[sane-devel] recommendation for scanner <150$?

[Christoph Peus]

> >I'm searching for a scanner with usb interface which is completely 
> >supported by sane and which is still available in the market for not 
more 
> >than 150$. Any recommendations?
> >After browsing through the list of sane supported models and comparing 
> >them to those which are available from local dealers and internet shops 
in 
> >germany it seems that scanners are either supported by sane or 
available 
> >from dealers but not both. But I'm sure that I missed something...
> 
> If I were you I would buy a used scanner via ebay.
> Epson probably.

That's probably a good advice for private use, but I need a model which I 
can recommend to my employer's purchase department to be sure that new 
scanners are linux compatible. "get it from ebay" is a nogo in this 
environment. ;-)
But this seems to be a problem...
Thanks nevertheless!

Regards
Christoph