[NTLUG:Discuss] Epson Perfection 3200 Photo scanner

[Chris Cox]

Johnie Stafford wrote:
>>>>On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 12:36:28 -0500, Kelledin <kelledin+NTLUG at skarpsey.dyndns.org> said:
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>  k> On Sunday 06 July 2003 08:59 am, Johnie Stafford wrote:
>  >> I'm considering buying an Epson Perfection 3200 Photo scanner.
>  >> The question is, how well is this scanner supported under
>  >> Linux. Will I be able to use all of the features of this
>  >> scanner, most importantly the higher scan resolutions?
> 
>  k> http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-mfgs.html#EPSON
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>  k> FWIW, I've been using an Epson Expression 1600 SCSI for years 
>  k> now.  SANE's been pretty good about supporting all the insane 
>  k> resolutions of this scanner.  From what I can tell, it even 
>  k> supports the transparency (film scanning) unit.  w00t!
> 
> Great! The transparency unit would be what I used it for most of the
> time. I'm getting back into photography and I want something to scan
> slides and negatives.

I've got the Epson Perfection 2450.... I use it USB just fine with
Linux.  The negative/film support is ok.  But most will tell you that
the results of scanning an actual photo is usually better than
using the original negative.... YMMV of course.  Has to do with the
negative holder and the fact that it adds a bit of distance between
the negative and the scanning face.

I've used the proprietary Epson drivers/utilities as well as generic
sane based ones.  Can't tell you which works better off the top
of my head though... I think the Epson stuff did, but frankly I haven't
used it under Linux in a while (the scanner is actually connected
to my wife's computer at the moment).