Epson photo scanners

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Sorry for the top posting.

Check out Vuescan. It also runs under Linux. I found it to work well with
the 2450 under 'Doze.

http://www.hamrick.com/

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan


"Allan Adler" <ara@nestle.csail.mit.edu> wrote in message
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>
> I'm looking into some deals for Epson Perfection 1670, 2400, 2480, 2580
> scanners. The last two come with transparency adaptors. The main problem
> I have is compatibility with Linux. I looked at the website for SANE,
> which worries about scanner compatibility with Linux, and these are
> all supported, which is why I listed them out of the dozens I had
> considered.
> The last two are listed as having some problems with Linux, in spite of
> the Linux support, and these are the only two that come with transparency
> adaptors. Also, I'm so ignorant of scanners that I don't know whether a
> photo scanner can also be used for ordinary scanning of documents. Even
> if the thing is compatible with Linux, I might need to upgrade to a new
> version of Linux to gain that compatibility, which has implications of
> its own.
> --
> Ignorantly,
> Allan Adler <ara@zurich.csail.mit.edu>
> * Disclaimer: I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT CSAIL. My actions
> and
> * comments do not reflect in any way on MIT. Also, I am nowhere near
> Boston.