Re: Scanning

On 2024-09-30 06:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 29/09/2024 10:20, db wrote:

I work under Kubuntu. I would like to control our
printer/scanner from the laptop, bnut I only find
software for printing. What software is there for
scanning, and might it be built into Kubuntu?
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Scanning on Linux is dire.
I had to download drivers from Epson to get my Epson scanner even approximately working
 Just give up NOW and buy a separate scanner, is my honest advice
 

Some folks give up too easily.
My old usb-only Officejet finally died on me about three years ago. I only needed a scanner, because I had acquired two other printers by then.
So I went looking for a stand-alone scanner. My needs are modest, no slides or anything like that, just a simple scanner, though the ability to scan legal-sized documents would be nice. USB or wireless, I didn't really care. I soon learned that the cheapest way to get a simple scanner was to buy one with a printer attached.
I eventually bought an HP Envy Photo 7858. It was easy to set up as a network printer and scanner in Mageia 9 Plasma, and the hplip driver controls the scanner as well as the printer. It works just fine with Xsane, by itself or using the Gimp plugin. I can run it with any computer on the network.
TJ