O.T. Affordable scanner

2015-12-30 Thread Bob Marcan
Looking for affordable scanner: no multifunction device (bad experience with Canon) supported by sane flatbed a4 format scan plain documents scan photographs in color scan photographs in B&W (brown&white, my grandpa was born 1888) scan negative & slides USB or WIFI TIA, Bob -- users mailing list

Re: O.T. Affordable scanner

2015-12-30 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/30/2015 03:00 PM, Bob Marcan wrote: no multifunction device (bad experience with Canon) I'm sorry to hear that. I have a Canon printer/scanner that works fine, but only scans with Canon's software. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscriptio

Re: O.T. Affordable scanner

2015-12-30 Thread fred roller
I have had success with most flat bed USB scanners from thrift stores. Usually a $5 gamble. Fred Roller On Dec 30, 2015 6:06 PM, "Joe Zeff" wrote: > On 12/30/2015 03:00 PM, Bob Marcan wrote: > >> no multifunction device (bad experience with Canon) >> > > I'm sorry to hear that. I have a Canon p

Re: O.T. Affordable scanner

2015-12-30 Thread Rick Stevens
On 12/30/2015 03:06 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/30/2015 03:00 PM, Bob Marcan wrote: no multifunction device (bad experience with Canon) I'm sorry to hear that. I have a Canon printer/scanner that works fine, but only scans with Canon's software. I use a Brother MFC-9840CDW multifunction at th

Re: O.T. Affordable scanner

2015-12-30 Thread Rick Stevens
On 12/30/2015 03:21 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 12/30/2015 03:06 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/30/2015 03:00 PM, Bob Marcan wrote: no multifunction device (bad experience with Canon) I'm sorry to hear that. I have a Canon printer/scanner that works fine, but only scans with Canon's software. I

Re: O.T. Affordable scanner

2015-12-30 Thread Tom Horsley
On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 00:00:17 +0100 Bob Marcan wrote: > supported by sane Every time I've ever done a search, I've found scanners divided into two totally separate categories: 1. Scanners supported by sane. 2. Scanners currently being sold. :-). I currently run a multi-function epson with a wif

Re: O.T. Affordable scanner

2015-12-30 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2015-12-30 at 19:07 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 00:00:17 +0100 > Bob Marcan wrote: > > > supported by sane > > Every time I've ever done a search, I've found scanners > divided into two totally separate categories: > > 1. Scanners supported by sane. > 2. Scanners curr

Re: O.T. Affordable scanner

2015-12-30 Thread Fred Smith
On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 12:11:40AM +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2015-12-30 at 19:07 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 00:00:17 +0100 > > Bob Marcan wrote: > > > > > supported by sane > > > > Every time I've ever done a search, I've found scanners > > divided into tw

Re: O.T. Affordable scanner

2015-12-30 Thread Nick Urbanik
On 31/12/15 00:00 +0100, Bob Marcan wrote: Looking for affordable scanner: no multifunction device (bad experience with Canon) supported by sane flatbed a4 format scan plain documents scan photographs in color scan photographs in B&W (brown&white, my grandpa was born 1888) scan negative & slides

Re: O.T. Affordable scanner

2015-12-30 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Bob Marcan writes: Looking for affordable scanner: no multifunction device (bad experience with Canon) supported by sane flatbed a4 format scan plain documents scan photographs in color scan photographs in B&W (brown&white, my grandpa was born 1888) scan negative & slides USB or WIFI Most Fuji

Re: O.T. Affordable scanner

2015-12-30 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 31 December 2015, Nick Urbanik sent: > Now negatives, not so sure; does that require software to process the > scan? I do not have experience with that. It shouldn't for just reversal of intensity, however you *may* need a driver to turn on any backlights for scanning tran

Re: O.T. Affordable scanner

2015-12-30 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 30 December 2015, Sam Varshavchik sent: > Fujitsu scanners are a bit pricier that the competition, though. The > cheapest full-sized scanner I see on Amazon is the iX500 at four > hundred bucks, and, yup, it's listed on > http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html with

Re: O.T. Affordable scanner

2015-12-31 Thread Philip Brown
On 12/31/2015 12:00 AM, Bob Marcan wrote: Looking for affordable scanner: no multifunction device (bad experience with Canon) supported by sane flatbed a4 format scan plain documents scan photographs in color scan photographs in B&W (brown&white, my grandpa was born 1888) scan negative & slides U