# Re: which umax scanner (or other)

From: Peter Ilott (maillist@ilott.com)
Date: Fri Mar 17 2000 - 20:08:36 PST

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  Hi,

  I got both the 1200 and 2200 Umaxs, and both worked great with my cheap adaptec
  card. (about $50 US). Did not try the umax card, but with an adaptec card you
  can attach other scsi devices at least !! It's worth t for ease of operation.
  Both work just fine in the GIMP !!

  me@Ilott.com

  On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Steve Sheriff wrote:
  > Hi everyone.
  >
  > Thank you all for contributing to such a friendly list. I now have the
  > libraries needed to get SANE running under SuSE and have tested the software
  > interface. Thanks to all concerned.
  >
  > By reading the documentation, I have narrowed our choice of scanner(s) down to
  > Umax. There are problems however: 1. Availability in Spain, and 2. the need for
  > a proper Adaptec SCSI card to use it under Linux. We can get HP and Epson
  > scanners more or less on demand however.
  >
  > Are the Umax cards so bad that they are not workable? (a separate Adaptec card
  > is ridiculously expensive over here. I may be able to mail order *that* item but
  > shipping a Umax scanner is another matter I feel)
  >
  > Is there a HP or Epson model we could get working as well as the Umax? With the
  > suppled card? That scans in colour? Or maybe Agfa?
  >
  > Thanks once again from Steve & Clara at FeF, Spain.
  >
  >
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