[plug] Which Scanners?

[Bernd Felsche]

Peter Sutter <sutterp at sopac.com.au> wrote:

>I am looking for a scanner with slide scanning capabilities. It appears that 
>none of the models currently on the market is supported by Linux, they are 
>either not listed on http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html or marked as 
>unsupported, and the ones listed with good or complete can't be purchased 
>anymore.

>Will consider two separate scanners too, single slide scanner and normal A4 
>scanner.

>Has anybody got any of the newer scanners working under Linux, and with which 
>drivers?

Check for VueScan's support of scanners under Linux
<http://www.hamrick.com/>

It supports e.g. the Canon FS4000 which is a fairly new model, a
development apparently of the FS2710 that I've been using with
VueScan for a number of years; for slides and 35mm film.
This is OK for causal use.

You'd need a bigger Nikon model for automatic film and slide feeding
capabilities.
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