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From: Remy Davison
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 13:54

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In article <9kr7br$17h$1@spacebar.ucc.usyd.edu.au>,
 "Gavin Doolan" <gdoolan@gmp.usyd.edu.au> wrote:

>Am looking for a budget scanner for email, web uploads and other simple
>stuff. Needs to work with Mac and PC, so I guess USB would be best. I guess
>my ceiling would be AUS$ 150-200 (US$75-100). Any suggestons would be great,
>as I know nothing about scanners.
>TIA,
>Gavin.
>
>

Not a big player, but I like the Acers. (the 600 series). I have the 
SCSI model, but there's a 600dpi USB model. It'll give you probably the 
fastest previews of any consumer scanner on the market. Software is OK 
(ArtScan or MiraScan plus TextBridge for OCR. If you get the PC version, 
you can d/l MiraScan, but not TextBridge. There is a Mac version though. 
About $150-160 generally. The scanners are TWAIN compliant, so you can 
scan direct from Photoshop, Graphic Converter or Acrobat using the 
plug-in.

Cheers,

RD.

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