Who has the most reliable scanner drivers? OCR?

[amiga500]

Looking to buy an inexpensive (<$200) scanner for OS X (since my UMAX
SCSI scanner is the only thing I boot OS 9 for anymore). I'm not an
artist, and my experience with scanners has been that I spend more time
screwing around with buggy drivers, than with the quality of the
images.
Any suggestions?

[Charles Dyer]

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 16:41:14 -0500, JWolf6589 wrote
(in message <20030721174114.07349.00000244@mb-m12.aol.com>):

> You mean to tell me that OSX cannot use SCSI scanners? Darn I have a SCSI
> scanner its a Umax, and I'd expect it to run in X when I do getr a new Mac.

no, you idiot. There are SCSI scanners which work under OS X. There just
aren't any _cheap_ SCSI scanners which work under OS X, mostly because there
aren't any cheap SCSI scanners any more, not since the cheap scanner market
was eaten whole by USB scanners.

And don't even think about using a UMAX scanner under OS X, they've abandoned
virutally all of their Mac scanners, USB _and_ SCSI. There are no UMAX
drivers for almost all of them, and only some are supported by VueScan. If
you insist on using a UMAX scanner, you're almost certainly gonna have two
choices:

1 stay in OS 9

2 use it in Classic under OS X.

Better you junk it and get a faster, cheaper, Epson or HP or Canon USB
scanner which has OS X drivers... unless, of course, your whole object is to
whine. In that case, carry on.

--
We are Microsoft of Borg. You will be assimilated. Stability is irrelevant.
Where _you_ want to go to today is irrelevant. We will add your currency to
our own. Bend over right now. Resistance is futile.

[Charles Dyer]

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 20:57:15 -0500, amiga500 wrote
(in message <200720031857150651%adsr@amiga.com>):

> Looking to buy an inexpensive (<$200) scanner for OS X (since my UMAX
> SCSI scanner is the only thing I boot OS 9 for anymore). I'm not an
> artist, and my experience with scanners has been that I spend more time
> screwing around with buggy drivers, than with the quality of the
> images.
> Any suggestions?

Dump the UMAX, it's almost certainly not supported under OS X. UMAX has
effectively abandoned the Mac market. There are Epson SCSI scanners which
work under OS X, but they're expensive. At least four or five times your max
price.

--
We are Microsoft of Borg. You will be assimilated. Stability is irrelevant.
Where _you_ want to go to today is irrelevant. We will add your currency to
our own. Bend over right now. Resistance is futile.

[K9660R]

<< Dump the UMAX, it's almost certainly not supported under OS X. >><BR><BR>

I've been using my UMAX Astra 600S (SCSI) on OSX for nearly a year on my G4
DMM. True, there is no UMAX software for OSX but Vue Scan (shareware) works
like a charm. Unfortunately, the price has gone up to $49.00 (it was $40.00)
when I bought it) but it's turned my scanner into the machine UMAX never made
it into, even in OS9. And it was still cheaper than the $179.00 Epson scanner I
wanted. Eventually I will change but I can't justify that right now.

I was lucky to already have a SCSI PCI card that I was using with my G3. I
think you could probably find one for $30 if you look around.


Ken

[Mike Rosenberg]

JWolf6589 <jwolf6589@aol.comnospam> wrote:

> You mean to tell me that OSX cannot use SCSI scanners? Darn I have a SCSI
> scanner its a Umax, and I'd expect it to run in X when I do getr a new Mac.

There you go again! The fact the UMAX hasn't come out with OS X drivers
doesn't by any means indicate that OS X can't use SCSI scanners. Ask
UMAX why, but don't assume that you can't use SCSI scanners at all in OS
X, because that's far from true.

And when you whine the next time someone calls you a troll, it's posts
like this one that demonstrate you appear to be more interested in
simply putting down Apple than dealing with facts.

--
Mike Rosenberg

<http://www.macconsult.com>
<http://bogart-tribute.net>

[Hownow]

> In article <20030721174114.07349.00000244@mb-m12.aol.com>,
> [email]jwolf6589@aol.comn[/email]ospam (JWolf6589) wrote:
>

> > You mean to tell me that OSX cannot use SCSI scanners? Darn I have a SCSI
> > scanner its a Umax, and I'd expect it to run in X when I do getr a new Mac.
> >

Why would you expect a piece of Umax SCSI crap to run in X?
I've got a crappy Umax USB scanner ... and it doesn't run in X.

- hm

[Dale J.]

In article <220720031455376284%hownow@cogeco.ca>,
Hownow <hownow@cogeco.ca> wrote:

> > In article <20030721174114.07349.00000244@mb-m12.aol.com>,
> > [email]jwolf6589@aol.comn[/email]ospam (JWolf6589) wrote:
> >

> > > You mean to tell me that OSX cannot use SCSI scanners? Darn I have a
> > > SCSI
> > > scanner its a Umax, and I'd expect it to run in X when I do getr a new
> > > Mac.
> > >

>
> Why would you expect a piece of Umax SCSI crap to run in X?
> I've got a crappy Umax USB scanner ... and it doesn't run in X.
>
> - hm

I have a Umax 6400 firewire scanner which runs in OSX, with the Vuescan
application. I paid $49 bucks for the 6400, works good.

--
Dale J.
Bloomington, Minnesota

E-mail: [email]dalej2@mac.com[/email]

[Hownow]

In article <nospam-F6C927.15022222072003@hermes-ge0.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
Dale J. <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

> In article <220720031455376284%hownow@cogeco.ca>,
> Hownow <hownow@cogeco.ca> wrote:
>

> > > In article <20030721174114.07349.00000244@mb-m12.aol.com>,
> > > [email]jwolf6589@aol.comn[/email]ospam (JWolf6589) wrote:
> > >
> > > > You mean to tell me that OSX cannot use SCSI scanners? Darn I have a
> > > > SCSI
> > > > scanner its a Umax, and I'd expect it to run in X when I do getr a new
> > > > Mac.
> > > >

> >
> > Why would you expect a piece of Umax SCSI crap to run in X?
> > I've got a crappy Umax USB scanner ... and it doesn't run in X.
> >
> > - hm

>
> I have a Umax 6400 firewire scanner which runs in OSX, with the Vuescan
> application. I paid $49 bucks for the 6400, works good.

A couple or three Umax USB scanners also work with Vuescan. Mine does
not. It appears to me that Umax -- which was never noted for updating
its drivers -- is dropping all support for Mac.
But then, as they say, it's buyer beware when entering the bazaars of
carpet sellers and computer vendors.

- hm

[Hownow]

In article <nospam-ED0BFE.16234422072003@hermes-ge0.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
Dale J. <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

> In article <220720031612275057%hownow@cogeco.ca>,
> Hownow <hownow@cogeco.ca> wrote:
>
>

> > > I have a Umax 6400 firewire scanner which runs in OSX, with the Vuescan
> > > application. I paid $49 bucks for the 6400, works good.

> >
> > A couple or three Umax USB scanners also work with Vuescan. Mine does
> > not. It appears to me that Umax -- which was never noted for updating
> > its drivers -- is dropping all support for Mac.
> > But then, as they say, it's buyer beware when entering the bazaars of
> > carpet sellers and computer vendors.
> >
> > - hm

>
> I agree on your remarks regarding Umax. They don't seem to be very
> willing to support Apple based on what I have read and tried to find out
> from their website. So if I were buying a new scanner I would look for
> support first then look at the quality of the scanner.
>
> Now having said that, the 6400 is a good scanner for my purposes and $49
> bucks was cheap enough. I use it without any problems along with
> Vuescan. Vuescan is a very good application and does not cost much, I
> recommend it highly.

I do use mine as well 'cause it does get the job done in Classic.
And I'd use Vuescan if I could, even though I am somewhat leary about
sticking those fixer-uppers in my machine, an aversion acquired from
old OS crashes that after hours of fiddling came down to wonky
extensions installed by shareware utilities with techy names and short
lifespans.

hm

[GrapeApe]

<< A couple or three Umax USB scanners also work with Vuescan. Mine does
not. It appears to me that Umax -- which was never noted for updating
its drivers -- is dropping all support for Mac. >><BR><BR>


Dropped. Not too long after the time USB came out actually...