Message-Id: <200203080915.g289FBG08515@sitelicense.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 09:02:55 +0000 From: deirdre sharp <mailto:D.N.Sharp@uea.ac.uk> Subject: Re: HP Scanners To: mailto:IMAGELIB@listserv.arizona.edu
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Hi Folks,
In 1996, thanks to a grant, we bought an assortment of
digital imaging kit including an Epson 12000 flatbed
scanner. The techies were not happy as HP is the standard
product issued here and made it clear I couldn't expect
the same level of support. At the time it cost around £2k
($3k); they are less expensive now, I think. Apart from the
lamp going after about 12 months - which is rare and was
possibly due to the number of times the machine had been
moved - it has been fine and I am very pleased with the
results. This model can scan originals 1:1 up to A3. It
came with its own freebie imaging software but we run it
with Photoshop 5, full version, bought at the same time.
This was chiefly because we wanted to be able to set the
print output to be as near as possible what we see on
screen, which the free software couldn't handle. nearly six
years on the scanner is still going strong. Very
occasionally if I am doing a lot of scanning in one session
the moving head will 'stick' and I have to press the re-set
button. I don't know if this is a mechanical or a
software/PC problem.
I wish I could be as enthusiastic about its companion, an
Epson Stylus 3000 colour printer (prints up to A2). This
can be very slow (up to 30 minutes for an A3 print) and to
make matters worse the sheet feed is unreliable - and when
you have to repeat the printing at that speed and can't get
on with anything else you feel very, very sore.
Deirdre Sharp
Curator of Archive Collections, University of East Anglia,
Norwich, England
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:23:16 -0500 LAVINA VELASCO
mailto:<LVELASCO@JHUCCP.ORG> wrote:
> Hello folks,
> We decided to do inhouse scanning last fall for the Photoshare
> collection (www.jhuccp.org/mmc/photoshare). However, we did not have a
> say in purchasing the scanning equipment. Our network administrators
> gave us HP scanners (6390C and Photosmart S20). We have had bad results
> (particularly with the flatbed 6390c), but it has been difficult
> persuading them that we need better equipment. I have never heard any of
> you out there talk about using HP scanners. Can you share your honest
> opinion about hp scanners if you have one?
> Also, it's not clear to me what we can afford, but if you could only
> spend $1500 on a flatbed scanner, what would you buy?
> (btw, 90% of what we scan is amateur prints, mostly 4x6in. We use PCs,
> we're on a LAN, and the workstations run windows nt)
> Thanks very much,
>
>
>
>
> Lavina Velasco, Photoshare Librarian
> www.jhuccp.org/mmc/photoshare
> Media/Materials Clearinghouse
> Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs
> 111 Market Place, Suite 310
> Baltimore, MD 21202
> Phone: 410-659-6280
> Fax: 410-659-6266
> Email: mailto:lvelasco@jhuccp.org
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deirdre sharp
mailto:d.n.sharp@uea.ac.uk
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