Thank you much. I didn't realize there was such a difference. I have a Scanjet III.P., but no SCSI card. Where do you get a SCSI card for the HP Scanjets? - Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: <talmage@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 6:11 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Epson Scanners > Hi Jackie, > > I just took a look at the Openbook scanner info page to see what they say > about speed. I knew either the 1670 or 1650 was slow, but I couldn't > remember which one it was. Here's what I found regarding average scan > times with Openbook. > > 1670 extremely slow about 60 seconds per page > 1660 about 13 seconds per page > 1650 about 20 seconds per page > > Even if you aren't using Openbook, these specs should still give you an > idea of why people have been searching for the 1660. > I just got a SCSI card to put in my current computer so I could connect a > 10 year old HP 4P scanner because the Epson 1250 I've been using has been > driving me nuts with its slowness. The 1250 was taking about 50 seconds a > page, and while that doesn't sound like much when scanning 1 page, you scan > 200 or 300 pages in Express Batch mode in Openbook, and it adds up. I only > mention this to point out that you would very quickly tire of the 1670. > > Dave > > At 08:29 AM 8/28/2004, you wrote: > >I was looking for the Epson 1660 scanner discussed in July on this > >list. I found Epson perfection 1650 and Epson Perfection 1670. Each is > >$69, refurbished. Are those okay substitutes for the Epson 1660? Nobody > >mentioned the work Perfection, and these are photo scanners, so I wasn't > >sure. Please help. > > > >- Jackie McCraw > > > > >