>> > >At present you may not have much of a choice, I would do a web scan using >just the word Paperport, a second one with Paperport and Scanning. I use >WebFerret and Copernic to do my basic searches. If you pay for Copernic >it is one of the most powerful searching programs out there. Both of >these can call home on you however if not set up correctly. If you end up >getting a new scanner, think very hard about getting a USB or SCSI scanner >for the new one if you computer has the proper ports. The ScanJet 5p was >good for its day, but is a bit long in the tooth for new computers. > >Jack Ok, explain... LOL :-) What do you mean long in the tooth and good in its day.. We bought it 4 yrs ago and it is a SCSI unit... do they really outdate as quickly as the puter itself.. geesh.. this is scary... ginger Mike & Ginger Woodcock/EagleRun Australian Shepherds [email protected] http://www.eaglerun1.com Ginger's WebDesign is here to help with your Web Needs, Give us a call, or email with your questions. Remember, the purchase of an EagleRun Aussie is not the end of a Transaction, it is the Beginning of a Relationship, enjoy!! :-)
At 10:26 PM 5/22/00 -0500, you wrote: >Ok, explain... LOL :-) > >What do you mean long in the tooth and good in its day.. We bought it 4 >yrs ago and it is a SCSI unit... do they really outdate as quickly as the >puter itself.. geesh.. this is scary... At my last career, we used a fair amount of scanners, and found that anything under about $5000 was good for about 2 or 3 thousand scans at best unless you had a very good repair department. The mechanical parts wear out fairly soon. Four years is like two decades in a human life for a scanner. The technology is changing so fast, that the newer programs just do not like to deal with old technology. In the computer area, a computer is judged a throw away at about three years, a scanner used a lot about two to three years, printers about two years. Mostly do to the advances in technology that allows the programmers and computer makers to add speed and power. This obsoletes equipment built with old technology very fast. My last career was in High Energy Physics, and we had new technology changes weekly at times, and was very hard to keep up. Jack