If you spoke to the Kurzweil tech support people, I'd take their recommendations seriously. The other option I'd think best would be to ask K1000 users what they think. ----- Original Message ----- From: Monica Svopa To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:27 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] o.t. purchasing scanners Hello list. I had a question about scanner preferences. I had recently bought, but have not taken out of the box yet, an HP 5590. I will be using Kurzweil 11. In my recent discussions with some tech folks, they had told me that the HP doesn't allow you to change the brightness setting. They suggested that buying an Epson or Optic book would be better. My computer instructor is not a Kurzweil expert. So, I pose the question to you. I can return my HP and buy either an Epson or OpticBook. I do want to get the best results possible. Or I can keep my HP but have to download the commercial drivers? Any thoughts. Thanks again for all of your help. Monica Svopa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.3/1081 - Release Date: 10/19/2007 5:41 PM