On 05/06/2017 06:15 AM, Philip Webb wrote: > 170506 Mick wrote: >> On Friday 05 May 2017 19:27:47 Philip Webb wrote: >>> There is a pkg media-gfx/iscan-plugin-gt-x820 for a V600 : >>> I could take the V550 back & exchange it for a V600 >>> & try to install Iscan + data + that plugin. >> If you are going to change it, isn't there a HP device out there >> that Just Works™ with the hplip and potentially the hplip-plugin packages? > > Very unlikely : I have an HP printer, which also copies & can scan, > but it isn't supported by Sane-backends & would require much work. > > I plan to audit what I've installed carefully today > & if I still can't get it to work on Gentoo, I'll file a bug : > hopefully, whoever created the plugin for V600 can do another for V550. > > Also, I'll put the Epson install script on my Internet site > ( http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/ ). > I can't make sense of it, but perhaps someone here can tell me > what it does with the .deb files when it installs them. > > If it works on Mint, it sb possible to get it to work on Gentoo. > Usually in such cases, the secret is finding 1 small item > which needs to be fixed & then everything is ok : that's Gentoo's strength. >
I had to buy a new scanner in late 2015 (I believe) and found a Canon LiDE 200. I got mine on sale for $90 here in Canada. This scanner doesn't have as high a resolution (it's only 4800dpi vs. the Epson you have's 6400) and there's no ADF. It comes with a bracket to make it sit upright. Main reason I bought it is because it uses the genesys backend in sane-backends and no additional configuration was required on my end. Do note that newer models than mine require some proprietary crap. I had to search out this model specifically. I've scanned many pictures and used it to restore an old user manual even, works pretty well for $90. Dan
