From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   TimW wrote:   
   > I am thinking I might be on a hiding to nothing hoping that any of the   
   > cheap consumer type scanners I can buy will work on linux mint. Is there   
   > any way of even knowing if they will work? Will some of them have   
   > generic drivers and just work? Are any known to work?   
      
   I posed the qx to gglAIov and got a thorough answer.  Too much to paste;   
   here's the link and the query.   
      
   https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-lm&q=linux+comp   
   tible+film+or+slide+scanner   
      
   Qx: linux compatible film or slide scanner   
      
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   Mike Easter   
      
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