Jack McGill
--- On Sun, 9/6/09, Jack McGill <jmcgill85258 at yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Jack McGill <jmcgill85258 at yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [sane-devel] Portable Scanners > To: "Mike B." <mb78aa at yahoo.com> > Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 8:30 AM > > --- On Sun, 9/6/09, Mike B. <mb78aa at yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > From: Mike B. <mb78aa at yahoo.com> > > Subject: [sane-devel] Portable Scanners > > To: "SANE-dev mai. lis." <sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org> > > Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 6:49 AM > > Dear > > All, > > > > I consider buying a portable scanner, such as the > Fujitsu > > ScanSnap S300 or Pentax DSmobile 600. I would mainly > use it > > for scanning documents (text). > > > > Would appreciate feedback from users how well these > and > > other portable scanners perform under SANE, as well as > any > > other helpful tips you may have in choosing and using > a > > portable scanner. > > Mike, > For a list of mobile document scanners, see > http://sites.google.com/site/roadwarriorscanner/. > > The Syscan Travelscan 646 is fully supported including > calibration. This scanner is no longer manufactured, but > used ones come up on ebay periodically. > > The scanners that you mention have basic support. A > developer is currently working on adding calibration support > for the Pentax DS Mobile 600, so hopefully that will be > available soon. > > Jack McGill > > >
