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  From: Benjamin Close <linux@senet.com.au>
  To  : Alan Kennington <akenning@dog.topology.org>
  Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 09:46:54 +1030 (CST)

Re: el cheapo scanner

On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Alan Kennington wrote:

> Linux scanner experts and others:
> 
> Can you tell me what kind of scanner a Dick Smith marketed
> Dexxa 4800 is similar to?
> 
> The guy in the shop said mustek, but they seem to be mostly SCSI.
> 
> I'm trying to get the "sane" scanner sofware going on a linux box.
> The list of man5-manuals for sane are:
> 
> sane-abaton.5     sane-dmc.5        sane-mustek.5     sane-scsi.5
> sane-agfafocus.5  sane-epson.5      sane-net.5        sane-umax.5
> sane-apple.5      sane-hp.5         sane-pint.5
> sane-dc25.5       sane-microtek.5   sane-pnm.5
> sane-dll.5        sane-microtek2.5  sane-qcam.5
> 
> So I'm trying to make a choice of which one of these
> is the best bet as a "back-end" for the scanimage program.
> 
> If the dexxa 4800 is beyond hope, could anyone please
> (preferably not to the full list) advise me as to a better
> scanner for linux purposes.
> I still want to stick with el cheapo parallel port scanners right now.

http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-backends.html may give you more
information, it lists all supported scanners.

Cheers,
--

* Benjamin Close
* Benjsc@senet.com.au
* Web Page: http://users.senet.com.au/~benjsc

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