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 > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
