I cant say I have a lot of experience with the dedicated scanners but from what I've seen the expensive ones are very fast and very reliable. They also come with a scsi interface option.
i worked at a mortgage lender years back and one of the departments had these expensive scanners because they would scan piles of 20+ page contracts all day with lightening speed. The other place i came accross them was at a medical center where patient forms were scanned in while the patient checked in. They were extremely reliable. The only problems I ever saw with the scanners was the software capturing the images. On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Jon Jermey <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll try that, thanks. I'm mainly just curious as to what the extra $300 for > a dedicated scanner is supposed to buy. Is it a case of paying more for > less? > > Jon. > > On 06/09/11 09:39, David Lyon wrote: >> >> I have a client that runs really old printers. HP1300's, HP1100's and >> even older. >> >> Keep in mind that these things are just (electro)-mechanical devices. >> >> Lubrication gets dry after a while. Most of the materials in these devices >> are usually excellent quality. The metal or nylon doesn't usually wear >> out. >> >> Screwdriver, vacuum-cleaner in reverse (blow out the dust and dirt) >> and some lubricating spray, and you have a good chance that you >> can keep your device going for another year, two, three or four. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Kind Regards, Christopher Barnes e. [email protected] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
