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- From: rhb@hotsand.cnet.att.com (54312 - Richard H Brandwein)
- Subject: Re: Microtek ScanMakers
- Reply-To: rich.brandwein@att.com
- Organization: AT&T Bell Labs - Holmdel, NJ
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:08:16 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.180816.700@cbnewsi.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1hpdfhINNfet@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, kxj6@po.CWRU.Edu (Kijin Jung) writes:
- |>
- |> Does anyone have any information about Microtek's new Scanmaker II and
- |> IIXE 24-bit flatbed scanners and how they differ from the recently
- |> discontinued Scanmaker 600Z? What are the differences between the II and
- |> the IIXE? (There have been many articles about color scanners in the
- |> various computer mags lately, covering the 600Z; however, the II and IIXE
- |> seem to have been released very recently - early December - and they're
- |> much cheaper).
- |>
- |> How is the customized PhotoStyler software for the above, and how does
- |> it compare to the real Aldus PhotoStyler? Is OCR software bundled with the
- |> scanners?
- |>
- |> Any information would be greatly appreciated... Happy New Year!...
- |>
- |> --
- |> __ Kijin Jung _____________________ _ To affect the quality of the day, ___
- |> | kxj6@po.cwru.edu | that is the highest of the arts. |
- |> | Case Western Reserve University | |
- |> |__ (216) 754-1101 _________________ | ________________________ -Thoreau _____|
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- I would strongly recommend against getting any Microtek scanner. I
- have 600ZS. The front end package it was bundled with doesn't work
- very well (it's running on a sun) and the scanner itself was
- poorly color calibrated. HP has much better support as well as
- overall prices.
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- Rich Brandwein rich.brandwein@att.com
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