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From: vic@zen.UUCP (Victor Gavin)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Scanjet Scanner on HP-UX?
Message-ID: <1460@zen.UUCP>
Date: 8 Dec 88 10:46:46 GMT
References: <1141@csuchico.EDU> <12173@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: vic@zen.UUCP (Victor Gavin)
Organization: Zengrange Limited, Leeds, England
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In article <12173@cup.portal.com> Howeird@cup.portal.com (Howard Gary Stateman) writes:
>Does anyone know of HP-UX software that will allow the HP9000 to
>use the TIFF file input from an HP Scanjet scanner? We have
>a PC and can convert TIFF to GEM or PC Paintbrush format, if
>necessary, but would like to be able to scan directly into
>HP-UX.

Ha!

HP does it again....

This is something I gave up on a long time ago. The ScanJet uses a screwed up
Centronics interface which allows data transfer in *BOTH* directions and thus
needs a special PC interface to talk to it. There is almost no way to connect
the scanner to anything except a PC or a MacIntosh.

Why don't the different divisions talk to each other? This was a peripheral
that should have been using the HP-IB interface ("What, use something that's a
standard? Nah, lets botch it").

What are HP going to do when Desktop Publishing gets going on the workstation
market? Do HP care?

		vic
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