Path: utzoo!attcan!lsuc!becker!bdb From: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: color scanner recomendation needed Keywords: hi-res, scanner, copier Message-ID: <6125@becker.UUCP> Date: 16 Mar 90 23:04:02 GMT References: <1587@corpane.UUCP> <1990Mar15.125820.7215@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> Reply-To: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) Distribution: na Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario Lines: 42 In article <1990Mar15.125820.7215@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> fsfacca@avelon.UUCP (Tony Facca) writes: |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 This product is also marketed by ASDG 925 Stewart St. Madison, WI 53713 1-608-273-6585 They sell it, as well supporting it on the Amiga platform with an excellent image-handling system; well worth looking at in my opinion... Cheers, -- (__) Bruce Becker Toronto, Ontario w \@@/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `/v/-e UUCP: ...!uunet!mnetor!becker!bdb _/ \_ "So far from God, so close to the United States" - Old Mexican proverb