I did two checks: I checked the Sane site for each item. I only paid attention to scanners with "good" or "complete" support, of which there were many. My problem was, which of them (within my nominated price/performance range) are available locally and from where. (Not many!)
Your remark about the Genius problem was interesting, since the Sane list neither indicated difficulties, nor did it have a link to "somewhere else" for the models in question. As I pointed out earlier, I'm taking a "punt" on a Canon Lide 25 at NIS 312 (a tank of petrol?) which won't send me into bankruptcy. Julian Daich wrote: > El lun, 19-03-2007 a las 09:22 +0200, Daniel Feiglin escribió: > > >> There are a couple of other similar supported "cheapies" like these: >> Genius 1200XE - NIS 243 >> Genius HR7 - NIS 389 >> > Be careful! There were a lot of concerns regarding Genius scanners at > the Ubuntu forums. > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1227071#poststop > I remember to be asked to sign a petition to Genius regarding their > scanners a month or so ago. > Check out the SANE list before buying nothing! When the developers say¨ > good¨ support usually it means not complete. > http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=genius&model=&bus=any&v=&p= > However the Genius HR7 seems to be well supported. > > Julian > > >> Plustek 1200 - NIS 289 >> >> I suspect that the main differences are in quality of the electro >> mechanical components and scanning speed. >> >> Daniel Feiglin wrote: >> >>> Hello folks! >>> >>> I am looking for a low end USB flatbed scanner <= NIS 1000, mostly as a >>> fax front end and for scanning documents. No fancy photography is >>> required. An examination of the Sane site, http://www.sane-project.org/ >>> as well as a look at the SUSE scanner installation list, crossed with >>> what seems to be available in Israel e.g. http://www.zap.co.il/ yields >>> about two Epson models (1260, 390) with good or complete functionality. >>> I find that hard to believe. >>> >>> The sort of unit I have in mind should have resolution 1200x2400 or >>> better, 48 bit color and A4 size. >>> >>> I would appreciate any other leads, URL's to Israeli suppliers. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>>
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