Re: Which scanner with Debian 2.0?

[Jens Ritter <jens@weh.rwth-aachen.de>]

Morgan Collett <morganc@thawte.com> writes:

> I want to set up a graphic design workstation under Linux, running the
> Gimp. I want to use a graphics tablet, and a flatbed scanner.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a scanner? Should it be SCSI or can parallel port
> scanners work?
> (Can anyone recommend what NOT to get?)

See the SANE pages: 

http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-backends.html

In general an own SCSI Card is better with most scanners.
E.g. my Mustek SCSI Scanner shipped with a rather simple card with no
interrupt. If I use this card, the load will increase to >6 when I
scan. 

On parallel port scanners I am not able to give valuable comments.

HTH,

Jens


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