Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!oliveb!amdahl!starsoft!david From: david@starsoft.hou.tx.us (Dave Lowrey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: IBM (Uggghh) Scanners Message-ID: Date: 4 Apr 91 22:10:16 GMT References: <491@yetti.UUCP> <2266@wet.UUCP> Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Organization: Starbound Software Group Lines: 39 In article <2266@wet.UUCP> icv@wet.UUCP (Ilsa VanHook) writes: > > In article <491@yetti.UUCP> darryl@cs.yorku.ca (Darryl Gamble) writes: > >My question is what IBM scanners work with the Amiga, if any ? > I have heard there is a package called "Scannery", vendor unknown to > me, that lets you use HP flatbed scanners. > > >Also Please reply by e-mail and I'll summarize to the net if interest warrants. > sorry, my mailer doesn't have a clue how to get to cs.yorku.edu... > > I'm also shopping for a scanner, so i'm interested in hearing what you > find out. > > Here's what i know: I have seen two hand scanners available for the Amiga, > one is from Migraph, the other from Golden Image. Both come with Migraph's > "Touch Up" software (i have no idea how good it is). I've been told that > the Migraph outputs grayscale or single-bitplane files. Both have > switchable scan resolution (75-400 dpi, if i remember right). > > There are also some color scanners from Sharp that you can get with ASDG > software (which i have seen work, and i wish i could afford one of these > packages). > I have played with the Migraph scanner, and was pretty impressed with the software. It ticks me off that the hardware is the same as a most of the PC scanners, yet it costs twice as much!!! I am thinking of getting one for my PC, scanning on the PC and transfering the file to my amiga to work with. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- These words be mine. The company doesn't care, because I am the company! :-) Dave Lowrey | david@starsoft.hou.tx.us Starbound Software Group | Houston, TX | "Dare to be stupid!" -- Weird Al Yankovic