In the U.K. the LS2000 does not ship with a SCSI card. The recommended cards are Adaptec, mostly the 2940 series. These are much better quality, but more expensive of course than the normal SCSI cards shipped with other scanners of all makes. It is possible to run into problems with cheap SCSI cards. pete miller - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.