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by **Peter Hil** » Thu, 24 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Hi all

I know I need a scanner with a SCSI interface to use it with Linux but
other than that I don't know what else to look for. I am going to use it
with either an Adaptec 1542 or a Future Domain 950 or a Tekram 390U.

I am considering either a UMAX 1220S or a Mustek Scanexpresss 12000SP.
Does anyone have any comments about either, or any recommendations ?

I suspect that there is very little to choose between the UMAX or Mustek
or any other scanner at this price (100 - 150), am right ?

TIA -

Peter
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Peter Hill

by **Nick K** » Fri, 25 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Quote:> I am considering either a UMAX 1220S or a Mustek Scanexpresss 12000SP.

I have the umax. Works with SANE and an Adaptec card. Big software
limitation: no options to scan something smaller than the full A4.
Otherwise it's fine.

BTW - the so-called SCSI card supplied is useless. And the windoze software
doesn't work - not even after a long call to tech support. Basically the
s/w has a fixed menu of ioports, and none of them work (Linux autodetects
the correct ones, of course).

--
Nick Kew

by **Gerald Willman** » Fri, 25 Jun 1999 04:00:00

> > I am considering either a UMAX 1220S or a Mustek Scanexpresss 12000SP.

> I have the umax. Works with SANE and an Adaptec card. Big software
> limitation: no options to scan something smaller than the full A4.
> Otherwise it's fine.

we got an old HP IIc and it works off a mylex bt958 with xvscan
softwarewise. No problem scanning smaller than A4.
Gerald

by **Robin Smit** » Fri, 25 Jun 1999 04:00:00

> > > I am considering either a UMAX 1220S or a Mustek Scanexpresss 12000SP.

> > I have the umax. Works with SANE and an Adaptec card. Big software
> > limitation: no options to scan something smaller than the full A4.
> > Otherwise it's fine.

> we got an old HP IIc and it works off a mylex bt958 with xvscan
> softwarewise. No problem scanning smaller than A4.
> Gerald

I have an Epson GT-7000 running perfectly with xscanimage and SANE

Robin

by **Peter Hil** » Fri, 25 Jun 1999 04:00:00

>> > > I am considering either a UMAX 1220S or a Mustek Scanexpresss 12000SP.

>> > I have the umax. Works with SANE and an Adaptec card. Big software
>> > limitation: no options to scan something smaller than the full A4.
>> > Otherwise it's fine.

>> we got an old HP IIc and it works off a mylex bt958 with xvscan
>> softwarewise. No problem scanning smaller than A4.
>> Gerald

>I have an Epson GT-7000 running perfectly with xscanimage and SANE

Thanks for the comments. I have found some documentation that says that
the Mustek scanners are not supported anyway so .....

Its a pity about the Umax with the other OS software, as my sister was
hoping to borrow it occasionally, and no, before anyone says it, she
runs the other sw and can't change for a number of reasons, however
there's always hope ....

I'll have a look at prices at a couple of places and see what's
available.

Thanks again - Peter.
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Peter Hill

by **Nick K** » Sat, 26 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Quote:> Its a pity about the Umax with the other OS software, as my sister was

Might work for her - probably depends on her other hardware (my ISDN
card doesn't work under windoze either). If you get it, try in on her
machine first, so you can give tech support a bollocking if it doesn't work.

--
Nick Kew

by **Michael Meissne** » Sun, 27 Jun 1999 04:00:00

> Hi all

> I know I need a scanner with a SCSI interface to use it with Linux but
> other than that I don't know what else to look for. I am going to use it
> with either an Adaptec 1542 or a Future Domain 950 or a Tekram 390U.

> I am considering either a UMAX 1220S or a Mustek Scanexpresss 12000SP.
> Does anyone have any comments about either, or any recommendations ?

I have a Umax 1220S on a TekRam 390U myself (plus a cdr and DAT tape on the
same scsi chain, disks are on another scsi controller). Other than having to
get a db50 to db25 cable for the scanner, everything works great. Note you may
have to go looking for a 390U, the places I've bought in the past (notably
comp-u-plus) only feature the 390F, which has a wide 68 pin external connector,
which means more of a special cable. Also, the scanner needs to be the last of
the chain, due to having only a db25 connector. I also wouldn't put ultra
disks on a scsi chain with a scanner, since I strongly doubt what passes for
termination on the scanner is active termination.

--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886

by **Michael Meissne** » Sun, 27 Jun 1999 04:00:00

> > I am considering either a UMAX 1220S or a Mustek Scanexpresss 12000SP.

> I have the umax. Works with SANE and an Adaptec card. Big software
> limitation: no options to scan something smaller than the full A4.
> Otherwise it's fine.

Hmm, with xscanimage at least, you can set the size of the scan. I've set my
for US letter size.

--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886

by **Norman Elliot** » Fri, 10 Sep 1999 04:00:00

> Hi all

> I know I need a scanner with a SCSI interface to use it with Linux but
> other than that I don't know what else to look for. I am going to use it
> with either an Adaptec 1542 or a Future Domain 950 or a Tekram 390U.

> I am considering either a UMAX 1220S or a Mustek Scanexpresss 12000SP.
> Does anyone have any comments about either, or any recommendations ?

> I suspect that there is very little to choose between the UMAX or Mustek
> or any other scanner at this price (100 - 150), am right ?

> TIA -

> Peter
> --
> Peter Hill

I have a Mustek ScaExpress 6000SP which works fine with a
Side 2930U PCI SCSI Adapter.
best wishes,
norm

by **Geoff Bla** » Sat, 11 Sep 1999 04:00:00

: > Hi all
: >
: > I know I need a scanner with a SCSI interface to use it with Linux but
: > other than that I don't know what else to look for. I am going to use it
: > with either an Adaptec 1542 or a Future Domain 950 or a Tekram 390U.
: >
: > I am considering either a UMAX 1220S or a Mustek Scanexpresss 12000SP.
: > Does anyone have any comments about either, or any recommendations ?
: >
: > I suspect that there is very little to choose between the UMAX or Mustek
: > or any other scanner at this price (100 - 150), am right ?
: >
: > TIA -
: >
: > Peter
: > --
: > Peter Hill

: I have a Mustek ScaExpress 6000SP which works fine with a
: Side 2930U PCI SCSI Adapter.

I have a Mustek 12000SP (sadly running under W95) which has produced
excellent results. I have only used it with the (brain dead) DTC card it was
supplied with. I haven't used it on any of the Linux boxes here as I don't
have any spare scsi ports (it's amazing how many HDD's you can get in a full
tower!) but will do eventually as I have acquired some more scsi cards.

However, I have heard that it doesn't implement the scsi disconnect function
which implies (does it?) that it will hog the scsi bus and slow the system
down somewhat.

Geoff
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