Re: scanner recommendation
https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/scanners/photo-scanner/canoscan-lide-110
It's a cheap workhorse. I haven't tried it with Linux but it doesn't
require any special software or drivers on macOS, which makes me think it
is entirely open standard.
--Gregory
On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 03:57:30PM -0400, Default User wrote:
> Hi!
>
> It may be time for a new scanner.
>
> For years I have used a Visioneer OneTouch 7100 usb flatbed scanner on
> various x86 computers running various versions of Debian and
> simple-scan.
>
> Currently:
> Debian Unstable (updated, of course)
> Linux 5.10.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.28-1 (2021-04-09) x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Cinnamon 4.8.6-2
> Dell Inspiron 3542 (laptop, circa 2015), 64-bit
> Scanner software: simple-scan, from Debian Unstable repositories
> Use case: light duty home use.
>
> For years it worked "okay". But it suddenly started producing scans
> with a narrow pink stripe down the left side of the scan image
> produced.
>
> I tried installing xsane (too complicated for me), which I did not
> configure at all. And if I just clicked the scan button in xsane it
> would "dim out" and then do nothing. As a bonus, simple-scan then no
> longer worked; upon clicking scan in simple-scan it would just do
> nothing, with a rotating "activity busy" circle displaying
> indefinitely.
>
> So I uninstalled (purged) both xsane and simple-scan, re-installed
> simple-scan, then rebooted.
> Simple-scan now "works", but still produces the pink stripe down the
> image left side, just as before.
>
> : (
>
> Note: the scanner is (about) 20 years, so no parts or service
> available from Visioneer.
>
> : (
>
> So . . .
> Can anyone recommend a good replacement scanner?
>
> I am really hoping to get something that works "out of the box", with
> little or no configuration, etc.
>
>
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