I'm looking at a mountain of material that needs scanning. I have no desire for a quick scan, I use my phone for that too. Modern browsers have removed plain FTP support (rightly). It is a security failure, unless the intent is to make something available to the entire world. OT: Plain FTP shouldn't be used - ever - since 2002. I suppose the purpose for scanning and the source material would matter greatly. Is researching scanners really worth a a dissertation? Perhaps 300dpi and the light source provided isn't even. This is plug-n-play with Linux, but it isn't exactly high-quality. I also have a USB slide/negative scanner. I let my money support Linux-compatible hardware. Also had an Epson inkjet that didn't work a few decades ago, so I stopped buying their stuff. I had an Epson before, but it didn't work. Vaguely remember using the brother drivers installer - which are a little odd, but work. gscan2pdf is my tool of choice - it has a GUI - which will shock long-time posters who know me. It has a sheet feed, which I wanted to make scanning multiple pages easier. I've used Linux to run my Brother scanner for years. A piece of glass to flatten/hold down some content helps greatly. Youtube is full of people doing that, usually for images or when the content to be scanned will not lay flat. I've seen some people with DIY high quality cameras mounted over a light-box used to "scan" (really photograph) pages with 20+ mpixel images. Most people are probably happy using their phones for quick scanning. It would be a positively awesome thing if we could collate experience, or coordinate tests if anyone happens to have one and can report etc. I've spent two nights on it already and feel fundamentally not much the wiser or better positioned to buy one.īut I do have Ubuntu laptops and desktops and nothing Windows bar VMs or Mac, and would want an overhead scanner that works in for me. It seems I could justify a doctoral dissertation researching all the overhead scanner options and their various support and functioning with different OSs and Virtual OSs etc -). I wonder has anyone here any experience to report. MS of course provide developer images of Windows and I use those for other spot needs - in my case I have one set up just for Microsoft ICE as alas nothing FOSS, not even Hugin holds a candle to CIE for scan stitching - it's hard even to find ICE anymore as Microsoft discontinued it rather that FOSS it the blighters) Possibly with FOSS software on Ubuntu can can do page curvature correction and straightening etc like many of these scanners offer out of the box (with the oft unstated presumption you use Windows).Ī scanner that has Linux software support (seems a low priority with producers, and one of our best friends, Brother, doesn't seem to make an overhead scanner)Ī scanner that has been tested on a Windows VM (VirtualBox or other). There are three distinct solution possibilities here:Ī scanner that does not require a PC connection, can scan a thumb drive or over WiFi to any server via FTP or other protocols or send images to an email address etc, all solutions I've known flatbed scanners to provide. I have even found some dated and incomplete tests and mentions:īut nothing overwhelmingly comforting that I'd base even a $200 investment on. Some like the piQx are nice enough to say they don't support Linux, some actually mention you need Windows or Windows or mac, many don't say anything. There seem to be a largish number of more obscure brands too.Īlas the marketing is mostly atrociously unclear about support needs. Unbranded overheads (with an SDK) () (go China go!) There are a number of cool and affordable overhead scanners on the market now for some while already like:
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