On Sunday 06 September 2009, Mike B. wrote: > Dear All, > > I consider buying a portable scanner, such as the Fujitsu ScanSnap S300 or > Pentax DSmobile 600. I would mainly use it for scanning documents (text). > > Would appreciate feedback from users how well these and other portable > scanners perform under SANE, as well as any other helpful tips you may have > in choosing and using a portable scanner. > > Cheers and thanks, > > Mike.
The DSmobile 600 does NOT work with Linux, I know, I have one. They still advertise Linux compatibility but the old driver does not work with the new scanner (and they don't make it available anyway). I got it to work from an emulated Windows (or a Mac). Thierry