Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!crdgw1!rpi!image.soe.clarkson.edu!ub!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Scanner Review wanted bad... Keywords: which mag? Message-ID: Date: 3 Aug 90 17:34:46 GMT References: <1990Aug3.000413.28069@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Distribution: comp Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 37 ssingh@watserv1.waterloo.edu ($anjay [+] $ingh - Indy Studz) writes: >Some months ago I came across a scanner review in a prominent magazine. >Now that I am interested in getting one, I have been unable to locate >it in order to make an informed decision. I believe it was PC Magazine. I checked my PC Mag collection, but found no such article. I only looked at the covers though and just went back a year or so. I do seem to remember them doing a piece on scanners years ago, and I *think* the HP was the Editor's Choice then. >If you know which issue volume and number it was, or you know of alternative >reviews in other magazines, or you wish you tell me your experiences with >a particular model, please respond. The July '89 issue of PC Digest was dedicated to scanners. The final rankings were: Scanner Stars Rating Price HP ScanJet Plus **** 8.2 $1595 IBM PageScanner ** 6.9 $2510 Datacopy 830 ** 6.8 $2800 Datacopy 730GS ** 6.5 $1300 Panasonic FX-RS506U * 5.9 $1599 Abaton DTP Scan 4 * 5.8 $1195 Abaton Scan 300/S * 5.6 $1495 I've never used a scanner, but I have been considering the HP. If it's as well done as their LaserJets, it should be a winner. Good luck and let us know how things turn out. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future