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| Thread ID: 79500 | 2007-05-22 00:20:00 | Scanmaker E6 back panel | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 551895 | 2007-05-22 00:20:00 | I've just been looking at the back of my scanner for the first time in years, and find it has two ports I don't know anything about. See here: scanner.jpg (www.imagef1.net.nz) (29 KB). The centre one is the SCSI connection, but what are the other two? The left one in the pic is 25-pin and the right one is 15 pin, both female. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 551896 | 2007-05-22 00:54:00 | The middle one could be a centronics port, and the other 25 pin parallel / or scsi. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 551897 | 2007-05-22 03:24:00 | The middle one is definitely the SCSI. Thinking about it since my post, I suspect one of the other ones is for a document feeder, and maybe the other one is for a slide scanner? It is an old scanner these days, and I can't find any hardware info on the net. I haven't actually tried contacting Microtek, but maybe that will be the next step. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 551898 | 2007-05-22 07:34:00 | The lefthand one is probably SCSI too, because SCSI is a daisychain system, or, less likely a parallel port connection. The little switch is to select the SCSI device address. The righthand (15 pin?) will be for a document feeder or, maybe, a light for transparency scanning). | Graham L (2) | ||
| 551899 | 2007-05-22 11:33:00 | The lefthand one is probably SCSI too, because SCSI is a daisychain system, or, less likely a parallel port connection. The little switch is to select the SCSI device address. The righthand (15 pin?) will be for a document feeder or, maybe, a light for transparency scanning).That sounds entirely plausible. So, on to the next issue. The SCSI card I have is ISA, and the new PC only has PCI and PCI-E, so I need a new card (or a new scanner). I've seen a SCSI->USB converter called USBXchange, but nobody in NZ seems to have heard of it. Will any SCSI card do, or does it have have specific characteristics to run the scanner? (I know nothing much except the very basics about SCSI.) Most of the SCSI cards I have seen cost more than a USB scanner! |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 551900 | 2007-05-22 12:43:00 | I really think a new scanner will be a better option and probably cheaper as well. You may not even find software (drivers) for the scanner for the "new PC". |
godfather (25) | ||
| 551901 | 2007-05-22 12:52:00 | I really think a new scanner will be a better option and probably cheaper as well. You may not even find software (drivers) for the scanner for the "new PC".I fear you are right. It just offends me to discard a perfectly good scanner - maybe the ARK people would like it. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 551902 | 2007-06-27 16:06:00 | I really think a new scanner will be a better option and probably cheaper as well. WRONG You may not even find software (drivers) for the scanner for the "new PC". WRONG :annoyed: A new scanner is too expensive or it is cheap trash which will be broken after short time. Keep your scanmaker E6 and do not buy modern trash. I bought a scanmaker E6 in 1997 and used it very often for at least 5 years , after than the light was not bright enough to calibrate an I put it in the shelf. I bought an Epson Scan 2000 and an Epson Scan 2500. One went broken after 1 year and the other one after 2 years. :badpc: Last week I bought a new light for my 10 YEARS old scanmaker E6 which I did not use for the last 5 years for 3 $ an it is working like new. It is just a Philips light, which is easy to find. The Epsons I can trash because there is no possibility to repair it. I am using my Scanmaker with an PCMCIA SCSI Card on my notebook. I think it is possible to use it with SCSI to USB converter. But the converters are very expensive. A SCSI Card ist cheaper to buy. There is new twain driver for Win XP for the scanmaker E6 and it works perfectly. All the professional scan software support scanmaker E6 too. Just stick to your old good quality hardware, because the new ones are not that good quality. :2cents: thanks for reading. fdt. |
feedthetroll (12307) | ||
| 551903 | 2007-06-27 19:35:00 | You can use either of those two SCSI ports and use the other to terminate. Or daisychain other SCSI devices. I just sold my E6 last year and replaced with an Epson 4990, couldn't be happier with the Epson. As far as the E6 goes it is still a good scanner and as feedthetroll says it is not expensive to get a PCI SCSI card. Look for an Adaptec one on Trademe. You can find E6 software still on the net. NZ Agents for Mictotek are Imaging Technology they can advise you if you have any problems. Replacement bulbs are also easy enough to get from Imaging Tech, my E6 used to get through a new bulb every couple of years. |
Nafai (12308) | ||
| 551904 | 2007-06-28 05:06:00 | I'm also still using my E6 scanner, bought about 10 years ago, and it works fine . The lamp runs all the time that the scanner is switched on, not just while scanning, so that is probably why some people have worn the lamps out . It looks like SCSI cards are thin on the ground at the local on-line suppliers though . The ISA SCSI card that came with the scanner had to be replaced with a PCI one . |
rumpty (2863) | ||
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