This bugs me too!! I have a HP 5100C and used it with Win95 & Win98. Also had Caere OmniPro Page 8 character recognition. With the new XP the drivers will operate the scanner, but I've lost my OmniPro. Bummer! Harold Williams [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "E.Rodier" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 9:51 AM Subject: [SP] older scanners and XP Pro > A second computer was set up with a choice of ME or XP Pro at startup. Theere > plan is to try it with older equipment that does not work with XP. One of > the combinations is an older version of Optical Character Recognition and > Microtek E3 which has a larger glass area and a Transparent Media Adaptor. > > Early copies of UK source documents were scanned with a page scanner but it > hasn't been hooked up in years. Recent UK source documents cannot be scanned > or photocopied to look like the original. -- Elizabeth > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Kirk" > > I used to use an HP Scanjet 4S for this perpose but HP refused to issue an > > updated driver for use with Windows XP, and so a really good piece of kit > > lies idle. > > ______________________________