On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Tony Baechler wrote:
Daniel Dalton wrote:
If I was to buy a new scanner what model is the easiest to set up and the
best supported?
What one would you recommend?
Hi,
Pretty much any scanner should work nowadays. You want one that's TWAIN
compatible. That includes most Epson, Cannon, HP, etc. You probably want a
USB scanner. The only thing to watch is that some require their own Windows
OK, I'll make sure I do that.
drivers which of course won't work in Linux. This seems true of HP but I had
indeed
this with an Epson also. I don't yet do scanning in Linux so I can't really
give specific help besides that, but if in doubt, look for something like
oh ok
"best scanner" or "supported scanner models" at http://www.google.com/linux
I will.
If you get one to work, I would be interested in your results. I am
interested in trying to scan documents in Linux and have found the OCR thread
interesting. I would also be interested in which engine produces the best
I have too... and I'll let you know how I go...
text quality. I know from trying different ones under Windows that results
can drastically vary depending on many factors.
I didn't do this under windows, but ok.
You asked about page images with text. First, be aware that there are at
least 4 different types of .tif images. One is compressed, one is for faxes,
one is for multiple pages and one is the standard, old fashioned, single
page. You want the later. You'll know that it's right because it will only
support one page per document and the files will be very big, about 1 MB per
file. I've had bad luck with the other .tif variations. Also, there are many
oh ok
I hope this is helpful to you. Have a good weekend.
It is. Have a good weekend too!
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Daniel Dalton
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