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I have some (but not all) information concerning your questions about
scanners :

- IMO (in my opinion), parallel port scanners offer a lot of PLUS :
   portability (but watch out, there are 3 different standards for
   parallel ports, and your scanner may not connect properly to your
   computer depending on the type of parallel ports, implemented in
   your computer, and  on the scanner.
   I bought recently a USB-UMAX, and I am very desappointed with it :
      1 - I was unable to make it work on the USB port in one of my
          computer
      2 - In the 2nd computer, where it worked nicely, I discovered
          that in fact it was SLOWER that my other scanner (a PLUSTEK)
          using the parallel port.

- Most Scanners are now TWAIN (since the beginning of the 90's),
this makes them usable with any software that support the TWAIN
standard.
Ten years ago, I used a software under DOS to scan documents. 
The TWAI driver must be provided by the scanner manufacturer.

- Very important also is the quality of the driver (i.e, one that can
memorize settings, and other goodies that make life easier ...)

If you have access to the newsgroups, I would suggest that you ask
also for advice in the two following groups :
alt.comp.periphs.scanner
alt.comp.periphs.scanners

I hope this will shed some light on your question.

Now, PLEASE DO NOT USE SALUTATION FORMULAS, like Dear Sirs,
because 50% of this planet will find it IRRITATING + DISCRIMINATING,
and ME INCLUDED, because I am not a SIR !
--Good Luck






Michael Snowden wrote:
> 
>                                2002 February 2
>                                    Auckland
> opendos AT delorie DOT com
> 
> Dear Sir:
> 
> For the mailing list I have four questions for which I would very
> much appreciate advice.
> 
> o I would like to learn if there are scanners available for use with
>   DOS. I am using Windows DOS 7.0 on a Compaq Armada laptop and an
>   IBM Net Vista desk top. I am not using the Windows system, only the
>   operating system that comes with it: DOS 7.0.
> 
>   I have seen a very attractive scanner by Canon called the Cano Scan
>   N640Pex, which comes for either a parallel or USB port. I doubt
>   seriously that Canon or any other compamy makes DOS software for
>   scanners, but I would like to know if someone else has made them.
> 
> o Should I seek a parallel or USB port for a scanner?
> 
> o Can anyone please give me advice about using USB with DOS? I have
>   received conflicting information about the access of USB ports with
>   DOS. I have been told explicitly by a certain reputable software
>   vender that, "DOS does not have any support for USB and never will,
>   so it will not work with USB". Having seen that, I have also seen
>   a Web site, http://www.catc.com/products/usb4dos.html, which says
>   that there is available software which will make an interface
>   between DOS and USB.
> 
> o I would like to know the limitations of the DR-DOS  FAT16 system
>   and whether or not it will support hard drives bigger than 2
>   gigabytes for a given partition.
> 
>                                  Yours truly,
> 
>                                Michael Snowden
> 
>                         mss14 AT cantua DOT canterbury DOT ac DOT nz

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