Two tablets, both using the same Intel internals (as best i can tell), but one has a non-functional SD reader while the other works just fine. The difference between them is that one uses 32-bit Windows (no clue why) while the other uses 64-bit windows.
Thing is that the SD slot worked fine when i initially got the tablet, but broke at some point after a major Windows update. And thee is no way i can find to roll back drivers.
As far as I know there isn't a "Postscript over IP" solution for this like there is for printers. There is no generic universally supported protocol that scanners could support that would future proof them.
SANE is a less than completely user friendly experience to set up too. I've found it to be pretty fiddly, although once you get it working it seems to do ok.
And we should not forget that RMS' initially rallying call was about printer drivers. where as with the old printer he had the source, so he could add a bit of code to notify the people with jobs in the queue that the printer was out of paper, the new printer only came with a binary blob driver.
A good deal of open hardware, even without sophisticated capabilities would free a lot of time and energy for open source OSes
However >There is no generic universally supported protocol that scanners could support that would future proof them.
There must be... because on Kubuntu it works Plug n Play with the bundled software...
I do not understand how this happens.