[sane-devel] Fw: Re: Portable Scanners

[Jack McGill]

Jack McGill


--- On Sun, 9/6/09, Jack McGill <jmcgill85258 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Jack McGill <jmcgill85258 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [sane-devel] Portable Scanners
> To: "Mike B." <mb78aa at yahoo.com>
> Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 8:30 AM
> 
> --- On Sun, 9/6/09, Mike B. <mb78aa at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Mike B. <mb78aa at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: [sane-devel] Portable Scanners
> > To: "SANE-dev mai. lis." <sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
> > Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 6:49 AM
> > Dear
> > All,
> > 
> > I consider buying a portable scanner, such as the
> Fujitsu
> > ScanSnap S300 or Pentax DSmobile 600. I would mainly
> use it
> > for scanning documents (text).
> > 
> > Would appreciate feedback from users how well these
> and
> > other portable scanners perform under SANE, as well as
> any
> > other helpful tips you may have in choosing and using
> a
> > portable scanner.
> 
> Mike,
> For a list of mobile document scanners, see http://sites.google.com/site/roadwarriorscanner/.
> 
> The Syscan Travelscan 646 is fully supported including
> calibration. This scanner is no longer manufactured, but
> used ones come up on ebay periodically. 
> 
> The scanners that you mention have basic support. A
> developer is currently working on adding calibration support
> for the Pentax DS Mobile 600, so hopefully that will be
> available soon.
> 
> Jack McGill
> > 
>