"m. allan noah" wrote: > the 4120/4220 on the other hand, are absolutely wonderful, heavy, small, > welbuilt machines, with excellent paper feeds, even for heavy stock. we > now have quite a few of them in the field, each scanning a few hundred > sheets per day, and are quite happy with the performance. they are a bit > above consumer level, at ~900 bucks a pop.
Taking a closer look at the 4120C, and with your helpful clue about the estimated MSRP, that model looks like a good bet. The 4220C is odd-looking, almost like two complete scanners sharing only electronics. I imagine that one's much more than $900? A few questions: - The hardware JPEG can be disabled, right? Since I'm only looking to save 1-bit and greyscale PNG's, I wouldn't want to introduce JPEG waviness into those formats. - Is USB 1.1 interface working in the current or near-term sane driver, and is USB 1.1 fast enough to push the images across at 25ppm 200dpi? Is that speed dependent on JPEG-compressed images? - The rated 200dpi 25ppm speed sounds great. What can I expect at 300dpi greyscale over USB? Thanks. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/
