I have an old Epson flat bed scanner (Perfection 1250) that I haven't used for a few years. I decided to try to get it working with Windows Vista. I spent ages downloading drivers and installing software but I could not get it to work.
After giving up on Windows I thought "I wonder if it would work with Linux Mint". I booted up Linux Mint with the scanner connected and inserted a photograph and opened Simple Scan. I selected photo and pressed scan and, to my amazement, the scanner came to life and scanned the photo! I was most impressed.
All I have to do now is to try to get my Minolta slide & negative scanner working with Linux.
Just thought I'd share my positive experience with the community.
In praise of Linux Mint
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In praise of Linux Mint
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Re: In praise of Linux Mint
It is always great when things work to one's satisfaction. So it is to hear about it as well.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
Epson Perfection 1250 works!
so SANE says complete support for that device ....... using the sane-plustek backend http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-EPSON
Re: In praise of Linux Mint
Thanks for the replies. I don't have a great need for a flat bed scanner these days but it's nice to know that it works if I need it.
Someone on here suggested using xsane for scanning so I will probably take a look at that.
Someone on here suggested using xsane for scanning so I will probably take a look at that.
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Re: In praise of Linux Mint
Yep, this is one of those classic situations that I have run into as well -- where useful technology has been abandoned in the Windows world, but for which Linux continues to have easy support!
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