From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 3 19:23:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA14083 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 19:23:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA13963 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 19:22:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA13203 for ; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 11:52:17 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id LAA02008; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 11:52:16 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19981004115216.M10081@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 11:52:16 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Parallel port scanners (Plustek OpticPro 9636T)? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've just been offered an interesting looking scanner (http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,352235,00.html). The trouble is, the damn thing is only available with a parallel port interface. Can anybody answer the following questions: 1. Is there anything like a "standard" for parallel port scanners? 2. Do we support them? In this case, it's the Plustek OpticPro 9636T. 3. This scanner claims 1200dpi × 600dpi × 36 bits, which makes a total of 3.2 MB/sq in. On a full sheet of paper, that's about 300 MB. What kind of compression do they use? 4. Does anybody know this particular scanner? Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message