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- From: pk-asdg@cup.portal.com (Perry S Kivolowitz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Scanners
- Message-ID: <64369@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 20:53:46 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- References: <1992Aug17.172149.8267@CERIS.Purdue.EDU>
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- Mike Rubino (From SUNYSB - Where I Spent 7 Rotten Years) asks:
- >What advantages does the Sharp have over the Epson? I played with the Sharp
- >for a few minutes today and have been using the Phovos 300C (Epson clone) for
- >quite some time. My brief encounter with the Sharp left me unimpressed. I
- >didn't have time to do any head-to-head comparisons, but I'm sure Perry has.
- >So how do they compare on speed, image quality, build quality, etc.
-
- The Sharp scanner is GPIB based and is about 3 times faster (approximately
- 240KBs vs 80KBs) than the EPSON. The Sharp also has a transparency unit
- option for scanning slides and other transmitted art. Image quality on
- the 320 is quite good. However, as I said before, if you are driven by cost,
- you would be hard pressed to beat the value of an ES300C. If you can afford
- more, you do get more from the Sharp.
-