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From: root@cca.ucsf.edu (Systems Staff)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Color desktop scanners (a technical discussion begins)
Summary: Has anyone had experience with the Chinon scanner
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Date: 29 Jul 89 01:58:54 GMT
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The Chinon scanner that I saw at the deNardi (Norm, I apologize
if I didn't get the capitals right) show a couple of months ago
looked interesting.

It's cheap ( < $1000 ) scans a fixed page so filtered light scanning
wouldn't have the registration problem that a moving paper device
would. The image being scanned is out in the open to make filtered
lighting easy.

And the documentation tells how the interface (rs232) protocol
works so you can write a driver.

Has anyone used this device? I would like to see some reports
of experience with it.

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