1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Christopher Gunn) (11/14/90)
Does anyone have any pointed comments, good or bad, about the basic Apple scanner? I've got a couple users who are facing the decision to buy one on state contract [easy, cost approx. $1250] or try to get another model on bids [much dreary paperwork, cost = ??]. Site- specific problem is that to seek bids for an item thats ALSO on state contract, you have to prove that the state contract item can't meet your specs, so there would need to be some notable feature the Apple scanner doesn't have but Brand X does. Intended applications are fairly simple: mostly monochrome and limited gray-scale for scientific publications; some color capacity might be occasionally useful. Christopher Gunn Molecular Graphics and Modeling Lab SPAN--KUPHSX::GUNN Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Malott Hall 913-864-4428 or -4495 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
reg@Unify.Com (Russell Grau) (11/14/90)
In article <26894.273ff0d0@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Christopher Gunn) writes: >Does anyone have any pointed comments, good or bad, about the basic >Apple scanner? I've got a couple users who are facing the decision >to buy one on state contract [easy, cost approx. $1250] or try to Not too bad a price for a simple gray scale/line art scanner. > >Intended applications are fairly simple: mostly monochrome and >limited gray-scale for scientific publications; some color capacity >might be occasionally useful. I had a plain Apple Scanner. I used it for 18 months scanning line art for use in our church's newletters, posters, bulletins, etc. It worked wonder- fully for that. I use it for limited gray scale scanning. Performed well. Color - for $1250?? Don't think so. The Apple Scanner is b+w only (course there may always be add ons that allow for color scanning, but not on the out of the box scanner). > >Christopher Gunn Molecular Graphics and Modeling Lab >SPAN--KUPHSX::GUNN Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Malott Hall >913-864-4428 or -4495 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 Good luck. -- /*****************************************************************************/ /* Russell Grau (916) 920-9092 reg@unify.com */ /* Disclaimer - "I speak for myself, not my company" */ /* {{ucdavis,csun,lll-crg}!csusac,pyramid,sequent}!unify!reg */