I've got an ancient [Win95 era] scanner; any idea if it will work properly on a several year old HP 450 G3 i5 64 bit ProBook/Win7 pro laptop without messing anything up?
GM
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To each his/her own, but I've never understood the hassle with multiple (>3) horn channels. Many multiple horn threads appear to be never-ending stories in which considerable amounts of money are wasted.
Yesss Sir, I am exclusively using HP Pro gear for this and other reasons.
My 20 year old HP network laser printer still works like a charm, even with iPhones and iPads using HP's OSX app.
Is it a ScanJet 5P, or a 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000-series?
Yesss Sir, I am exclusively using HP Pro gear for this and other reasons.
My 20 year old HP network laser printer still works like a charm, even with iPhones and iPads using HP's OSX app.
Is it a ScanJet 5P, or a 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000-series?
Yeah I was just considering the constrast of jmlc and tractrix in the arena of a single horn per side system.
Now you make me feel bad that I let the salesman convince me to recycle mine for a new Canon.
GM
It's part of the system (my background) called free-market economics, which is based on continuous growth. One of the instruments is boosting replacement purchases, preferably by "higher-end" substitutes.
"Higher-end" usually has little to do with intrisic product quality.
I think most of us have come to realize that the current trend of "making everything GREEN" is simply a new incentive for many business models.
This "disease" has to be cured, someday sometime.
So far for being OT.
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ScanJet 3300C and just remembered I was given a Canon CanoScan N670U that supposedly was functional at the time, but have yet to try it.
GM
Understood and assumed as much, but rather than mess with it [don't remember the model number, but it was a huge floor model printer, scanner, FAX business machine] I bought a Canon ImageClass LBP 6000 on sale online from a different vendor and combined with some 'first time customer' and Visa card credits got it for < $20 delivered to my doorstep.
Anyway, will try to install one or the other after bills are paid just in case I crash it. I've a long history of making computers get screwed up in ways that the techies say isn't possible.
GM
We return now to our regularly scheduled program.
Apparently not.
Scanners are divergent from most hardware peripherals, because they need special drivers and software containing (old) Twain and WIA protocols in order to work, many of which are no longer supported by Microsoft.
However, workarounds and third party solutions exist.
The Canon CanoScan N670U is a more recent device and should work without issues. If necessary, the driver can be downloaded here (official Canon site).
You'll have to install the (Windows XP) driver in compatibility mode, or use the Windows generic TWAIN scanner driver.
Scanners are divergent from most hardware peripherals, because they need special drivers and software containing (old) Twain and WIA protocols in order to work, many of which are no longer supported by Microsoft.
However, workarounds and third party solutions exist.
The Canon CanoScan N670U is a more recent device and should work without issues. If necessary, the driver can be downloaded here (official Canon site).
You'll have to install the (Windows XP) driver in compatibility mode, or use the Windows generic TWAIN scanner driver.
Yes, diffraction slot. I used the 2380 in this system: Cornscala Style C | Critesspeakers.com It sounded pretty good with the Selenium D405 midrange driver. But suffered from horn honk at higher volumes. While spec'd for 500 Hz XO, the response dropped off considerably below 800 Hz, so a 850 Hz XO was chosen instead. Sure liked the Crite's 15" woofer.