scanner advice

[xxsk8er101xx]

so ya i think my next upgrade will be a dualy AMD athlon XP. But me thinks that won't happen until late next year. Meanwhile early next year i will buy a athlon XP... btw can you mix mghz of the 2 cpus with the dual configuration? just stayin on topic is all 😉

ok now onto to my real question. With all that is happening i think we (all of america) should all buy what we want just something. this way the economy stays strong! so.. i want a scanner.. something under 200. I mentioned this in 2 other post the day before the horrible accident. But no one ever checks those so thats why i posted it here.

I'm basicily looking for a scanner that has a very very good OCR software for recignizing text. I would be using the scanner to scan in notes and homeworks and test mostly with occasional pictures. Firewire would be nice but too expensive so USB is good i think. SCSI is inconveniant because you need an extra card which adds the cost to the scanner.

thanks!

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[jc14all]

Since Canon builds most of the engines for scanners, copiers, fax machine, why not consider <A HREF="http://www.canon.com.sg/scanner/scanner_faq/scanner_faq.html" target="_new">Canon</A>. This is a FAQ page with various types of parallel/USB scanners to review. As for most scanners they come with a lite version of OCR software. Your best bet is to purchase a full version OCR package like: <A HREF="http://www.caere.com/products/omnipage/pro/" target="_new">Omnir Pro</A> or <A HREF="http://www.textbridge.com/" target="_new">Textbridge</A>. Happy shopping .

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[xxsk8er101xx]

i looked at them and they were pretty pricy! Also what is considered a good resolution for what i want to do with it? Which is just scanning in notes and such and occasional pictures? i'm seeing 600x1200 which i think is pretty low and then i see 1200x2400 ... i have also seen higher res but way too expensive! heheh...

thanks!

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[xxsk8er101xx]

another question .. sorry for being a pain .. i know my stuff with computers but i know little about scanners and thanks for the help ... do you think photoshop has a built in OCR in it? i should install it and see... hmmm ... thanks!

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[jc14all]

Checkout the <A HREF="http://www.canon.com.sg/scanner/scanner_tips_and_hints/scanner_tips_and_hints.html" target="_new">tips & hints</A> page there for the "What is the Optimal Resolution". A standard resolution for what you will be doing is about 300 - 600 dpi.

Here is another <A HREF="http://estore.usa.canon.com/SearchResults.asp?PARENTOID=6" target="_new">Canon</A> web site with a variety of price ranges.

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[xxsk8er101xx]

great thanks a lot .. basicily then a 600x1200 should be good then you think? I also read a brief review and said that CIS scanners arn't that good right now and should stick with CCD scanners for now. just wanted to mention that.

hmmm you think firewire scanner would make a difference compared to USB at a resolution of 600x1200? Any higher and it would be too expensive anyway.

thanks!

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[MeTaLrOcKeR]

Just for reference, the interface (FireWire or USB) has nothign at all to do do with the resolution......the main differences is price, like you stated, and how much of the CPU you want the device to take......USB uses more CPU horsepower than FireWire does......FireWire is faster than USB is........therefore, FireWire is more expensive....

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