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From: fsfacca@avelon.lerc.nasa.gov (Tony Facca)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: color scanner recomendation needed
Keywords: hi-res, scanner, copier
Message-ID: <1990Mar15.125820.7215@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
Date: 15 Mar 90 12:58:20 GMT
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Reply-To: fsfacca@avelon.UUCP (Tony Facca)
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In article <1587@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
>
>We are looking for a hi-res (around 300 DPI) color scanner.
>Not a video digitizer, a scanner.  Looks like a printer or a copy machine.
>Feed in hardcopy and it scans and digitizes it. We have seen several 
>300 DPI black and white models, but we need one that does color.
>
>I am at a loss. Is there such a beast? If you have any hint at all for us,
>please email me. It doesn't have to be 300 DPI, but the higher the better.
>

I have been giving the Sharp JX-450 some serious thought.  I have used one in
the past and they do a wonderful job of scanning images.  The last I heard they
have support for PC's Mac's and Iris's.  The Iris version requires that you 
buy an interface card of some kind.  The copier is around $6000 and the card is
under $2000.  I don't know about the Mac interface, although I do know that
you get software with the Mac version.  I have some in-house software to drive
the Iris version (not written by me).

	Sharp Electronics
	Sharp Plaza
	Mahwah, NJ 07430

Also check out products from BarneyScan, Howtek, and Truvel.  The September
1989 CGW has an entire FOCUS section on scanners.



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