[sane-devel] Lexmark X83 and other models?

[Till Kamppeter]

I recommend to invest some more money and get an HP device. Not only 
that ink from Lexmark is extremely expensive, but also HP's devices are 
nearly completely supported. Only PC-assisted copying/faxing does not 
work. Printing, scanning, photo-card access, stand-alone (without PC) 
copying and faxing all works (on some Lexmarks copying and faxing only 
works through Windows software).

See http://hpoj.sf.net/ to see how well the HP devices are supported. I 
have the HP PSC 750 and 950 here and they work like a charm. These are 
my test boxes which I use for developing printerdrake and packaging HPOJ 
for Mandrake Linux.

In general, you should abvoid every multi-function device not from HP, 
they all do not work better than "Partially".

    Till


Theodore Kilgore wrote:
> People might recall that I wrote in a few weeks ago, thinking about buying
> some kind of multifunction box for Christmas. The X73 was recommended.
> However, there aren't any around here right now. Seems that the last
> one went on closeout special and I let it go before it was clear that
> is what I should have bought. What is locally available instead?
> X83
> X75
> X75M
> from Lexmark, and some other boxes from other companies which are a bit
> more expensive. So this seems like bad news about the X83. Anybody know
> anything about the X75? I already have one or two devices which are
> waiting for full support, and I am not sure that I need another one right
> now...