I've also found that the WIA drivers are better suited to K1K gray-scale setting. Win 98 doesn't support WIA as far as I understand. Pratik Pratik Patel Interim Director Office of Special Services Queens College Director CUNY Assistive Technology Services The City University of New York ppatel@xxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen Baum Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 10:59 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: kurzweil vs. finereader What version of K1000 and what scanner? Some scanners provide an incorrect number of bytes per line when grayscale is used, which gives us a badly distorted image. We've worked around that as time goes on, so newer versions and patches tend to fix the more common scanner problems. Stephen At 03:43 AM 11/20/2004, you wrote: >Finally got the cover to read, but had to put the brightness up to 65, >and gray scale wouldn't work for me. I had to put the threshhold on >dynamic. I don't know if the settings depend on individual scanners or >not. Most seem to have the best luck with gray scale, but when I try >using it, I either get garbage, or it tells me that the page is blank >when it isn't. > >Pam