Ottavio Caruso wrote: > Local charity shop sells a desktop scanner for next to nothing. I could buy > it and try it but it's very bulky and it's a long walk. So I'd like to have > a clue beforehand if it's supported. > > The item is a Packard Bell Slimline PB 61428. > > I googled it but haven't found anything relevant to Linux. The packaging > mentions Windows 98. I remember back in the day, the was a wrapper for old > Windows drivers, I can't remember its name.
I would guess this is unlikely to work at all. It predates any of the modern standards for scanning, and Packard Bell was never a high-quality manufacturer, so it probably doesn't conform to any of the older standards, either. Honestly, a 24 year old consumer-grade scanner is not going to be a good value even if it's free. -dsr-