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My cheap (under $100) scanner at work can only scan at 200 DPI while my
high quality scanner at home accepts the 400 DPI setting and as I said
earlier switching from 200 to 400 DPI on my home scanner alone was a
noticeable improvement.
the latest version of K1000 can scan at 600 DPI. this is useful for
scanning liner notes on CD's which can be in 8 point type with very fine
lettering. It can also be useful in scanning credit card or other
agreements that can have very small point sizes and are published on thin
paper that isn't bleached white.
A cheap scanner may not be able to accommodate these higher DPI settings.
Kelly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Fowle" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: Scanner Question
Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]>
There is a list of reccommended scanners on the Kursweil site,
and I'm sure available from freedomScientific also. Stick to one
of those.
And or call your software vendor and ask about particular models
before you buy.
Scanning resolution of 400 DPI is all that's reccommended for
OCR, so if you are absolutely sure it won't be used for other
things, then cheaper is probablyh O.K. pending other differences.
To tell a SCSI interface from parallel requires checking out the
software settings for the scanner, or looking inside the
computer.
If the connector from the scanner which is the same for both
parallel and SCSI ports, goes to a small board with only that one
thing on it, it is probably a SCSI interface.
If that connector goes through a cable to a board with lots of
stuff and other connectors on it, its most likely a parallel
port.
both SCSI and parallel interfaces are going out of style these
days, as long as you're running windows 98SE or later systems,and
relatively recent hardware, you can probably use USB connections
which should be less trouble prone, I said should, anything can
go wrong with anything. <G>
tom Fowle
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