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 no longer maintained but complete.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