[Novalug] scanner recommendation

[David Zakar]

I'm personally not sold on the idea that a digital camera is the better
choice for day to day stuff. Flatbeds, IMHO, are easier to work with (more
useful resolutions, easier cropping). My own personal favorite is the HP
2200 - it may not have the best specs compared to most these days, but it's
plug-and-play in Linux (via USB!), and gives excellent scans. I've also
networked it via saned, so I can do a scan from any computer in the
apartment.

-David Zakar

-----Original Message-----
From: Russell Evans [mailto:russell-evans at qwest.net] 
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 6:28 AM
To: novalug at calypso.tux.org
Subject: Re: [Novalug] scanner recommendation

On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 15:15:30 -0400
Dan Arico <dan_arico at aricosystems.com> wrote:

> On Sun June 3 2007 1:00 pm, Ken Kauffman wrote:
> > I'm looking for a decent quality standalone scanner.  I have an HP 
> > 5400c which seems to have failed (or the power supply has).  In 
> > either case, I'm looking for a more Linux friendly unit.  Pretty 
> > much plug and play with most main distributions.
> >
> > Anyone?
> >
> > Ken
> 
> I'm using a digital camera these days. If you don't need a document 
> feeder, a digital camera gives better resolution than you're going to 
> get with a scanner without spending big bucks.
> 
> Dan Arico
> 

This is pretty interesting. I wonder how they deal with glare off the
plastic sheet?
http://www.atiz.com/bookdrive_diy.php