Re: Canon LIDE-90 scanner
On 12 Feb 2008, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> On 12 Feb at 8:35 Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> wrote in message
> <[🔎] 20080212083535.GI1528@acampbell.org.uk>
>
> > On 11 Feb 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 12:06:58PM -0500, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote:
> > > > Does any one know if it is supprted under Linux?
> >>
> > > What does google say? Check the sane website.
> >>
> > > Doug.
> >
> >
> > I'm pretty sure it isn't. Recently I was looking into scanners that work
> > on Linux and as far as I can see there are now none such, at least in the
> > medium price range. The Canoscan Lide 25 is reported to work but has bad
> > reviews. I'm just hoping my Epson Perfection 1650 goes on working.
> > Apparently flatbed scanners are no longer being made - I don't know why.
>
> No longer cost-effective. People are buying combined scanner-printers at a
> price similar to what each seperate device would cost on its own a couple of
> years ago.
>
> I'm just waiting for either my scanner or printer to die, so that I can
> justify buying one of those nice HP C6200 units...
>
Which means twice as many things to go wrong and more room taken up on
the desk. Also, I don't want an inkjet printer.
Anthony
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