bc@smsc.sony.com (Bernard Cobain) (05/21/91)
Amiga People, I need your help. I am a technical writer that has made some progress in impressing the management with the superiority of the Amiga. Currently, I use the Amiga to generate most of the graphics used in the various user guides and reference manuals I crank out. I have been getting a lot of favorable comments regarding, among other things, the graphics. Admittedly, the graphic tools available to me on my expensive workstation really sucks the big one. I have an opportunity to use an Epson ES 300C color scanner at home on my Amiga 500. I need a driver. I know zip about building drivers. Does anyone out there have a driver that will suit my needs? If failing this, maybe someone has a tools with which I can generate my own driver? Any and all pointers will be appreciated. This may not be of interest to other Amiga-ites, so you may want to reply directly to me. My email addresses are bc@smsc.sony.com or !uunet!sonyusa!bc. Thanks. bc -- :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~: : bc in microsystems "If you can't take the : : FAX: 408/954-0849 heat, stay out of the : : bc@smsc.sony.com OR !uunet!sonyusa!bc chicken." Hsien Ming Ma :
rcj2@cbnewsd.att.com (ray.c.jender) (05/21/91)
In article <1991May20.224005.4938@smsc.sony.com> bc@smsc.sony.com (Bernard Cobain) writes: > >I have an opportunity to use an Epson ES 300C color scanner at home on my >Amiga 500. I need a driver. I know zip about building drivers. Does anyone out >there have a driver that will suit my needs? If failing this, maybe someone >has a tools with which I can generate my own driver? > >Any and all pointers will be appreciated. > >This may not be of interest to other Amiga-ites, so you may want to reply >directly to me. My email addresses are bc@smsc.sony.com or !uunet!sonyusa!bc. > >Thanks. > > bc >: bc in microsystems "If you can't take the : >: FAX: 408/954-0849 heat, stay out of the : >: bc@smsc.sony.com OR !uunet!sonyusa!bc chicken." Hsien Ming Ma : ASDG has just released a driver for the ES 300C. You can contact them at: ASDG 925 Stewart St. Madison, Wisconsin 53713 608-273-6585
hrlaser@crash.cts.com (Harv Laser) (05/21/91)
You're in luck. ASDG Inc. (Makers of Art Dept. Professional and other products for the Amiga) are just about to release their ES-300C support software for Amigas. For more info, call them at 1-608-273-6585 during Central time zone business hours. Feel free to tell 'em I sent you.
perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) (05/30/91)
In article <1991May20.224005.4938@smsc.sony.com> bc@smsc.sony.com (Bernard Cobain) writes: >I need your help. And...we are there! >I have an opportunity to use an Epson ES 300C color scanner at home on my >Amiga 500. I need a driver. I know zip about building drivers. Does anyone out ASDG has just started shipping its second generation of scanner controllers. The first scanner so supported is the EPSON ES-300C. Our product is called simply, the ES-300C Driver kit. It comes with two programs: 1) A Loader Module for Art Department Professional which lets you scan directly from ADPro. 2) A Stand-Alone Version (of the above mentioned loader module) which scans directly to disk (requires near zippo memory) and does not require ADPro. If anyone has ever seen our first generation of scanner controller, this new generation incorporates all the lessons we've learned in our three years as the Amiga's only provider of color scanner software. I think you'll agree that we have something to be proud of in the new scanner software. The Driver kit also includes all the interfacing hardware you'll need to hook the ES-300C up to an A500, A2X00 or A3000. A1000 owners need a parallel port converter. The list price for the kit is $200. Also shipping is the controller kit for the Phovos 300C. Next month we start shipping controller kits for the Sharp series of scanners (the JX-100, JX-300, 450 and 600). pk -- Perry Kivolowitz, ASDG Inc. ``We look for things. Things that make us go.'' UUCP: {harvard|rutgers|ucbvax}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!perry CIS: 76004,1765 PLINK: pk-asdg
brians@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Brian Sullivan) (06/04/91)
One question about the ES-300C interface. Are you planning on providing a SCSI interface in the future. One advantage that the Epson color scanners have is the ability to transfer data using the SCSI port. I haven't used the Epson scanner yet but I belive that the transfer time using the parallel port is substantial. With SCSI one should be able to do a full color scan at 300 dpi much faster than is currebtly possible. Although one will still need to have some pretty hefty disks to store these digitized images. 8 1/2 by 11 inches times 300 dpi times 300 dpi using 24 bits per pixel is 23 MegaBytes per full page. Hopefully your software will be able to handle such large images in the future. Right now I believe that an image must entirely fit into RAM before one can perform any image-processing operations on the data. Is this correct? -- Brian -- brians@hpclove.cup.hp.com
perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) (06/09/91)
In article <48350001@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com> brians@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Brian Sullivan) writes: >One question about the ES-300C interface. Are you planning on >providing a SCSI interface in the future. One advantage that the >Epson color scanners have is the ability to transfer data using >the SCSI port. I haven't used the Epson scanner yet but I belive >that the transfer time using the parallel port is substantial. >With SCSI one should be able to do a full color scan at 300 dpi >much faster than is currebtly possible. We evaluated the SCSI controller available for the EPSON scanner. We found that all it adds to the party is an additional $500 in list price. The scanner is the limiting factor when it comes to speed, not the interface to the computer. Therefore, our parallel implementation runs as fast as a SCSI implementation would, costs less both in terms of the SCSI controller for the scanner and also one for your computer, and can be used on all Amigas even without any expansion cards (ie: all Amigas have parallel ports). > 8 1/2 by 11 inches times 300 dpi times 300 dpi using 24 bits >per pixel is 23 MegaBytes per full page. That's true. It is very *very* rare that anyone doing personal computer based publishing will want or need this much resolution, however. >Hopefully your software will be able to handle such large images >in the future. Right now I believe that an image must entirely >fit into RAM before one can perform any image-processing operations >on the data. Is this correct? This is correct. Currently. This is subject to future change, however. Note that our second generation of scanner controllers come with two scanner controllers on each disk. The first is an ADPro scanner controller which allows the scanner to be run from directly within ADPro (even by ARexx). The second program included is a stand-alone scanner controller which provides exactly the same user interface (as the ADPro module) but does not require ADPro. This program scans directly to disk and therefore is DISK limited - NOT memory limited. This can be an invaluable tool for those who do require the large scans (and can use them because their DTP software might do separations from disk, not memory) or for those people who might be running two dozen other applications when they happen to want to scan and don't have enough other memory left over to run ADPro. pk -- Perry Kivolowitz, ASDG Inc. ``We look for things. Things that make us go.'' UUCP: {harvard|rutgers|ucbvax}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!perry CIS: 76004,1765 PLINK: pk-asdg