Re: Flatbed Scanner

["John Abreau-2" <user=184@nabble.blu.org>]

 My favorite scanner is one that I purchased at work a few years ago: 
a Ricoh IS100e. It was too expensive for home use, as it cost $800 at 
the time. I was lucky to find one on eBay recently for $100, so now I 
have one at home, too. 

The IS100e is a standalone scanner with an ethernet connection: you 
enter an email address before hitting the scan button, and it  emails 
the scanned files as attachments to the address you entered. It can 
scan as color or black-and-white, and create either JPEG images 
or a PDF file. It also has an auto document feeder. 

The IS100e model is discontinued, and the current model, the IS200e, 
lists for $1,600.  But liquidators occasionally sell them on eBay, so it's 
worth keeping an eye out for them. It certainly paid off for me. 



Laura Conrad wrote: 
>>>>>> "David" == David Hummel <[hidden email]> writes: 
>>>>>>             
> 
>     David> I have an Epson Perfection 1250 which works perfectly, albeit inferior 
>     David> resolution to newer scanners... 
> 
> This one seems to work; I just need a driver that gives me more 
> options.   
> 
> Neither Microcenter nor Newegg seems to have a Perfection 1250 in 
> stock at the moment.  I need a recommendation for something I can buy. 
> 
> So let me rephrase my question.  Does someone have a recently 
> purchased scanner that works well with Linux, not only in the sense 
> that it scans the image, but in the sense that the user has the 
> options they need from scanner software with the standard linux 
> programs.  (xsane and xscanimage). 
> 
>