On 06/01/05, Louis-Dominique Dubeau wrote: > "Philip J. Hollenback" <[email protected]> writes: > > > I thought it wouldn't hurt, though, to at least ask this list. Does > > anyone have any recommendations for a scanner with a 50 page ADF and > > good SANE support other than the HP 7450C? I don't see much else that > > looks promising on the SANE homepage except maybe one of the Agfa > > SnapScans? > > I have one recommendation AGAINST a specific model: the HP 5550c > (which is currently not supported by SANE anyway). This is the first > and only scanner I've owned so I don't have good points of comparison > with other scanners but if the ADF is a must for you, don't go with > this model. Its ADF doesn't work properly, period. Actual jams > (where everything stops) are not frequent but it happens way too often > that it feeds two pages together. That totally screws up whatever > batch of pages was supposed to be scanned. It's a new machine so > there's no reason for this nonsense other than technical ineptitude on > HP's part.
Well, that's certainly good info. It's my sense that all of these 'HP' scanners with ADFs are rebranded from other vendors. I suspect if HP actually designed the ADF it would probably work a lot better. P. -- Philip J. Hollenback Telemetry Investments [email protected]
