[sane-devel] UPDATE about: help to understand which of THESE scanner/printers is supported

[Kelly Price]

I can answer that from a user's perspective.  My go-to for scanners is
the LiDE series.

Yes, they're USB powered because they use LED lighting.  It allows
them to sip power, so they're under the 5V 500mA limit.  I've had
these plugged in via a hub and now direct.  Works nicely.

And it's best if you use the "sane-releases" PPA, because Ubuntu can
lag behind.  It should work out of the box with the PPA.

On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 11:27 AM M. Fioretti <mfioretti at nexaima.net> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 15, 2022 12:45:22 PM -0700, Ralph Little wrote:
> >
> > On 2022-10-15 10:38, M. Fioretti wrote:
> > > Greetings,
> > > ...
> > > For work reasons, I badly need to replace as soon as possible the
> > > Epson XP-4100 printer that one hour ago died under my desk (something
> > > snapped inside), with another all-in-one device that is
> > >
> > > - 100% supported under Linux, **especially** the scanner, because on
> > >    avg I print ~ 15/20 pages/month, mostly B/W, but for THIS and future
> > >    projects I need to scan hundreds of photographs with the highest
> > >    possible resolution, that's why I'm posting here
> > ...
>
> After a bit of checking, the choices actually available seem to be
> restricted to these models:
>
> 1) all-in-one EPSON XP2205        ~70  EUR
> 2) all-in-one EPSON WF 2880 DFW   ~110 EUR
> 3) Scanner only, Canoscan LIDE 400 ~80 EUR
>
> Explanation, please DO tell me if what follows makes sense:
>
> after my initial message, and sleeping over it, I have realized that
> in the near term, say the next 4/6 weeks, I should, ideally, scan over
> 1000 photographs, but need to print very little. After this period,
> the needs would very likely reverse, i.e. little printing, even less
> scanning. In other words,
>
> - buying asap a better scanner than what usually comes in all-in-one
>   products,
>
> - going to the corner shop when I absolutely need to print a
> few pages
> - buy a printer-only later e.g Black Friday?...
>
> may be a much better use overall of my time and even money , even if I
> put that scanner in the closet 2 months from now
>
> PROS:
>
> - no more "cannot print because scanning does not work" as it is
>   right now, or "cannot scan because ink is low"
>
> - higher resolution (4800x4800)
>
> - SANE website says complete support up to 4800 DPI, with driver pixma
>   (0.28.6)
>
> - can stay vertical, solving one of my critical reasons for all-in-one
> products, i.e lack of shelf space
>
> CONS:
>
> - eventually, I'll spend more than with all-in-one to have both
> printing and scanning (but should save it by finishing the scanning
> project better/earlier)
>
> - USB-powered??? This worries me. I was giving for granted I would
>   connect this via a small USB hub to an Intel NUC, but it won't work,
>   will it? And if I attached this to the only USB port still available
>   on the NUC, would it drain too much power from a device like that?
>
> - finally, SANE says it is supported, but I do not understand whether
> the sane package coming with Ubuntu 22.04 does contain pixma 0.28.6 or
> not, or if I need other packages (Vuescan???):
>
>      https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/sane
>
> any help to understand if that scanner will be usable without problems
> on my NUC/Ubuntu 22.04 combination is VERY welcome! Ditto for any
> mention of problems with that scanner that I may have overlooked.
>
> TIA,
> Marco
>
>


-- 
Kelly "STrRedWolf" Price
http://redwolf.ws