V600 >>>> & try to install Iscan + data + that plugin. >>> If you are going to change it, isn't there a HP device out there >>> that Just Works™ with the hplip and potentially the hplip-plugin packages? >> >> Very unlikely : I have an HP printer, which also copies & can scan, >> but it isn't supported by Sane-backends & would require much work. >> >> I plan to audit what I've installed carefully today >> & if I still can't get it to work on Gentoo, I'll file a bug : >> hopefully, whoever created the plugin for V600 can do another for V550. >> >> Also, I'll put the Epson install script on my Internet site >> ( http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/ ). >> I can't make sense of it, but perhaps someone here can tell me >> what it does with the .deb files when it installs them. >> >> If it works on Mint, it sb possible to get it to work on Gentoo. >> Usually in such cases, the secret is finding 1 small item >> which needs to be fixed & then everything is ok : that's Gentoo's strength. >> > > I had to buy a new scanner in late 2015 (I believe) and found a Canon > LiDE 200. I got mine on sale for $90 here in Canada. > > This scanner doesn't have as high a resolution (it's only 4800dpi vs. > the Epson you have's 6400) and there's no ADF. It comes with a bracket > to make it sit upright. > > Main reason I bought it is because it uses the genesys backend in > sane-backends and no additional configuration was required on my end. > > Do note that newer models than mine require some proprietary crap. I had > to search out this model specifically. I've scanned many pictures and > used it to restore an old user manual even, works pretty well for $90. > > Dan >
Correction: my model is the LiDE 220, a 200 series model. From what I remember it wasn't listed on the compatibility site but it did indeed work. I don't remember having to do anything to get it to work, other than maybe added the USB IDs so the genesys driver would use it. # scanimage -L device `genesys:libusb:001:002' is a Canon LiDE 220 flatbed scanner Dan
