Re: Epson Scanners

Hi Anthony,

At 9:44 -0700 2003-10-15, Anthony Vann wrote:
>Can anybody out there recommend a good Epson scanner? It looks
>like HP isn't planning on making a driver for Jaguar or beyond for
>the scanner I currently have, which isn't even that old.
>
>I almost laughed when the automated message said it would cost
>$25 for the tech call.

   That's so funny it hurts!

   If this helps at all, HP's page listing the status of drivers for
many of the company's scanners, both for Mac OS X 10.2 ("Jaguar") and
earlier versions of the Mac OS, is at:

   HP Scanjet Scanners - Mac OS: Support for Mac OS X
   http://www.hp.com/cposupport/printers/support_doc/bpm35006.html

   Another option might be to look into the well-regarded VueScan,
<http://www.hamrick.com/>, a third-party scanner utility/driver set
for Mac OS X, as well as Mac OS 9, Windows, and Linux. VueScan
supports some of HP's flatbed scanners (2100C, 2200C, 4100C, 5200C,
5300C, 6200C, 6300C, 7400C) as well as that company's SCSI scanners.
(The product does not support the HP 3300, 3400, 3500, 4200, 4300,
4400, 4500, 5400 and 5500.)

   VueScan costs $59.95, and a free trial version is available for
downloading. These days, of course, many entry level scanners are
available close to or even below that price. :-) Still, if the
option is to get an HP scanner working with Jaguar or to buy a
quality Epson Perfection series scanner as a replacement, the former
might yet be more cost effective.

Aron

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Received on Wed Oct 15 10:10:48 2003