This message is also a test of the list. CZUR makes interesting page scanners: <https://shop.czur.com/> We actually have a couple. Until recently, all of their scanners' software only runs under Windows. The latest one has support for Linux but is very expensive. Can I easily run Window under Linux in a way that would drive these scanners? I think that the Windows system would need control of the USB port to which the scanner is connected. I seem to remember that long ago Sun/Oracle Virtual Box was the only VM that gave decent USB access to a virtual Windows. I don't know the state of the art now. Answering some of my questions (but not USB): <https://www.windowscentral.com/how-setup-windows-10-virtual-machine-linux> <https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-install-windows-10-in-a-vm-on-a-linux-machine/>
Hi Hugh, On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 10:36 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Can I easily run Window under Linux in a way that would drive these scanners? I think that the Windows system would need control of the USB port to which the scanner is connected.
I just did a quick test using W10 in Boxes on Fedora with my Canon printer/scanner connected. In Boxes Preferences/Devices & Shares/USB Devices, I enabled the printer. Then I scanned into IrfanView. Some weekend I'll give this a try with my 18x12 scanner which has been unsupported for a number of years. Mike
On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 10:28:02 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
This message is also a test of the list.
CZUR makes interesting page scanners: <https://shop.czur.com/> We actually have a couple.
Until recently, all of their scanners' software only runs under Windows. The latest one has support for Linux but is very expensive.
Hugh, What kind of scanner are you using? My Epson Perfection V350 and V550 are supported on GNU/Linux by Epson, although they have replaced iscan, which I really liked. Now, I need to learn epsonscan2. The program simple-scan does multi-page scans off my Epson printer. I have seen Hewlett Packard printer/scanners work fine under Linux. -- Howard Gibson hgibson@eol.ca jhowardgibson@gmail.com http://home.eol.ca/~hgibson
On 2022-08-02 10:28, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
CZUR makes interesting page scanners: <https://shop.czur.com/> We actually have a couple.
This may not be a solution, or one you wee searching for, but there's a chance that the CZUR scanners are USB video devices. They might appear as a video camera to Linux. But you probably won't get the nice front-end that way. Worse still, I don't know of any v4l2 back-ends for SANE, so dealing with scans will be a lot of full-frame page images. There's one report of using a CZUR scanner with Linux: http://www.johnwillis.com/2016/04/czur-scannerscanning-with-linux.html but it was from some years ago Stewart
Hi all. I have an earlier model, the CZUR Shine Ultra, bought through Indiegogo in 2020 <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/shine-ultra-next-gen-portable-powerful-scanner/x/22932975#/>. What attracted me was the expedited book-digitization OCR software. I used it a little but priorities have changed. Being able to run it under Linux would be way cool. I will follow up in a few weeks and see if I have any success ... but without the software it's pretty ordinary. Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch / @el56 On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 9:01 PM Stewart C. Russell via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On 2022-08-02 10:28, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
CZUR makes interesting page scanners: <https://shop.czur.com/> We actually have a couple.
This may not be a solution, or one you wee searching for, but there's a chance that the CZUR scanners are USB video devices. They might appear as a video camera to Linux. But you probably won't get the nice front-end that way. Worse still, I don't know of any v4l2 back-ends for SANE, so dealing with scans will be a lot of full-frame page images.
There's one report of using a CZUR scanner with Linux: http://www.johnwillis.com/2016/04/czur-scannerscanning-with-linux.html but it was from some years ago
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