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Re: Scanner hardware, interface and software( comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software)

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From: Marcelo Rodrigues
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 00:00
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In <dwea4.19366$Ym1.870328@tw11.nn.bcandid.com> BillLeeX@cleaf.com wrote:
> In <8471ta$pbc$1@news1.bu.edu> Marcelo Rodrigues wrote:
> 	<snip>
> >			In view of this,  about the only ready-made, 
> > sure-fire, solution is
> > Scan-O-Matic but you need a SCSI scanner and it is, of course, not TWAIN.
> > I think it is free now, at least my copy was. Original Poster : Get rid 
of 
> > whichever
> >  Parallel Port or USB you have and get a SCSI scanner from Umax or HP 
> > ( check out what Scan-O-Matic supports. )  
> 
> Well, I am the original poster, and I did just exactly that! I went out and 
> bought a UMAX Astra 1220S SCSI interface scanner, appropriate cables, etc. 
I 
> downloaded ScanOmatic and installed it and now have a scanner that appears 
to 
> be working.
> 
> The only problem I have left is how to get a permanent license for 
> ScanOmatic. All I have so far is the demo license, and their website 
doesn't 
> give any way to ask for a permanent one. Anybody have any ideas on how to 
get 
> the permanent license?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bill Lee


Hint : Nice letter to the ScanOmatic folks explainig predicament 

Good Luck !

Marcelo
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From: marcelor@acs.bu.edu(Marcelo Rodrigues)
Subject: Re: Scanner hardware, interface and software( comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software)
Date: 1999/12/29
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