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Dale wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> I'm on the hunt for a scanner, flatbed type, and have been browsing Ebay |
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> and the sane project list of supported devices. I'm leaning toward HP |
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> on this. While looking at say a ScanJet 6200C, it says the drivers are |
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> no longer maintained but complete. It leads me to this question. Does |
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> that mean they are complete and fixes will no longer be made even if |
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> something breaks them and they need a little tweaking OR they are |
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> complete and if a bug pops up, they will be fixed as needed but all |
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> functions work? I can see the logic either way on this. I'm leaning |
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> toward the side that if something pops up that requires a little |
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> tweaking, it will be done by someone. The drivers are just feature |
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> complete. |
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> Does anyone else have the same thinking or is buying one of these |
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> scanners a bad idea if the drivers were to break and the scanner was |
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> rendered no longer usable? |
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> Thanks. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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I got my HP scanjet 4570c in today. No wonder the shipping was so |
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high. The person I bought it from on Ebay packed it in one large box |
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and wrapped it in bubble wrap. It took me a while to find the power |
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adapter. While looking for it, I also found the data cable. Anyway, |
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I've scanned quite a few pics already and it is doing good. At first, I |
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had trouble getting 2400DPI to work. I scanned quite a few pics at |
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1200DPI with no issues but decided to try 2400DPI again. For some |
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reason, it worked and I scanned a few pics with that setting. I'm going |
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back to 1200DPI since 2400GPI is a bit much, takes to long too. ;-) |
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If anyone runs up on one of these scanner, it works well. I haven't |
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tried the buttons tho. I've used Xsane, Skanlite and Simple Scan |
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software. Each has its own benefits but right now, I'm using Skanlite. |
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It is fairly fast and does what I need by default. Other pics may |
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require something more complicated but it works well for now. |
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Thanks to all for the tips and advice. Now to get a printer. Plan to |
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upgrade memory and CPU first tho. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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