<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Allan,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the reply.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Price range? I suppose it would be nice to get a scanner for under $300, but the range can slide.</div><div><br></div><div>What kind? I'd like to support companies that support free software. I'd like to get accurate scans of photos. Other than that, I'm not sure the best models to look at.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>-m<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 10:16 AM m. allan noah <<a href="mailto:kitno455@gmail.com">kitno455@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">You need to tell us what kind of scanner you are looking for, and a<br>
general price range.<br>
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allan<br>
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On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 9:41 AM Matt Zagrabelny via sane-devel<br>
<<a href="mailto:sane-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net" target="_blank">sane-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Greetings SANE folks,<br>
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> I'm looking to get into scanning in the GNU/Linux world - I do not yet own a scanner. I know the SANE compatibility matrix exists [0], but I am hoping for some anecdotal recommendations.<br>
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> What scanners are people using and how happy are you with your scanner and your SANE front-end?<br>
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> Also, I read a short blog post [1] about the author's scanner yielding different results under Windows and GNU/Linux. The author claims that the Windows driver can have better color accuracy. Does anyone have any commentary about such notions?<br>
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> Thanks for helping me get my feet wet.<br>
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> Cheers,<br>
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> -m<br>
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> [0] <a href="http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html</a><br>
> [1] <a href="https://www.digitaltidying.com/dont-use-linux-to-scan-photographs/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.digitaltidying.com/dont-use-linux-to-scan-photographs/</a><br>
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