Infrared scanners for recording fingerprints and Linux

[Jonathan Hutchins]

On Tuesday 11 January 2005 09:31 am, Brian Densmore wrote:
> A friend has asked me to
> build a system to record a child's fingerprints, photos,
> and general characteristics in a user friendly manner and
> write the data to a "business card cd". 

A conventional scanner would give you the flexability to take fingerprints, 
palmprints, and/or footprints.  That would probably be a better way to go.  
The fingerprint scanners I've seen are mostly intended to take a single, 
adult finger.