[sclug] Scanning

Thu Sep 7 21:05:32 UTC 2006

On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 21:30 +0100, Peter Brewer wrote:

> I've just convinced by Dad to finally give Windows the push for good.  
> The one thing left that he can't do though is use his scanner - an old 
> Astra Umax which is completely unsupported by SANE.  He is happy enough

Erm, have you checked? Most Astras are supported...

> Anyone got experience of buy scanners recently?

Well, not recently, but my Umax Astra 2200 works fine, as does my HP
ScanJet (I wanted an ADF) purchased off eBay a while ago.

- Raz