Parallel ports.

Any gossip re parallel port scanners (ECP) with regard to speed v USB, and
connections via USB to serial port adaptors etc.
Thanks.

"rodney" <pookiethai@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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> Any gossip re parallel port scanners (ECP) with regard to speed v USB, and
> connections via USB to serial port adaptors etc.
> Thanks.
>
>

The fact that the scanner has a parallel port, makes it very old and
probably slow.
You may have trouble finding drivers that work in Windows XP

USB 2.0 interface is a Maximum of 400 Megabits per second or about 60
Megabytes per second in theory.

In practice you get about 30 - 40 Megabytes per second transfer.

Any of today's USB scanners are fast.

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Cheers Carl,
I made my decision on an Epson V200 for under $200,
that has multi marquee.

I was curious as to the parallel port models, as one can pick
them up for around $10, and with the usb adaptor, would
be fine as a back up machine.
The model I had in mind was the Canoscan 640Pex which was made for XP

"CSM1" <nomoremail@nomail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "rodney" <pookiethai@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
> news:48e6e48c$0$39747$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net...
>> Any gossip re parallel port scanners (ECP) with regard to speed v USB,
>> and
>> connections via USB to serial port adaptors etc.
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>
> The fact that the scanner has a parallel port, makes it very old and
> probably slow.
> You may have trouble finding drivers that work in Windows XP
>
> USB 2.0 interface is a Maximum of 400 Megabits per second or about 60
> Megabytes per second in theory.
>
> In practice you get about 30 - 40 Megabytes per second transfer.
>
> Any of today's USB scanners are fast.
>
> --
> CSM1
> http://www.carlmcmillan.com
> --
>
>

USB is dramatically better, period, in EVERY way. And since all
scanners since about 2002 (if not earlier) are (or at least have) USB,
if you have a parallel port only scanner, it's truly a dinosaur.


rodney wrote:
> Any gossip re parallel port scanners (ECP) with regard to speed v USB, and
> connections via USB to serial port adaptors etc.
> Thanks.
>
>
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Thanks Barry.

"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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> USB is dramatically better, period, in EVERY way. And since all scanners
> since about 2002 (if not earlier) are (or at least have) USB, if you have
> a parallel port only scanner, it's truly a dinosaur.
>
>
> rodney wrote:
>> Any gossip re parallel port scanners (ECP) with regard to speed v USB,
>> and
>> connections via USB to serial port adaptors etc.
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **