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Pietro Montelatici wrote:
> 
> I've been using my EPSON scanner ES-300C with my Amiga for some years without
> any problems. Now I need to connect it to my PC and for this reason I have
> downloaded TWN220.EXE from Epson ftp site (it should be the right driver).
> 
> I have tried to connect it to different PCs with different motherboards/parallel
> ports, I have installed the software and used the same cable I use with the
> Amiga but it doesn't work.
> 
> From "EPSON Scanner Setup" I chose BID Parallel and the right Port Id (378) but
> the PC hangs. In the BIOS I can set different Parallel Mode (ECP/EPP, EPP, SPP,
> ECP) and as I don't know which is the right one I tried them all but the result
> was always the same.
> 
> Do I need some special cable / port? Do you know what the problem is?
> 
> OR do you know the e-mail address of Epson tech support?
> 
> Please answer to this message via e-mail too, thanks a lot.
> 
> Thank you very much,
> 
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> \____  \              Pietro Montelatici - TRECISION
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Pietro,
I haven't used the Epson Scanner, but most scanners that I am familiar with use a 
SCSI interface.  This can be confusing, because many of the proprietary SCSI cards 
that come with scanners use a 25-pin plug that is identical in appearance [but not 
in function!] to the parallel port. 
Check your owners manual very carefully to see if it really needs a SCSI adapter.
-- 
Gordon Foreman - Author/PC Buyer's Handbook
gforeman@ix.netcom.com
http://www.netcom.com/~gforeman/small.html