[comp.sys.hp] OCR Software for HP9000 Series 300 Wanted

scpinker@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Scott C. Pinkerton) (01/17/91)

We have a number of HP9000/300's (375's and 345's) and recently we acquired
an HP Scanjet Plus.  We are planning on connecting it via the centronics
interface on the 375 - and one of our local SE's is providing us with some
limited control software to interface the 375 and the scanner.  I understand
that after scanning a page/document/whatever one is left with a file that is
in a PCL format.

Does anyone have or know of any OCR software that has been ported onto an HP9000
Series 300 ??  (We are running HP-UX 7.0 currently, soon to be 7.0.3).

Any thoughts or insights would be appreciated.

scott pinkerton
scpinker@pikes.denver.colorado.edu

rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland) (01/18/91)

re: > We have a number of HP9000/300's (375's and 345's) and recently we
    > acquired an HP Scanjet Plus.

> We are planning on connecting it via the centronics interface on the 375 -
> (We are running HP-UX 7.0 currently, soon to be 7.0.3).
> and one of our local SE's is providing us with some limited control

You will need the latest driver patch for 7.0 or 7.03, dated approximately
12/20/90.  If your SE has an older copy, have them contact me.  The
necessary parallel driver is standard in 7.05, but sans documentation.  It
isn't fully supported until the next release after 7.05.

> I understand that after scanning a page/document/whatever one is left with
> a file that is in a PCL format.

You can also use a contributed application, called "xhpscan", that provides
a friendly human interface in an X window, and outputs standard files.  Have
your SE contact me.

> Does anyone have or know of any OCR software that has been ported onto an
> HP9000 Series 300 ?? 

Can't help you there.

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