Windows XP and the scanjet 4570c is USB connected.
The SCAN button will wake up the scanner but it does not initiate a
scan. None of the buttons do.
In Control Panel/Scanners if I look at the Properties of the Scanner,

I want to replace my PhotoSmart S20 with a higher resolution scanner.
I'm going to get a large format printer and I'm wondering how much
scan resolution I will need for photo prints larger than 8x10.....
TIA

I have an HP 7450c scanner and I've been scanning large documents to
PDF format using "Black/White Bitmap" format.  The resulting document
is nearly identical in size and quality whether I scan using 300 dpi
or 600 dpi.

I have a canon Lide 20.  If I set it to scan on 1200 dpi resolution in colour
using the full platen or even most of it, the Task Manager in Win2000 shows a
memory usage in excess of 800MB!
Is this normal for this resolution?

How do I hook a flat bed scanner into my computer USB port?  Reason I need
to do this is because my printers are on my parallel ports, and the scanner
won't work when the printer drivers have the port captured.

I want to buy a cheap second scanner for my wife to use with her laptop. I'm
leaning towards the Canon lide50 scanner which is under $100 and includes
photoshop elements 2.0. It happens to be powered through the usb cable (no
AC adapter) and I wanted to make sure it will work off a ...

I am looking for OCR software to replace the unusable OCR included with
my new EPSON 1260 PHOTO scanner. Prefer shareware.
Did not expect to pay $80 for an EPSON  scanner that included OCR and
then need to spend $100 for a usable after market OCR software.

Have recently inherited HP5100C parallel port scanner
Running WIN200SP1 finally got software to work correctly but scanner may
have been moved significantly without being locked down.  The light bar
seems out of sync with stepper motor, reaching end of stroke then

Now that Vuescan is handling RAW camera images, is there a way to use it to
reduce noise in the image? I'm hoping for some method where I could
reference a dark frame and have Vuescan subtract out the pixel noise. There
are programs like NeatImage that do this function, but Vuescan ...

Hi.  I just bought a Minolta Scan Elite  f-2900 in brand new condition
(unopened packaging).  I have an old beige Powermac G3 running OS 9.2.
I've been following the set up instructions word for word.
The manual says to turn on the scanner prior to turning on the the

I just bought a Microtek 5900 scanner and scanned a few color prints. The
quality is really quite good!
However, I am having trouble making the settings for scanning b&w transparents,
line art, halftones, etc.  I am not finding any detailed documentation on the

I've borrowed a
scanner from my brother and as it's a parallel port version I'm having
problems conecting it to my laptop or desktop.  The cable seems to be male
to female but I've only got room on both the scanner and the pc for plugging

I am planning to buy Elite 5400 or Elite II. I have a laptop with
Pentium 4, 40G hard drive & 256K RAM. Can I still use this computer to
fully utilize 5400's capabilities. If not then I may have to buy Elite
II

Like Marco, I've fought w/Epson 2450 Twain for 35mm negs & slides, and
lost the battle.
So today, I've finally broken thru the fog w/the Vuescan trial version
& managed to get the amazing scans everyone raves about.

I'm not a mathematician, so please forgive me if I am not 100% correct
in my math terminology.  I am developing an equation solving program
(AutoAbacus http://singularsys.com/autoabacus) which should be able to
solve systems of equations by automatically recognizing the type of