RE: Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 connectivity

["gary" <gsellani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can fiddle with firewire to SCSI converters, though I believe they only
run one device at a time. USB is very slow, though you may have usb2.
Personally, I'd just install a SCSI card. It would probably work the best
and be the cheapest solution.

PS: Is this Christmas in May? ;-) Sounds like a very nice box. You may just
want to forget using the old PC as a print server, unless you don't mind
running a second PC. I just use an Axis server. One box drives two printers
and it requires no attention.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scan@leben.com [mailto:owner-scan@leben.com]On Behalf Of
> Bernie Epstein
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 5:29 PM
> To: scan@leben.com
> Subject: Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 connectivity
>
>
> Hello, group. I just joined this list so my apologies if this subject
> has been covered
> before (although a quick search of the archives didn't turn anything
> up).
>
> I have just gotten a new PC to replace my aging 266-mHz box, which will
> be networked to the new one and relegated to print server duty. The new
> computer (2.2 gHz, 1 GB DDR RAM, twin 80 gig HDs, etc. running under
> Windows XP Pro) has both firewire and USB cards. Unfortunately, I have
> the original SprintScan 4000 (not the newer "Plus" version), which
> appears to be limited to SCSI connectivity. (Same is true for my Agfa
> Duoscan flatbed scanner.) Is there any way to take advantage of the
> faster interfaces (such as a cable/connector adapter) or is SCSI my only
> choice?
>
> Bernie Epstein
>
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