[sane-devel] EPSON Perfection 3490

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 06:55:11PM +0200, Gilles wrote:
> I'd like to get advice on the EPSON Perfection 3490.  
> Features (from the vendor):
>   48 bits
>   3200 dpi,
>   CCD
>   transparency adapter
>   USB 2.0
> 
> Does someone know whether it is supported?

The SANE scanner search engine knows:
http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=epson&model=3490&bus=any

> And which backend it uses,

The search engine also knows that. It also knows that you need the
development version of sane to get the scanner running.

> as that the likewise named scanners are split
> between "epson" and "SnapScan" (and "epson" seems a better choice as
> support is "complete").

Usually a scanner is either supported by one of the backends so there
is no choice at all. 

Also have a look at the archive of this mailing list for recent
discussions about this scanner.

Bye,
  Henning