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Judy
judy.p@...
Jul 4, 2003 4:21 pm
Hi List, I am planning to buy a new computer in a couple of months and will need to replace my scanner as well since my HP 2c is too old to get drivers for ...
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Duane Iverson
diverson@...
Jul 5, 2003 1:48 am
What do you intend to do with the HP2C? Is this the scanner that Arkenstone sold back in "the day"? ... From: "Judy" <judy.p@...> To: "OpenBook List"...
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Judy
judy.p@...
Jul 5, 2003 2:11 am
I would really like to keep it and use it if possible but I don't know if I can get drivers for windows XP for it. If I could get the drivers for it, it is a...
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Duane Iverson
diverson@...
Jul 5, 2003 1:56 pm
You are right! One of the reasons why I will use windows 98 is because of that scanner. The other is Dec talk. I wonder if they have a converter which would...
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Chris
cd-ling@...
Jul 5, 2003 2:27 pm
You can get SCCI cards for XP but the drivers are the problem. Chris ... From: "Duane Iverson" <diverson@...> To: <openbook-users@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
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carol pearson
carol.pearson@...
Jul 5, 2003 4:33 pm
Hi All, I have Openbook 6.01.36, Windows XP and an HP 6350 scanner - this is a combination which is not working at present. (Originally I used OpenBook 5 with...
Hi Carol Below is the contents of the readme.doc file for Precision Scan Pro version 2.03. I am also running OB 6.01, XP home along with Precision Scan Pro...
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carol pearson
carol.pearson@...
Jul 5, 2003 4:59 pm
Mark, so you're saying it's not the Precision Scan Pro software that needs to be removed anyway but more likely to be Antivirus software. Which Antivirus...
Hi Carol I use Norton Anti Virus 2002. I use the tray icon and disable, along with shutting down Zone Alarm before starting Open Book. I do have the problem...
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carol pearson
carol.pearson@...
Jul 5, 2003 9:06 pm
Mark, I've been through just about all that jazz a number of times. I get HP Precision scan working, then OpenBook just won't. I found an item on the FS page...
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Tom Lange
trlange@...
Jul 5, 2003 11:03 pm
Hi Carol, I've been watching this thread with interest. In Open Book 6.0x, what is your scanner selection? Do you have it set to HP SCL? If not, try that. How...
Hi Carol Umm, leave me poke around in my memory. I've used this scanner on another computer and want to make sure I am not confusing which is which. As I...
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carol pearson
carol.pearson@...
Jul 6, 2003 2:14 am
Tom, At present the scanner just isn't working at all, now that HJ Precision Scan is uninstalled. As for the scanner settings in OB, version 6 is new to me and...
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carol pearson
carol.pearson@...
Jul 6, 2003 2:14 am
Hi, I keep saying that Precision Scan is now uninstalled, as per something I saw on the FS site, when I finally dug down deep enough. The first thing then is...
Hi Carol I regret I do not have an answer, just some more information you may try. I do know that I used the scanners and cameras item in control panel to test...
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Chris Smart
chris_s@...
Jul 6, 2003 3:43 pm
Hi folks. I'm using OB 6, Win XP-sp1, an HP 6350C scanner. Today I was scanning the start of a novel, and only got twenty pages in before HP Percision Scan Pro...
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carol pearson
carol.pearson@...
Jul 6, 2003 4:31 pm
Mark, thanks. I'll work through everything when time permits! No doubt I'll come back to you at some point . . .. Thanks for bearing with me so far. -- Carol ...
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Judy
judy.p@...
Jul 6, 2003 4:36 pm
Thanks to everyone who has advised me on scanners. The HP site has a page where it talks about work arounds for older scanners so they can be used with...
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Tom Lange
trlange@...
Jul 6, 2003 5:07 pm
Hi Carol, ... Scan ... used ... with ... don't ... HP SCL was and is a replacement for Acupage, which apparently became unreliable under Windows 98. I don't...
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carol pearson
carol.pearson@...
Jul 6, 2003 6:00 pm
OK, Tom and Mark: I did the scanner test and it was verified very quickly! Good, first step! Now, bearing in mind that I currently have OpenBook installed but...
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Patricia
patriciabacon@...
Jul 6, 2003 6:45 pm
Hi Chris, I had this problem awhile back and what I had to do was delete all the items in my windows temp folder. Once that was done everything worked as...
Hi Carol Glad the scanner passed the test, now we know XP can find it. PrecisionScan is not installed so we can deal it out of the problem for now. I did...
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Tom Lange
trlange@...
Jul 6, 2003 7:15 pm
... step! Yes indeed, that's a good sign. That means the scanner still has some life left in it and it's communicating with the system. Right on! ... longer ...
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carol pearson
carol.pearson@...
Jul 6, 2003 7:19 pm
Mark, I don't seem to have an HPSCL setting. I have two HP Twain ones and one HP 6300 series. In fact, another weird thing is that ever since I changed to XP...
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carol pearson
carol.pearson@...
Jul 6, 2003 7:33 pm
OpenBook is working, though I don't have the scanner listed you mentioned and don't understand that. However, without HP Precision Scan Pro installed, the...
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carol pearson
carol.pearson@...
Jul 6, 2003 7:44 pm
I can't select HP SCL; it's not in the list I have. I have three in the list, one of which is "No Scananer", I think. Neither of the other two will now scan....
Hi Carol Well, at least this time I know what I am talking about.<G> I did a lot of checking before buying, including a call to HP sales. The only difference...
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carol pearson
carol.pearson@...
Jul 6, 2003 8:26 pm
Oh, no, I forgot about those. I have just deleted the Hewlet Paccard folder. Looks as though OpenBook just put itself once more in the same folder . . .. -- ...
