# Re: Newbie question: High-speed scanners?

From: Ajay Shekhawat (ajay@cedar.buffalo.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 19 2001 - 12:18:35 PDT

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  On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 10:02:39PM -0400, Tom Martone wrote:
  >
  > Greetings,
  >
  > The Bell+Howell driver supports the Copiscan II model 6338 which
  > is rated at 42-50ppm at 200/240/300dpi. There's preliminary support
  > for the 8000 series which have higher ratings (model 8080 65-80ppm,
  > thru model 8125 100-125ppm at 200-400dpi). These are bilevel only,
  > as far as I know. The 6338 is a duplex scanner and the 8000's are
  > available as simplex or duplex.
  >
  > The installation that I'm working with has a 6338 and a 2137 and we
  > have scanned over a million pages since November 1999. We should have
  > a party :)
  >
  > The bh driver is in CVS and will be part of the next SANE release.
  >
  > Tom Martone

  Tom,
  Isn't the case that the B+H scanners will do bilevel only in SCSI, whereas
  their own proprietary "video" interface will do greyscale? Do you know if
  someone has a driver for their "video" interface under Linux?

  Thanks,

  Ajay

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