Re: Who's going to be the scanning hero?

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aw29009@xxxxxxxxx (AW) wrote:

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paulstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Paul Stewart) wrote:

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aw29009@xxxxxxxxx (AW) wrote:

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paulstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Paul Stewart) wrote:

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aw29009@xxxxxxxxx (AW) wrote:

Any sharp-eyed, talented RISC OS workhorse with their eye on some open
source scanner drivers? :)

Andrew


Recently purchased a new HP All in one for scanning without using a
pc/mac or linux box. Works well, including printing.

A review will most likely appear in Qercus soon.

That's interesting. What range of these all-in-one devices are
supported in RISC OS? ISTR seeing a couple of drivers but the
equipment seemed to expensive although Tesco are selling them now.

Andrew

Thanks for the help Paul.

I have purchased the HP Photosmart 2575 Printer/Scanner. Cheapest
supplier seemed to be direct from HP via their website (£59.46 inc vat
and delivery).

Printing via USB works fine with the standard DeskJet 850C PDF file.
However I also got Jonathan Briggs to send me the last driver he wrote
for HP printers - the Photosmart 1218. If you use this in conjunction
with the 2575, you can get up to 600dpi when printing from RISC OS.
You can really see the difference over the standard 850C driver.

How can you print via USB? The printer manager only allows network,
serial and parallel doesn't it?
If you have USB on your machine, i.e. Iyonix and A9home have onboard
or a Unipod for RPC, you can print via USB. I only have experience
with the Simtec USB. This is achieved by setting up Printing to File
from within Printers. My first attempts at printing via my
Photosmart's built in network port failed. I have not revisited that
since, as I purchased it primarily for scanning.

I purchased the printer for scanning rather than printing. I am happy
with the quality of the scans I get. However it does not scan
directly to RISC OS. It scans to a USB memory stick. I am then able
to transfer from there to RISC OS. Due to the built in 6.4" colour
screen I am able to clearly see what I have scanned. If I am not
happy with what I see, I simply rescan.

The printer is also capable to printing photo quality. Whilst this is
not achievable from RISC OS,
I thought you said it printed from USB with Deskjet Files?
Yes, I did. However as far as I know you cannot get photo quality
from the standard RO Printers application. You need to use
Guttenprint for photo quality.

if it is simply an image you a printing,
then all you need to do is dump the jpeg to your USB memory stick,
insert stick into printer and voila, photo quality printing.

Do these printer/scanners generally come with a memory stick?

No. No memory stick and no USB cable.

Hope this is of some use to you.

Well, the more possibilities there are for using off-the-shelf
solutions for scanning and printing the better for RISC OS!

I intend to write a review of this printer and my experience of with
RISC OS for the Qercus magazine. Will hopefully appear in either the
next issue or the one after.

Regards
--
Paul Stewart - Far Bletchley, Milton Keynes, England.
(msn:sa110@xxxxxxxxxxx)

Be Bold. Dare To Be Different. Use RISC OS (http://www.riscos.com).
It's blue and from outta town - The A9home
(http://www.advantage6.co.uk/A9hsplash.html).
A9home Compatibility page -
(http://www.phawfaux.co.uk/a9home/compatibility.asp).

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