I went and bought a HP 2280 all-in-one, because it was cheap ($69,
before $20 cash back) and HP usually work ok with Linux.
It doesn't work out of the box, as Hardy is running HPLIP 2.8.2-0 and
the 2280 requires 2.8.6 for scanning.
So I can get it working, which is good, but what happens when the
dist-upgrade comes around? I assume by the time 10.04-LTS is out that
the 2.8.6 or better will be standard, but it is there anything I can
do to make sure the upgrade will go smoothly and the hand installed
2.8.6 will be ignored?
At the moment there's an auto installer for 2.8.9 available. When
dist-upgrading should some effort be made to remove this first, or
would installing it by hand make future upgrades any more successful?
Ben
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Searching for a scanner that's plug and play.
Best I've found so far is the Canon LiDE25 (this is a stand alone
flatbed scanner).
Found various info that seems to indicate Canon and HP are the best
bets at the moment. While the Ubuntu hardware guide does have a
reasonable set of options, I can't find any that are currently
available.
Emphasis here on the just works. Relatively cheap would be good too :-)
Size/brand/quality/etc. are not relevant.
I'm really hoping you know of something that will fit the bill as
buying a bucket of WiFi adapters was one thing, but I don't have the
space to start a scanner collection :-)
Thanks,
Ben
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