tlug: Q: Scanner and Linux

["Manuel M. T. Chakravarty" <chak@example.com>]

I want to buy a scanner for use with Linux.  So, I checked
the local computer shops for scanners supported by the SANE
project.  There is one scanner, which seems to have a stable
driver and is about in the right price range, but the shops
only has the Mac version of the scanner.  As I neither have
use for the Mac nor the Win version of the scanner's
software and I am prepared to buy an extra SCSI cable, I was
wondering whether it makes any difference whether I buy the
Mac or Win version.  Any opinions?

The scanner is an UMAX Astra 1220S (S = SCSI version).  Does
anybody have experience with using scanners from Linux and
in particular using SANE's xscanimage from within GIMP to do
the scans?

Cheers,

Manuel
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