On Sunday 17 October 2004 21:04, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Sunday 17 October 2004 20:53, Björn Olsson wrote: > > <snip> > > > Carroll, > > > > No, I haven't asked Epson yet. Asking the manufacturer och > > vendor is always the last resort, isn't it? ;-) > > However, I have gone over their website without finding > > anything worthwhile. But you are right, It _is_ worth asking, > > so I'll give them a call tomorrow. > > > > Björn > > </snip> > > As another comment : > > Epson Perfection 2400 Photo works excellent on my MDK 10.1 CE. > Although it isn't listed as a fully compatible scanner, the 2480 > will probably work. > > You could try to use one of Epson's linux drivers from here : > > http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/dl_scan.html > > I tried one of those drivers, but it insisted on "device busy" or > some such, so I did'nt bother, but use xsane as my default > driver. > > A 100 % pleasure.
I forgot something : Epson scanners - including 2480 - are well supported by Vuescan from Hamrick Software. Although it is commercial it is reasonably priced : http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html Vuescan works great, but it is a bit more complicated (too many options for my small brain) than xsane. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8*
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