I wanted a flatbed scanner, which could also scan negatives and Dia frames.
I bought an Acer 640UT (usb scanner), which costed about 150 euro. I am very satisfied with it, it has a build in transparency function for transparent media (negatives, dias...). When taking ordinary flatbed (reflective) scans you just put in a black protection plastic over the reflective unit. Very simple indeed. It also includes holders for 6 dias, or 5 negative strips. I works fine in Linux, but you must do some manual setup jobs, like copying the firmware from the install CD and setting up a link to the firmware. They have also a 1240UT unit, which has better resolutions. Could this be something ? --- "Felix E. Klee" <felix.k...@inka.de> wrote: >Hi, > >I am looking for a scanner that runs under LINUX and has the following >features: >1. Support for scanning of slides and photo negatives in medium format > (6x6 cm^2). >2. High speed scanning of A4 black and white (only 1 bit, not gray scale) > pages (eg. from books). >3. Low price (of course). > >I already discovered the following models > Canon D2400UF > Epson 1650 Photo >However, the I haven't found a LINUX driver for the Canon yet and the EPSON >doesn't seem to support medium format slides and negatives by default. Does >anyone have experiences with these scanners or can recommend other models? > >Felix _____________________________________________________________ Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net _____________________________________________________________ Run a small business? Then you need professional email like y...@yourbiz.com from Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net?tag
