[sane-devel] Re: HP 7450C, hpusbscsi, permissions in Fedora Core 3

[Thomas Frayne]

I do not recommend the HP7450C for use with SANE.  I spent 18 months
getting it working.  It worked for a few days, including ADF, but paper
jams required me to unplug it and plug it back in to get it working
again.  After a few days, it made some funny noises, and now the motor
seems to fail when powering it on.

I am currently trying to find a new scanner that will work with SANE.
Since I haven't been able to find an ADF scanner, I might temporarily
get a cheap flatbed until a well-supported ADF scanner comes along.

Does anyone know of an ADF scanner that has good SANE support?  Or a
flatbed scanner?


On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 21:30 +0100, Seb wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry to bother you, but a quick piece of advice from you would be very
> helpful. I see on sane-devel's archives that you use a HP 7450C,
> although you have had some trouble with it.
> 
> I plan to buy the exact same model, but I am a bit worried about Sane's
> support (under Linux). In particular, I would very much like to know if:
> 
> * the ADF is functionnal with SANE;
> 
> * one can scan on the command-line with 'scanimage' and whether the most
>   useful options (--brightness, --threshold, --resolution and the like)
>   are really supported.
> 
> 
> I have been burnt recently by Sane with an Epson 3170 which is
> supposedly fully supported but really isn't; some feedback would be very
> much appreciated before buying the HP 7450C.
> 
> 
> Any other advice on the 7450C would also be welcome ! (Is it fast, is
> it inaudible when not working, is it robust, etc.)
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance !
> Seb.


> I do not recommend the HP7450C for use with SANE.  I spent 18 months getting it working.  It worked for a few days, including ADF, but paper jams required me to unplug it and plug it back in to get it working again.  After a few days, it made some funny noises, and now the motor seems to fail when powering it on.



I am currently trying to find a new scanner that will work with SANE.
Since I haven't been able to find an ADF scanner, I might temporarily
get a cheap flatbed until a well-supported ADF scanner comes along.

Does anyone know of an ADF scanner that has good SANE support?  Or a
flatbed scanner?