Yep. Pretty broad ;-) I've personally never found a scanner that doesn't work with Sane. Many are just re-branding of some other scanner/brand. E.g. Samsung and Xerox.
I guess you should look at this from a) your needs, b) then your local market and _then_ c) when you have your short list post it here for any compatibility issues or supported features. -- Alejandro Imass On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Jerry Sievers <gsievers19 at comcast.net> wrote: > I realize this is an abstract question... > > Given the following criteria; > > * Relatively low cost > * Currently available in retail stores > * Simple flatbed is acceptable > * Use case is basic scanning/archival/OCR > > I have reviewed the hardware compatibility docs/web pages etc. ?No > brand preference in particular. > > Like to hear a few hints what might be the best picks, if possible > > Thanks! > > -- > Jerry Sievers > e: gsievers19 at comcast.net > p: 305.321.1144 > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >