Fred Stluka via plug on 17 Jul 2022 16:12:56 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Epson Multi-function Support 

Same thing works with DropBox, similar to the instructions Walt
gave for Google Drive.  I use it all the time, and DID get rid of
my scanner a few years back.

In DropBox, you click the "+" icon to add a new document,
and choose "Scan document", which activates the camera.
Take a picture of the document.  It's automatically clipped
at the edges, and scaled/transformed to be a rectangle even
if you held the camera at an angle.  You see a preview, and
then choose whether to name and save the file (as JPG or
PDF), or to add another page.  Nice!

And since it's DropBox (much like Google Drive), the scanned
file is immediately available on all of your synced devices.
So, I scan a doc with my Android phone, then turn to my
laptop and file it away among my files.  It's actually faster
and more convenient than my old scanner was.

--Fred
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On 7/17/22 5:04 PM, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote:

Hi all,
I just wanted to add that both Android <https://support.google.com/drive/answer/3145835?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid> and iOS <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210336> have the ability to scan documents with their camera apps. (Instructions at the links.) Of course this can't replace a dedicated stand-alone scanner, but if you don't need to scan many documents you might be able to get by with just your phone. I scanned a tax document for my accountant last year and it worked great. 

Walt

On Fri, Jul 15, 2022, at 1:40 PM, David Sokolowsky via plug wrote:
Back to my RX-620 (Ubuntu), I've been using Skanlite without issue for a long time.  I forgot that Epson has Image Scan, so I just tried that from .deb.  The install went fine, but does not detect the scanner (USB).   They also provide source. 

Dave
On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 1:22 PM Casey Bralla via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote: 

    In my bleeding edge Gentoo system, HPLIP was broken when I tried
    the network scanning function.  I haven't tried it lately, and
    don't even remember what exactly didn't work the last time I
    tried it.  I remember thinking that HP would be "safe" since they
    are so widespread.  But living on the edge has its
    disadvantages.  (It also can be a lot more fun!)


    On 7/15/22 12:44, brent saner via plug wrote:


    Echoing Jeff here; we may be the odd men out but generally
    (especially lately) I've also had better luck with HP Laser MFP
    than Epson on Linux (obligatory "I use Arch, btw" here), as long
    as hplip is installed.



    On Fri, Jul 15, 2022, 10:42 jeffv via plug
    <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:

        That's odd.. I've used HP almost exclusively (Ubuntu)
        Weird problems now and then, but fixable. Earlier AIOs had
        crappy
        hardware that broke.
        I looked at an Epson that flat out wouldn't work (but that
        was only one
        example).

        ymmv

        Good luck!


        On 7/13/22 14:53, Casey Bralla via plug wrote:
        > I've got to buy a large format ink jet printer.   Both HP
        and Epson have
        > similar offerings.   I've never been successful getting HP
        multifunction
        > scanners to work with Gentoo, but I've never tried an
        Epson printer.  It
        > looks like they offer source code for their drivers.
        >
        >
        > Anybody have any experience with Epson? How about in a
        > compile-from-source environment?
        >
        >
        > TIA!
        >
        >
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