[Athen] Scanner

[Gaeir Dietrich]

I recently worked with a Fujitsu flatbed with ADF. It wasn't fast, but the
Fujitsu scanning software that came with the scanner had the color dropout
feature that I just love. The folks who owned the scanner had been using
OmniPage to scan, and when I showed them the way the Fujitsu's own scanning
software could drop out the orange highlight on a book they had to do, they
couldn't believe it. 
 
So remember that whatever scanner you get (and there are many nice little
Canon's and Fujitsu's available), make sure you also look at the software
that is included for running the scanner.

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Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich 
Alternate Media Training Specialist / Instructor 
High Tech Center Training Unit 
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA 
408.996.6043 
 <http://www.htctu.net/> www.htctu.net 

 

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Kilcommons,Cath
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 11:00 AM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Scanner


Gerry Nies wrote - "We are looking at a mid priced scanner ie. cheaper than
a 5080, would like to keep at or under $1000."
At Colorado State, we have used the Epson Perfection scanners (with doc
feeder) for our student's AT stations, and have had good results interfacing
them with most all of our AT programs.  Although their native scanning
interface, the Epson interface, is not great, they can be set up with the
WIA or TWAIN drivers, and have never given us any problems.  The doc feeder
is more expensive than the scanner itself, interestingly enough.  The
Perfection 3170 with ADF runs about 400$ - doc feeder can hold 30 pages.
 
We also have used Fujitsu flatbeds with doc feeders that we inherited from
our library.  These older Fujitsu's have been real workhorses, and we found
good access to drivers through Fujitsu Canada.  I have heard some good
things about the ScanParnter 15C... that runs around 700$, and includes the
ADF.
 
Best of luck,
Cath
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Cath Stager-Kilcommons
ACCESS Project
Access  Specialist
Assistive Technology Resource Center (ATRC)
Colorado State University
970-491-0788
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/ATRC/
cathk at cahs.colostate.edu 

 
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