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<h1>Re: Scanner Purchase Advice short list</h1>
<b>Bernd Schroeder</b> (<a href="mailto:bernd@aquila.muc.de"><i>bernd@aquila.muc.de</i></a>)<br>
<i>Tue, 5 Jan 1999 16:41:25 +0100</i>
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On Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 02:06:44AM -0500, Jeffrey Perry wrote:<br>
<i>&gt; Well after spending the day on reasearch I am pretty much</i><br>
<i>&gt; where I expected.</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; I am pretty tired :-)</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; I have a few Qs then I want to make the purchase:</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; Short List of choices: (in current order of preference)</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; 1) Microtek X6EL (#1 pick for me because of included slide support)</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; Q: SANE Supported?? I see evidence in archives that X6 (apparently</i><br>
<i>&gt; a parallel port version) is. I also see patches for X6EL.</i><br>
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The X6EL should work with a newer version of the backend, available on<br>
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<a href="ftp://ftp.muc.de/people/bernds/mtek2/microtek2-pre0.6.291298.tar.gz">ftp://ftp.muc.de/people/bernds/mtek2/microtek2-pre0.6.291298.tar.gz</a> .<br>
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However, this version has lots of changes, and is not too well tested.<br>
Alternatively you need perhaps a small patch to the 0.5 version of the backend<br>
included in sane-1.00.<br>
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<i>&gt; Q: The company website showed NO info on any of the listed</i><br>
<i>&gt; SANE supported models. Are these all older models the</i><br>
<i>&gt; company may not be supporting any more?</i><br>
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No, but for a number models no one has reported success wirh sane, and<br>
so they are not on the list of supported scanners. I think, that at least<br>
some of the (SCSI) models that are not listed, work with the microtek2<br>
backend (V300, V310, V600, X6EL, eventually with very few changes)<br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; Q: I read one or two comments about the slide support</i><br>
<i>&gt; which apparently is bundled in. They said it was</i><br>
<i>&gt; a bulky device which did not sit flat and had to</i><br>
<i>&gt; be held in place by hand under the cover. Is this</i><br>
<i>&gt; true? OR is it a light lid like many others?</i><br>
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Yes, this is true. A lightlid (transparency adapter) is separately available.<br>
But I do not know, whether this slide and filmstrip adapter works.<br>
Preliminary support for it is the version of the backend mentioned above,<br>
but I think that no one tested it. I cannot do this myself, because my<br>
scanner does not support this adapter.<br>
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<i>&gt; Is it any good? Any other comments?</i><br>
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I don't know, but I cannot imagine, that it produces excellent results.<br>
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<i>&gt; Q: Confirm: Comes with Adaptec 2902 e/i ?</i><br>
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Don't know.<br>
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<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; Q: Will Linux support Adaptec 2902 e/i ?</i><br>
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I am not sure about this.<br>
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Bernd<br>
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