[plug] Scanners...

[David Dartnall]

Jason Nicholls wrote:
>> Boy, it's hard to get a flatbed scanner these days. All they have are  
>> the multifunction units, and I have a printer (although a mf would give  
>> me a lot more space on my desk). My Canon Lide 25 has developed lines in  
>> the scan.
>>     
>
> Have you tried 2nd hands stores like the Salvos? I picked up an Olympic
> OTC-1200 UB USB scanner for $5 and it works perfectly without having to
> do anything under Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04. There were some other ones there
> at the time too (1+ yr) all the quite small form-factor versions.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jason Nicholls
>   
No Jason, thanks for the thought tho'.
I'm inclined to look more closely at the M/F unit now.
Regards
DD