[sane-devel] Epson Perfection V800 - What does "Good" mean with this scanner?

[Olaf Meeuwissen]

Hi Maik,

Maik Wagner writes:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I am looking to buy a new scanner to scan my negatives and slides and
> decision has mainly been on these two devices:
>
> - Epson V800 Photo
> - Canon 9000F (Mark II)
>
> The latter one is marked as "Complete" but can apparently only scan four
> framed slides at once.
>
> So I have been looking at the "V800" which can do twelve slides at one
> time which would be an enormous increase in productivity.
>
> Is is marked on
>
> http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-mfgs-cvs.html#Z-EPSON
>
> as "Good" but which "exotic features" are missing?
>
> Could anyone elaborate on this please?

I just want to point out that this model does *not* require any of the
non-DFSG free, binary only plugins that some other EPSON scanner need
(like Yuri's V330).  Unfortunately, I cannot help you with any info on
unsupported "exotic features" (if any).

Hope this helps,
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