[plug] scanners

[Bernd Felsche]

Ben Jensz <plug at jensz.id.au> writes:

>The other choice you've got is that you can use Vuescan 
>(http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/) if your scanner isn't supported under 
>Linux by sane.  Vuescan has versions for Windows, OS/X and Linux.  There 
>is a list of scanners supported (and unsupported) by Vuescan here:  
>http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm#supported

>Also, as a side note..  flatbed scanners with film scanning capabilities 
>aren't all that fantastic really.  If you're going to be doing a lot of 
>scanning of (35mm) negative and/or colour reversal film on a regular 
>basis, you might want to possibly look at getting a dedicated film 
>scanner.  You can pick up low-end ones for around $500-600 new.

Take a look here for some film scanners:
	http://www.scantips.com/basic13f.html
Not all have SANE backends.

The Nikon Coolscan devices look promising. SANE backend seems a bit
long in the tooth but handles infrared for virtual dust/fingerprint
removal. 
	http://andreas.rick.free.fr/sane/

Current SANE support:
	http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html

You should definitely look for either SCSI or IEEE1394 as an
interface due to the very large size of scan possible.
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