sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) (03/13/90)
We are looking for a hi-res (around 300 DPI) color scanner. Not a video digitizer, a scanner. Looks like a printer or a copy machine. Feed in hardcopy and it scans and digitizes it. We have seen several 300 DPI black and white models, but we need one that does color. I am at a loss. Is there such a beast? If you have any hint at all for us, please email me. It doesn't have to be 300 DPI, but the higher the better. Thanks -- John Sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 1200bps. Accessable via Starlink (Louisville KY) sparks@corpane.UUCP <><><><><><><><><><><> D.I.S.K. ph:502/968-5401 thru -5406 A virtuous life is its own punishment.
reeves@dvinci.usask.ca (Malcolm Reeves) (03/14/90)
From article <1587@corpane.UUCP>, by sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks): > > We are looking for a hi-res (around 300 DPI) color scanner. > Not a video digitizer, a scanner. Looks like a printer or a copy machine. > Feed in hardcopy and it scans and digitizes it. We have seen several > 300 DPI black and white models, but we need one that does color. > > I am at a loss. Is there such a beast? If you have any hint at all for us, > please email me. It doesn't have to be 300 DPI, but the higher the better. > > Thanks See Byte April 1989 p.189 Reviews of Sharp JX-450 and Howtek Scanmaster. They cost $7000-$8000 but both are the same "engine". Too expensive for us!!
brian@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Brian Rauchfuss) (03/15/90)
/ hpfcdj:comp.graphics / reeves@dvinci.usask.ca (Malcolm Reeves) / 8:05 pm Mar 13, 1990 / From article <1587@corpane.UUCP>, by sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks): >See Byte April 1989 p.189 >Reviews of Sharp JX-450 and Howtek Scanmaster. They cost $7000-$8000 but >both are the same "engine". Too expensive for us!! >---------- I love the Howtek, it's 300 bpi in full color and it works great! I don't have the phone number of Howtek on me, maybe you can call the 800 information number. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Smokefoot "... never knowing I could shape my life brian@hpfcbdr.HP.COM like the artist paints his dreams on a canvas." - Minor Detail
fsfacca@avelon.lerc.nasa.gov (Tony Facca) (03/15/90)
In article <1587@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes: > >We are looking for a hi-res (around 300 DPI) color scanner. >Not a video digitizer, a scanner. Looks like a printer or a copy machine. >Feed in hardcopy and it scans and digitizes it. We have seen several >300 DPI black and white models, but we need one that does color. > >I am at a loss. Is there such a beast? If you have any hint at all for us, >please email me. It doesn't have to be 300 DPI, but the higher the better. > I have been giving the Sharp JX-450 some serious thought. I have used one in the past and they do a wonderful job of scanning images. The last I heard they have support for PC's Mac's and Iris's. The Iris version requires that you buy an interface card of some kind. The copier is around $6000 and the card is under $2000. I don't know about the Mac interface, although I do know that you get software with the Mac version. I have some in-house software to drive the Iris version (not written by me). Sharp Electronics Sharp Plaza Mahwah, NJ 07430 Also check out products from BarneyScan, Howtek, and Truvel. The September 1989 CGW has an entire FOCUS section on scanners. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Facca | phone: 216-433-8318 NASA Lewis Research Center | Cleveland, Ohio 44135 | email: fsfacca@lerc08.lerc.nasa.gov -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
barry@stdc01.UUCP (Michelle Barry) (03/16/90)
Another scanner you might want to look at is the Mitsubishi scanner SC_7500. We bought one a few months ago and are very pleased with the image quality. It will scan in 24-bit true color at 400, 300, 200, 150, or 25 dpi. The scanner area is larger than most -- you can scan 11x17 images. Most of the scanners on the market are for Macintoshes or PCs. The Mitsubishi scanner is also Sun compatable. The model we bought had a GPIB interface so we had to buy a GPIB/VME card to fit into the Sun. Mitsubishi is coming out with a SCSI interface soon which will make interfacing to the Suns even easier. I'm not sure of the price, but last year they were quoting retail of around $10,000 for the scanner. Mitsubishi International Corporation Information System and Service Division Computer Graphics Department 701 Westchester Avenue White Plains, NY 10604 Michelle Barry Star Technologies, Inc.
bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) (03/17/90)
In article <1990Mar15.125820.7215@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> fsfacca@avelon.UUCP (Tony Facca) writes: |In article <1587@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes: |> |>We are looking for a hi-res (around 300 DPI) color scanner. |>Not a video digitizer, a scanner. Looks like a printer or a copy machine. |>Feed in hardcopy and it scans and digitizes it. We have seen several |>300 DPI black and white models, but we need one that does color. |> |>I am at a loss. Is there such a beast? If you have any hint at all for us, |>please email me. It doesn't have to be 300 DPI, but the higher the better. |> | |I have been giving the Sharp JX-450 some serious thought. I have used one in |the past and they do a wonderful job of scanning images. The last I heard they |have support for PC's Mac's and Iris's. The Iris version requires that you |buy an interface card of some kind. The copier is around $6000 and the card is |under $2000. I don't know about the Mac interface, although I do know that |you get software with the Mac version. I have some in-house software to drive |the Iris version (not written by me). | | Sharp Electronics | Sharp Plaza | Mahwah, NJ 07430 This product is also marketed by ASDG 925 Stewart St. Madison, WI 53713 1-608-273-6585 They sell it, as well supporting it on the Amiga platform with an excellent image-handling system; well worth looking at in my opinion... Cheers, -- (__) Bruce Becker Toronto, Ontario w \@@/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `/v/-e UUCP: ...!uunet!mnetor!becker!bdb _/ \_ "So far from God, so close to the United States" - Old Mexican proverb
sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) (03/19/90)
[I asked for color scanner reccomendations] Thanks to all who have responded. We have narrowed it down to one model now, the Sharp JX scanner (8-1/2 x 11 size) I haven't seen it in action yet, but we are getting a demo of it tommorow. It seems to work with Macs, IBM's and Amiga's. According to the salesman it's cheaper and better to use the Amiga for it, because the Amiga is cheaper than a Mac and has great built in graphics (with a standard format that can be used with any amiga software package). On the IBM he said you really need a Targa card to get the most out of the scanner (around $3K) and even then the Targa card only works with specific software designed for it (another several hundred to a few thousand dollars). Plus we are (hopefully) getting a QMS color postscript printer to do the printouts! nice. Sidenote: we are selling our Xerox 4020 color inkjet printer for $375. email me for details or see the message in misc.forsale posted last week. Higher offers cheefully excepted :-) Again, Thanks to all of you who have helped us choose. -- John Sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 1200bps. Accessable via Starlink (Louisville KY) sparks@corpane.UUCP <><><><><><><><><><><> D.I.S.K. ph:502/968-5401 thru -5406 A virtuous life is its own punishment. --- John Sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 1200bps. Accessable via Starlink (Louisville KY) sparks@corpane.UUCP <><><><><><><><><><><> D.I.S.K. ph:502/968-5401 thru -5406 A virtuous life is its own punishment. -- John Sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 1200bps. Accessable via Starlink (Louisville KY) sparks@corpane.UUCP <><><><><><><><><><><> D.I.S.K. ph:502/968-5401 thru -5406 A virtuous life is its own punishment.