On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 10:55 PM, Gerald E. Uhlan wrote: > On 2/2/03 12:10 AM, "Leonard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> I now want to buy a scanner at the low end that scans fast and comes >> with good OCR software. Although scanning slides would be nice it is >> not >> essential. > I'm using an older UMAX 3450 with the transparency adapter in the lid. > I > bought it long before upgrading to OS X. UMAX now charges $42 or so > for an > upgrade, and there's no mention of a driver for OS X. It works just > fine > under Classic. Never noticed any difference in speed between this one > and > my SCSI scanner, but then again, I was using the SCSI scanner on my > PowerMac > 7600.
That's what I was going to say, Gerald. I used to have a UMAX- something SCSI scanner, but it was with a 7500, so speed seems relative. The Epson Perfection 1250 (USB) I have now, I suppose, is slow by "pro" standards (which I don't know what they are) with a 800 MHz iMac G4, but it does the job, it has a slide adapter (which I never used- I'm 100% digital, now) the software is neat and not too Mac- hostile (in both OS9 and X) and it was only about 100 bucks. The UMAX was good, but I had so much damn luck with Epson products, I decided to keep everything "in the family" when I upgraded all my peripherals last year. But that's just my experience. dave -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
