Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!mcnc!taco!hobbes!lemiller
From: lemiller@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Lynne Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: IBM (Uggghh) Scanners
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.175949.7554@ncsu.edu>
Date: 8 Apr 91 17:59:49 GMT
References: <491@yetti.UUCP> <2266@wet.UUCP>
Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
Reply-To: lemiller@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Lynne Miller)
Organization: NCSU Computing Center
Lines: 12


the sharp jx-100 with the standard scanlab 100 software is a really nice
package and worth investing in. even though it is half page, you can still
do large areas and just save them as segments and then downsize them thru
a good paint program and piece the resulting brushes together. you WILL need
at least 4-5 megs of ram to run this marvel, but it is probably the nicest
scanner on the market for the money. i run my on a 500, and am very happy
with it... the output is very professional looking, as the software allows you
to do a lot of colour balancing, etc. the big advantage is that it doesn't
get the blurry effect that a lot of the handheld scanners get,as the sharp
scanners work like a xerox machine.. the lightbar is the moving part over
the item you want to scan.