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Date:      Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:03:16 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1042646597.11c612@mired.org>
To:        Pascal Giannakakis <CapM@gmx.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Scanner for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <15902.61124.855354.682478@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <4660.1042204731@www26.gmx.net>
References:  <4660.1042204731@www26.gmx.net>

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In <4660.1042204731@www26.gmx.net>, Pascal Giannakakis <CapM@gmx.net> typed:
> what do I have to consider when buying a flat bed scanner for a
> FreeBSD-CURRENT box? 

As already pointed out, sane is in the ports. It's the preferred tool
for dealing with scanners. See <URL: http://www.mostang.com/sane/ >
for a list of supported devices.

> Is there any possibilty to share the scanner in an Network, pretty
> much like a printer?

Sane will do that for you.

	<mike
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