Bryan Linton writes: > Hello misc@ > > I'm currently looking to purchase a scanner that works well with OpenBSD. > > I'm aware of the list provided at: > > 0211038.pdf Desktop Documents Downloads Library Movies Music Pictures > Programs Videos s-nail.corehttp://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html > > but I recently purchased (and returned) a scanner that was listed as being > fully supported on that list because no matter what I did, I couldn't > get it to work right with xsane or scanimage. Though I purchased it used, > so it's possible it may have simply been broken from the get-go. > > Does anyone happen to know of a scanner that is *known* to work well > with OpenBSD?
This is a very silly question. Most modern all-in-one office grade devices can scan directly onto an umass device or into the e-mail. You don't need OpenBSD to scan. The scan quality fall within technical requirements you have. That being said I have three scanners currently attached to my OpenBSD desktops at work and at home and all of them work perfectly. They are older devices. 1. Epson Perfection 1650 (plug and play) 2 .Epson Perfection 1670 (use cabextract to get a firmware needed to scan from Windows installation disk) 3. Epson all-in-one WorkForce 845 (plug and play but printer is paperweight but good enough for me to print from my smart phone with proprietary driver) I see people complaining about CanoScan LiDE line of Canon "scanners". Those scanners come without power supply and they are supposed to draw the electricity from USB cable. They cost about $10 new. Well you get what you paid for. Now in whole honestly Epson started selling $100-$200 flatbed scanners here in U.S. which do require epkowa binary blob driver so they are Linux only. Those scanners are no better than what I have. Now real good scanners like Perfection V850 Pro ($1000) are fully supported but you probably don't need that unless you are digitizing massive amount of old photos and negatives. Cheers, Predrag
