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From: taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett)
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils,comp.graphics,comp.sys.xerox
Subject: Problems with Kurzweil Scanner
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Date: 11 Jun 91 12:37:39 GMT
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   In one of the labs here at ISU, we have a Xerox Kurzweil scanner
connected to a PC clone, and we've been having problems with the files
that the scanning software saves, especially when the scanner is used
to scan graphics images and save in TIFF format.

   We would like to implement a kind of graphics previewer with the 
scanning software, using batch files.  I manages to find several programs
that allow TIFF files to be viewed on a PC.  The problem is that all 
of these programs don't seem to like the TIFF files that are created 
by the scanning software of this scanner.  I thoroughly checked these
TIFF viewers out by generating TIFF images on other systems and viewing
them, so the problem seems to lie with the scanning software in 
particular.

   I was just wondering if anyone else has had experience with this
particular scanner, and has any suggestions.  The scanning software
seems to be creating faulty TIFF files, and I would be interested in
findout out if a fix is available.  BTW, as far as I know, the software
we have for this scanner is the most up-to-date available.
 
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