The recessed area is for book overflow as far as I am concerned. :-) It must not use much of the glass for parking because I have scanned many books that took up the whole area of the glass, and they scanned just fine. Of course they could have all had good margins--they were all big floppy paperback text books. Sarah Van Oosterwijck curious entity at earthlink dot net ----- Original Message ----- From: <talmage@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:57 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T Scanner drivers or a Trade > Hi Shelley, > > After reading your message, I had to measure the glass on my 4P, which I > believe you said was the scanner in question, can't tell anymore from this > thread since the 4C has been mentioned as well. The 4P has a glass surface > of 8.75 by 14.25. Now that's the glass, not including the recessed area > running the length of the glass. I believe, but I'm not sure, that the > recessed area is nothing other than a ruler or scale. I also don't know > for sure if the full glass gets scanned, or whether there is some dead > space at the beginning for scanner parking or not, but you should certainly > get 14 inches out of the scan. I believe that legal is considered 8.5 by > 14, and maybe HP gave a bit more for ease of use. After reading Sarah's > post, regarding www.pricewatch.com, and the 10 second scan time of her 4P, > I'm probably going to get a AHA-2940UW SCSI (small computer system > interface) card for my system to hook up my 4P. The card is only about > $16, and even if I have to settle for 300DPI, I'm getting tired of the 45 > second scans of my Epson 1250. Another nice thing about the 4P is that it > is built like a tank, and you can put as much pressure on the glass as > needed without causing the scanner to skip or drag. While on the topic of > dragging, I did once have to open up my scanner and clean up the rail that > the scanner light rides on because it had a build up of gunk and caused the > light to drag and make a horrendous noise, but that was the only problem I > had with it. As Sarah said, you can find some good deals on SCSI cards, > and the only reason I'm going with the 2940 is because I already have a > 68pin to Centronics (spelling) cable. I got the cable for another 2940 > card, which unfortunately is now in another computer, but at the time the > cable was non standard and cost about $60. Going from 68pin (high tech > SCSI3) to Centronics (low tech SCSI1) wasn't common at the time, but maybe > things have changed now a days, especially as my other 2940 card cost > around $240 at the time. > I'm not trying to scare you off, but rather encourage you as the 4P is a > work horse of a scanner, and if you can find a SCSI card that will fit your > computer, and can find or have a cable to go with it, for a reasonable > price, I think you will be happy with it. > > Dave > > > at 06:24 PM 8/16/2004, you wrote: > >Kelly, > > > >I honestly think this scanner is larger than legal size. I had a legal > >sized scanner from HP, and this one is larger than mine. It looks to be 11 > >X 14 on the scanner glass. > > > >He is holding onto it, and trying to figure out something for scanning. I > >would take it in a heart beat, but I don't have a skuzy card for my > >computer, and besides I have a scanner already even if it is paper sized or > >about an inch or so longer. > > > > > >Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden > >juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. > >Graduate Advisory Council > >www.guidedogs.com > > > >The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to > >stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. > > > > -- Vance Havner > >