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From: pnm@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Paul Menon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Scanner/OmniPage Query - HELP
Message-ID: <5174@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au>
Date: 10 Apr 91 04:07:30 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Lines: 28


hi,
  I'm looking for a scanner with document feeder which can hook up to
  OmniPage on a Macintosh.  We have OmniPage and a Sharp scanner (we have 
  colour input requirements too), but it's a rather tedious process to produce 
  electronic text with this apparatus.  I understand most SCSI scanners work 
  with OmniPage, I'm requesting any positive AND negative points people have 
  (from EXPERIENCE) in working with OmniPage and a scanner with sheet feeder.

  I had the Microtek MSII (I think that's the name) for eval last year.  The
  sheet feeder kept jamming.  On asking the rep - the response was, yep this
  is a "typical" model.  Are there any other scanners I should try?  Ones 
  with 300dpi resolution and a reasonably swift transfer (scan) rate?  I am
  particularly interested in ones with sheet feeders and how trouble free 
  they are to operate.  Monochrome is fine.

Please email responses, I will summarise if anyone wants one.

Thankyou,
    Paul Menon,
    Dept of Computer Science,
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 
    124 Latrobe Street,
    Melbourne 3001, 
    Victoria, Australia.

pnm@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au
PH:	+61 3 660 3209