Along the lines of the Epson 2450 specs (or close) which is USB only what would a similar flatbed scanner for SCSI cables?

I still have an older Power Mac and if I could come up with SCSI now and USB later that would be great. Recomendations?

Thanks

-- Neil Swanson (neilsphoto@yahoo.com), April 23, 2002

Answers

I bought a Canon SCSI about 2 years ago. It's in storage so I can't remember the model number. I paid about $160 for it from CompUSA.

It works well and came with Mac software as I recall.

-- Tony Oresteen (aoresteen@mindspring.com), April 23, 2002.

I have an Artec AS6E that is SCSI. Though probably not as good as the Epson 2450 it has served me well for a couple of years.

-- Bob Todrick (bobtodrick@yahoo.com), April 23, 2002.

You should be able to get a firewire or USB ( or both in a combo) card for your mac very cheaply - then you can use the Epson 2450 or Canon 2400 without a problem. SCSI is 'old hat' these days and modern scanners are not made with this interface in as an option.

-- John Griffin (john@griffinphoto.u-net.com), April 23, 2002.

The 1640 Photo is the way to go, if you can still get hold of one. BTW I have an older Epson SCSI/parallel (1000 if I recall it right) that I don't need any more. It's a 110V model. Would give it away for cost of shipment from Switzerland. Downside: Couldn't send it before June...

-- Lutz Konermann (lutz@konermann.net), April 23, 2002.

I do this kind of stuff 8 hr/day. My advice if you are going to change: USB is too damned slow for any large image. SCSI is much better. I can use it without losing data. Firewire is also good. Of course some of my images are in the hundreds of MB. There are a number of flatbeds with SCSI. I use HP flatbeds for that connection. Only the cheaper ones come with only USB. It works fine for small files. I think that they are starting to increase the transfer speed but I haven't tried the newer versions.

Art

-- Art (AKarr90975@aol.com), April 23, 2002.