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From: mha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: New scanner from ThunderWare?
Message-ID: <7544@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 89 18:33:50 GMT
References: <7534@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder)
Organization: Department of Media Services, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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In article <7534@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> I wrote:
>Just heard about the new scanner from ThunderWare (maker of ThunderScan),
>called something like LightningScan or LaserScan ... whatever.  They
>advertised the thing on page 10 of the latest MacUser, I'm told.
>
>This scanner is a hand-held model, much like the hand-held photocopiers
>that came out a couple of years ago that you run across an original
>yourself.  The scanner is four inches wide... but apparently the software
>is intelligent enough to PUT TOGETHER STRIPS if you need to scan something
>wider.

To my disappointment, the information I've gathered indicates that the
LightningScan CAN NOT put together strips of a wide image by itself.  You
can still do that in your own paint program just as you always could with
the ThunderScan.

One of my concerns is that I'd heard that this scanner (and the similar
ScanMan scanner) has trouble producing an image without distortion unless
you have a rock-solid hand and move the scanner firmly and evenly.  It
seems that the rollers on the LightningScan help you keep it on track, and
its software can accomodate a certain amount of variation in the speed at
which you drag it across the image.

I'm still collecting information, so if you've got more, please e-mail it!
I'll continue summarizing to the net.


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