John Layt wrote:
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:08, David Wallis wrote:
Hi there
I'm a very new newbie. This is my first posting so please take pity on me
As a Windows convert I have an Epson Perfection 1670 which I would like
to use with my Mandrake 10 OS
Any help appreciated
David Wallis
Linux scanner support is through SANE, see their site at http://www.sane-project.org/ for lists of supported scanners. Your scanner is listed as having Good support (but not complete).
Mandrake has ScannerDrake as part of the Mandrake Control Centre (MCC), on menu under System/Configuration/Configure your Computer. This will detect and configure your scanner, if supported, and install some software to use.
Software to use are XSane (Gtk app, full featured, but GUI is a bit difficult), Kooka (KDE app, simplified GUI misses some features, has weird photo management add-on), or QuiteInsane (QT app, full featured, basically XSane for QT, no longer actively developed).
John.
Hi David, Welcome to Linux.
Are you having any difficulties with your current scanner setup ?
For the most part if you had your scanner connected to your PC during Linux install it configures everything for you.
After that just select xsane and away you go, especially for most current epsom scanners.
John
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