RE: Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 connectivity

["gary" <gsellani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are many companies who make boxes that are basically ethernet to one
or a few parallel ports, specifically with the intent of driving printers.
Axis is one of them, and probably the best, but perhaps just the most
established. The nice thing about using a print server is they occupy very
little space and require little maintenance. The axis servers have a TCP/IP
address. You can FTP to them, or use a browser. Here is their website:
http://www.axis.com/
In theory, you could have a Mac, PC under windows, and a linux machine all
talk to the same printer(s). Of course, you can do this with a PC as well.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scan@leben.com [mailto:owner-scan@leben.com]On Behalf Of
> Artistic Photography
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 5:00 AM
> To: scan@leben.com
> Subject: RE: Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 connectivity
>
>
> Could you explain what is an axis server?  Mike
>
> Michael and Mary Messner
> Artistic Photography
> www.artistic-photo.com
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scan@leben.com [mailto:owner-scan@leben.com] On Behalf Of
> gary
> Sent: May 14, 2002 2:10 AM
> To: scan@leben.com
> Subject: RE: Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 connectivity
>
>
> 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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