[ale] Document Scanner Recommendations

[Jonathan Meek]

Yep meaning the type as you described Solomon.

I hardly print anything these days & wife indicated that a doc scanner was okay to bring in our new home but no multi-functions (she’s a big proponent of having one thing do one thing well)

I hadn’t thought of the scan to USB idea so I will look for that.

I will def let you know all what we settled on

Regards,

Jonathan

> On Jun 16, 2022, at 10:02 AM, Solomon Peachy <pizza at shaftnet.org> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 06:20:43AM -0400, Jonathan Meek via Ale wrote:
>> I wanted to see if anyone had scanner recommendations that work well 
>> with Linux. I am looking at the Brother line of document scanners but 
>> didn’t easy Linux support based on an internet search.
> 
> By "document scanner" you mean something that scas sheets of paper and 
> has an automatic feeder?  And ideally duplex as well?
> 
> I recently picked up an old Fujitsu fi-6130z unit; it's of the sort 
> you'll typically see in medical offices where they need to scan in large 
> stacks of stuff quickly.  They last approximately forever and can handle 
> a lot of physical abuse. 
> 
> This model (and other fujitsus) are well supprted by SANE, and it makes 
> quick work of whaver I feed into it.  
> 
> I also have an old Canon flatbed that works well, but it's not so great 
> when you need to scan in more than a page or two at a time.
> 
> ANYhoo.  Back to the bitmines.
> 
> - Solomon
> -- 
> Solomon Peachy                  pizza at shaftnet dot org (email&xmpp)
>                                      @pizza:shaftnet dot org   (matrix)
> Live Oak, FL                          speachy (libra.chat)
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