On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 03:03:45PM -0700, Rusty Carruth wrote:
> BTW - scsi scanners can be had for as low as $70 street price....
> (I bought one recently for $60, I think). (Beware - Agfa's
> support stinks! I strongly recommend against their scanners
> because of their lousy support methodology -
> it cost me more to get them to replace the scanner for free
> than it would have if I'd just trashed it and bought a new one!)
> (I had to buy a new bulb to prove to them that the bulb was
> not the problem. THEN, $45 later, they said - oh, shoot, its
> a main board problem - we'll ship you a new one... No mention
> of letting me return the completely UN-NEEDED cold-cathod
> bulb - anybody need one for their agfa scanner???)
I might need one for my HP IIcx... it seems to me like the colors are
coming out muddier than they used to. But I can't even figure out how
to get in there to replace it.
BTW I've been wanting an ADF (document feeder) for years, if anybody
runs across a good deal on one. I got one at the thrift store but it's
not the right one; I think it's for the old ScanJet Plus. They made one
for the IIcx that rumor has it might be the same as for the 5200-whatever
model that is one of the current models. Anyway I don't know that SANE
supports ADFs either, so I might be asking for a lot of work. I don't
need another project. Really. I just want to be able to unbind a
manual, stick it in there and have some compact files like PDF's or
something come out the other end onto my web server. An automatic
paper assimilation system so I can lose the paper without losing the
information.
>
> I'd suggest looking into scsi scanners, or check SANE to
> see if they support any usb scanners yet....
Yeah, definitely check it before you buy anything. Check it anyway;
I know Musteks are supported but not sure about the parallel port models.
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