> The Perfection 1670 and the 2400 look interesting. It appears that the > former is not supported by sane and runs on a different chip set to > other Perfection scanners so I'll stike that from the list. > Peter, I've got an Epson Perfection 1670 Photo and I'd be glad to answer any questions you (or anyone else on this mailing list) have. Please Cc me as I haven't subscribed to this list.
Pros: - Works under both Linux's scanner kernel module and libusb. - I've gotten it to work under both Debian unstable (very easy, glorious apt-get) and Red Hat 9.0 (heavily mangled with alien-converted debs). - I was also able to get the Epson firmware file using unshield (CVS version from the synce project). Else, you can get it from: http://www.commercialventvac.com/~jeffs/epson1670andFedora.html - Flatbed scanning (ie not transparency) works even up to the maximum resolution of 1600dpi. Jeff's result (above) maybe caused by the older sane-backend-1.0.13 -- shrugs. - The transparency scanning works to the extent that the fluorescence light can be controlled from sane. Cons: - A bit expensive IMHO. - The four scanner buttons doesn't have any effect. - Film scanning seems to introduce fine lines (only noticeable at high resolutions) that isn't due to the negative. - Not sure which component is at fault, but the colour of the film/negatives aren't properly calibrated. As far as I'm concerned, film scanning of the 1670 isn't usable under sane. Of course, it is distinctly possible that I haven't got things setup correctly as I've never played with film (35mm Kodak) scanning before. It is also possible that the CVS version of sane-backend fixes some of the above problems (currently using 1.0.14). BTW, thank you to the developers who integrated 1670 support into sane. Cheers Eddie
