I just ordered up an Epson 1240U from mwave.com. Someone I work with has the 1640SU, and with usb it only takes him about 5 seconds to scan in an 8.5x11 document. The new Canon slim scanner that we got here at work took more than 2 minutes to scan an 8.5x11 document at 75dpi. Sad. Now I just need to write something I can use to index and archive all of my bills and documents before I put them into the paper shredder since they just get lost anyway. If I shred them, at least I know where they went. :) Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Kent Schumacher [mailto:kent at structural-wood.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 2:35 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] usb scanners > > > "Austad, Jay" wrote: > > > > I need to get myself a scanner to start scanning in all of > my stupid bills > > and paperwork that always seems to float around my > apartment and then > > suddenly disappear. > > > > So, I'm thinking USB since parallel port is slow. Does > anyone have a USB > > scanner working with Linux? What's a good model to buy? I > want something > > that will scan relatively fast as I'll mostly be scanning > paperwork at > > 150-300dpi. The new Canon super thin scanners look pretty > cool (1.3" thick, > > titanium colored, and around $100), but I heard they were slow. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Jay > > > > I love my epson 1200u. It's usb, fast, and trivial to set > up. Supported by > sane with scanimage, xscanimage, and StarOffice as good clients. > > StarOffice pukes with big scans. xscanimage isn't bothered in the > least. > > http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ > > Click on devices then scanners. > > Here's sanes web page. > > http://panda.mostang.com/sane/ > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >