Brad,
I've been dealing with Vidar. We have their original TruScan 800 and
last year we bought the Truscan Flash. The new scanner works pretty well,
when it works. The software is the problem. It tends to hang our 400 PIIs
w/512 RAM. Plus, they are not TWAIN compatible, they say they are, but I
can't get it to work. They even came out to look at it and gave us a new
version of the software. It soon broke right after they left.
I'm currently looking into purchasing the Ana Tech Evolution Pro
when the funds are available. It is compareable to the Vidar Flash, but
faster and cheaper. It does 800 dpi and is TWAIN compatible.
Just to let you know, I'm not scanning in small stuff. I'm doing
E-size black and white rasters that end up being 50-100 megs each. If you
are looking for quality, not speed, make sure that's what you look for. We
need speed with mid-ranged dpi. We scan about a thousand of e-size maps each
month. Productivity really drops when the damn thing breaks, and you can't
get service fast, so look for on-site help, too.
Hope that helps,
Dion Duran
GIS Systems Analyst
GIS - Houston
Metricom, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Crep [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 11:16 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: MI SCANNERS
Does anyone have recommendations for a good large format scanner? Prefer a
color around 800dpi, love it to be 30-36 bit but will settle for 24bit.
I've looked at VIDAR, WideCOM, ANA Tech, Contex, and Ideal scanners. Anyone
have good news or horror stories please write to:
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Thanks, Brad.
PS It will be used to scan in FEMA, Wetland and E-size inhouse color maps.
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