okay thanks fore letting me know I wasn't sure if it was time to buy a new one I will either way start saving up now incase when it dies do you recommend any hp all in one units that work with mac that you suggest?
----- Original Message ----- From: "erik burggraaf" <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:08 PM Subject: Re: Abbyy FineReader works well > > NOT NECESSARILY, BUT SQUEALING IS NOT A GOOD SIGN. AT THE VERY > LEAST, IT IS ANNOYING ESPECIALLY OVER LONG PERIODS OF SCANNING, AND IF > YOU ARE LISTENING WHILE YOU SCAN TO RELIEVE THE BORDUM. WORST CASE > SENAREO YOUR UNIT IS ON THE WAY OUT. I HAD ONE THAT SQUEELED OFF ANDD > ON FOR YEARS. WE STILL HAVE IT AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT STILL WORKS, > BUT WE WERE MORE THAN READY FOR IT TO GO BYTIME WE STOPPED USING IT. > > BEST, > > erik burggraaf > A+ certified technician and user support consultant. > Phone: 888-255-5194 > Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2009-11-11, at 8:51 AM, hank smith wrote: > >> >> mine is starting to squeel >> does that mean mine is dieing? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "erik burggraaf" <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:02 PM >> Subject: Re: Abbyy FineReader works well >> >> >>> >>> SOME DO, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE SOOOO CAREFUL. SOME OF THOSE HAVE >>> REALLY >>> RANCID COMPONANTS IN THEM. BAD MOTORS ON THE SCANNER HEAD, AND SO >>> ON. I TRY TO AVOID ALL IN ONES PERSONALLY, THOUGH I HAVE SEEN ONE >>> OR >>> TWO THAT I DIDN'T MIND. >>> >>> IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT MANY OF THE LEXMARK ALL IN ONES HAVE AN >>> ACCESSIBLE WEB INTERFACE FOR ADJUSTING SETTINGS AND PERFORMING JOBS >>> DIRECTLY ON THE ALL IN ONE. I'M JUST NOT SURE THEY ARE MAC >>> COMPADIBLE, THOUGH I DON'T SEE WHY THEY WOULDN'T BE. >>> >>> BEST, >>> >>> erik burggraaf >>> A+ certified technician and user support consultant. >>> Phone: 888-255-5194 >>> Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com >>> >>> On 2009-11-10, at 4:51 PM, hank smith wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I heard the hp line of all in ones work well >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Jessi and Goldina" <sanginsista3...@gmail.com> >>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:23 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Abbyy FineReader works well >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> hey Anne, >>>> is there a list somewhere of scanners that work directly with >>>> finereader? or >>>> does anyone have suggestions for ones that do? I'm probably on the >>>> market >>>> for a new one anyway. would be really great if I could get one of >>>> those >>>> scanner/coppier/printer combos since my printer, as great as it is, >>>> isn't >>>> mac compatible. do those work with finereader? I guess it would >>>> depend on >>>> the brand. >>>> On 2009-11-10, at 11:44 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello Dan, >>>>> >>>>> The problem with Abbyy FineReader is that it doesn't work with >>>>> network >>>>> scanners. However, you can give it a file of images to OCR if your >>>>> scanner >>>>> doesn't work directly with FineReader. >>>>> >>>>> I compared a document recognised by Readiris, and the same document >>>>> recognise with Finereader and Finereader did a slightly beter job >>>>> in that >>>>> there were slightly fewer errors. Both did a good job but >>>>> Finereader did a >>>>> better job. >>>>> >>>>> FineReader is cheaper than Readiris and the installation and >>>>> registration >>>>> process are both completely accessible with VoiceOver. >>>>> >>>>> Readiris 12 can be installed using VoiceOver, but you get no feed >>>>> back at >>>>> times, which is why I posted directions on how to register Readiris >>>>> 12 on >>>>> this list. >>>>> >>>>> I use VueScan to drive both of my scanners since they're both >>>>> made by >>>>> Cannon and the drivers are not accessible with VO. VueScan uses the >>>>> Scangear driver in one case, making it accessible, and has its own >>>>> driver >>>>> for the scanner in the other case. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Anne >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
