Hello E, I believe Nick said on the K1000 list that ADF only scanners will not let you optimize. I haven't played with it but it would seem there would be a way to make it work. Kaitlyn Healing Practitioner "The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life, which is required to be exchanged for it immediately or in the long run." Henry Thoreau -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E. Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 6:39 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: what scanner Are you saying the k1000 optimize feature does not work with your scanner? If it does not, do you know the cause is? Just curious. At 09:34 PM 9/1/2005, you wrote: >Hello: > > In response to the comments about the scanner at BookShare, I have > just purchased a Canon DR-2580c scanner. It was $714 from Amazon.com. So > far, it is working well. Two things to note about this scanner are that > it is only a sheet fed device unless you buy the optional flatbed (about > $400), and you cannot use the Optimization procedure to test out the > various settings. K1000 and K3000 know how to handle the duplex feature > of this scanner. More later. > >Regards, > >Robert Jaquiss > >