[sane-devel] Real Fast Scanner!

[Florian Reichert]

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 22:06:07 +0200, Henning Meier-Geinitz 
<henning at meier-geinitz.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 09:01:26PM +0200, Florian Reichert wrote:
>> >I'm cc'ing sane-devel because I'm not an expert for that scanner.
>
> Again. Please do not send mails to me personally, please send the to
> the sane-devel mailing list.

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>> >On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 01:04:59PM +0200, Wolfram Heider wrote:
>> >>On 14.10.03 12:10:02 you wrote in reply to Florian Reichert:
>> >>That scanner (i.e. Epson Perfection 1670) is not supported yet but 
>> it's
>> >>being worked on.
>> >>[...]
>>
>> And what aout the epkowa backand? Is that working? Or work in progress?
>
> Olaf Meeuwissen <olaf at zen.epkowa.co.jp> wrote about that topic
> (quoting "Ed Hamrick" <usenet at hamrick.com>):
>
> | > It turns out that the 1670 is actually made by Acer/BenQ,
> | > just like the Perfection 660, and uses Acer commands.
> |
> | That is correct and also the main reason why this scanner will not be
> | supported by "Image Scan! for Linux".  But at least now I can forward
> | people somewhere!
>
>> Seems to be difficult to get a supported scanner for less than 150 (or
>> max. 200) Euro.
>
> I can't comment on speed or quality, but it's possible to buy scanners
> cheaper than 150 Euros that are supported by SANE. Just a quick check
> at www.alternate.de:
>
> Canon Lide 20                59,00
> Canon Lide 30                77,00
> Epson Perfection 1260 Photo  94.00
> Mustek Be at rPaw 1200CS        66.00
> Mustek Be at rPaw 1200CU+       64.00

Yes I know that scanners but they seem to be verry slow ones.

So it seems I have to have a look for the epson Perfection 2400 Photo. 
This seems to be the only fast scanner for less than 200 Euro.

But any further sugestions will be welcome.

Regards Florian



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