#Epson Scanner et al
34 messages in this thread
Earl,
in the future, if you quote a message including the header, please put
a space before the first #: as AutoPilot, and some other message readers,
gets confused thinking that the quoted message is an error in the download
of the message base. It makes the life easier for those of us with
automatic message readers.
"You do trust me, don't you? Of course you do."
— "To Play the King" (BBC)
Hi Brian –
Thanks for the pointer! Did not mean to cause anyone a problem! And
did not realize that the <#> was the mark that the autopilot software used to
locate headers, etc. I use TapCis regularly – so will be much more alert to
this.
Regards,
<< Earl >>
I'd like to know more about the Epson ES600C scanner. Have some of you
used it?
What software (other than ADPRO) is needed to go with it?
Does it need other hardware to work with it, or just the cable to the
parallel port?
Can one get software for an MSDOS machine so that I could also use it with
my Toshiba notebook computer?
Thanks.
Oh yes – what would be a reasonable price for a new one, and how likely
would one be to find a good used one?
—Betty
Imagemaster R/t contains very nice, scanner drivers which work well with
the ES600. You don't "need AdPro" at all.
–Ben
…via AutoPilot
Ben – and I HAVE ImageMaster, too! I should have looked. Thanks for
reminding me. And I apologize for my poor memory.
—Betty
Not a problem. :^)
–Ben
…via AutoPilot
Betty,
If you have any problems with the scanner SW, you know who to call
<smmiiille>.
You, too?? It's been too long since we had nightly CO's. I can't keep up
with the players any more!
—Betty
Betty,
The scanner s/w for ImageMaster is a subset of Vic's MetaScan program
(that has never seen the light of day, as far as I can tell). It's
terrific stuff.
Betty,
I've been pretty 'under the weather' and going to bed around 2230
for the past couple weeks…then there was this little mixup with my
account (it temporarily went over it's 'limit' and when the end of
the month came around (and the current balance was $45) they
'suspended' it (got that fixed, now if I could just get over this
cold/flu/whatever).
I'm sorry to hear that you aren't well, Vic. Sure hope it is over soon.
And too bad about the account. Maybe it will all work out and I will be
seeing you in CO again soon.
—Betty
Betty,
It just took one phone call, they said 'oops' and fixed it in about 15
minutes. I'm a _little_ concerned in that I still get the 'checking
account status' every time I log on, but I guess nothing will happen until
next month on the 1st <smmiiille>.
I'm glad it was so easy, Vic. They often keep people waiting for quite a
while when there's a mixup. Dunno about the 'checking account status'
though. I wouldn't like that, either.
—Betty
you too? I've had this stuff for the last two and a half weeks. To
use my new swear words, fragging dreklich stuff!
Did you guys ever actually publish MetaScan as a standalone porduct?
Is there a printed manual?
Michael,
No printed manual yet…but some enhancements to the program. Do you
happen to recall what version you have? Maybe I should send you the
latest.
Ben says that IM r/t won't work with the HP IIC scanners; will
Metascan?
Jim,
I haven't seen a HP IIC scanner. If I had one for a week or so, both
would.
Vic,
I'm at MetaScan v. 1.225.
>>Maybe I should send you the latest.<<
You just gotta love the "California Upgrade Policy" <g>
Speaking of which, (well, not really, but what the hell, it came to mind
and that's as good a segue as I can manage…)
Has Eet ever surfaced anywhere?
Michael,
Eet called me yesterday evening around 1730 my time. He's doing ok.
We chatted politics for a while (he'd vote for me, but he doesn't live in
my district…and I'm NOT in Chicago <g>).
Vic,
hehe… well, I'm glad he's doing ok… do pass on my regards.
Vic,
tell the Furry one that my mom still worries about him, as do I.
Thanks for the update.
"You do trust me, don't you? Of course you do."
— "To Play the King" (BBC)
Is Eet in Chicago? Tell him that he really should come visit us
sometimes. We miss him.
—Betty
Ben, I know that the Epson ES600 can work with both Amiga and MSDOS
machines. What I need to know is this: If I bought one that comes with
cables, software, etc., for MSDOS, would it work with Imagemaster using
those same cables? If not, how would I go about getting cables that
would? I'd really like to be able to use the scanner with both platforms.
—Betty
Probably you'd need two cables – the EPSON uses a rather peculiar
electrical protocol, so you'd need a specific cable for the Amiga, and
(probably) another for the MSDOS machine. We explain in the scanner
porytion of the R/t docs how to modify a standard vanilla parallel cable
to do the job – so you can get a fiarly inexpensive one from any cable
shop or even radio shack or the like if you're willing to move two wires
and cut two others. We can provide them too, but you pay a lot of overhead
to have Dave wire the cable. :^) The PC side I'd guess would be a similar
job, although the scanner _may_ come with a PC cable… but I'm guessing.
–Ben
…via AutoPilot
Thanks, Ben. That's exactly what I needed to know.
—Betty
Betty,
To use the Epson scanner on an MSDOS machine you're going to need an
interface of some kind… my Epson ES300C came with a CARD interface…
that means you might have a problem using it on a laptop/notebook.
That's what I was afraid of, Michael. Every description I was finding
came with a card. Thanks.
They are making hand-scanners now that work from the parallel port of
notebooks. But I don't think I can find Amiga drivers for those. If
there is a solution to using the same scanner for both computers, I
haven't found it yet.
—Betty
Betty,
I too have an Epson ES-600, Amiga and a Toshiba laptop (T1950). I
haven't tried too hard to get it working on the Toshiba although I have
the necessary Twain driver and some fax software that should support the
scanner. I modified a parallel cable to use with Imagemaster. It was easy
and the scanner works GREAT with Vic's program supplied with IM/RT.
I'm not sure if the wierd cable or a standard cable should be used with
the Toshiba or whether the parallel port on notebook would be OK for this
application. You might try the Epson forum here on good ol' CI$. If I get
it working I'll let you know.
Goin' AP
…..Mark Sterling
When I have read about the Epson ES-600 in the advertisements, they
always specify that there is a card interface for MSDOS machines.
Since the Toshiba cannot accept a card, I guess it couldn't work on
the Toshiba. Sure would be nice if it would work with both! Let me
know if you get it to work. I'm looking longingly at the T1950 these
days!
Betty,
The Epson scanner comes in SCSI and parallel versions. The SCSI version
is pretty standard but the parallel version is not. The connector is
standard but uses strange pinouts. A bi-directional parallel port on the
computer is mandatory and the Toshiba has this. I'll check on the Epson
forum to see what cable is needed and if a regular parallel port on an
MS-Dos type machine will work. Right now I do all my scanning with the
Amiga and Imagemaster. It would be nice to use the scanner as the input
for the fax software on the Toshiba.
Goin' AP
…..Mark Sterling
It would be lovely to be able to use the scanner on the Toshiba for
several things! However, the Epson scanner seems to always come with a
card interface, requiring a slot, and the cable – but the notebooks just
don't have any slots. If you find a way to make it work with the Toshiba,
I'd most pleased to know. Of course, I can always scan things into the
Amiga and then transfer them to the Toshiba, if I must.
Thanks,
—Betty
Hi Betty –
Thanks for your note. Sorry that I really don't know too much about the
Epson scanner.
My brother, Bob, has the Amiga 2000 and now has the Epson Scanner. And
he's not very familiar with either the scanner or the Art Dept Pro software.
I do know that his Amiga 2000 has an MSDOS board. We made sure
he did so he could run TapCis to access CompuServe. But I'm not sure
if the scanner runs on the Amiga (Workbench operating system) side or
on the MSDOS side. My guess is that it should be compatible on
either side, depending on the driver.
We use an HP Scan Jet II at our office. It's used with a Wang
386 PC. It's an MSDOS machine. And we use it primarily for scanning
documents to fax. Although we also scan occassionally for our OCR
program to reduce the need to key-in WP documents. But both of these
programs run in Windows rather than in the DOS. The scanner has its
own board though and its own installation software. I'm sure the
software is written to test for the user's operating system as well
as hardware configurations.
Can't say how likely it might be to locate a used scanner.
They are offered though. I've seen ads in the Boston Computer
Society publications from time to time. My latest Wang catalog shows
the HP ScanJet IIP at $875. and the HP ScanJet IIC at $1,579. But
then we've noticed this supplier does discount frequently to compete
with the mail order discount suppliers. So this price might be
higher than you could negotiate.
Earl,
Thanks for all the information. I wonder which of those scanners is best.
I guess I have considerably more investigation to do before I can buy
one. I'd like to have one that is not too large, but I want it to do good
work, too.
Anyway, thank you for your most informative message. I appreciate your
taking the time.
Betty
—Betty