[bookshare-discuss] Re: scanners
- From: Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 13:14:12 -0500
It all depends who refurbished it. If the scanner where offered by the
manufacturer I would not have any problems purchasing one. Furthermore, I
suspect that these so-called refurbished EPSON scanners are in fact simply
new scanners that have been withdrawn. For example, just as the old 1660
was withdrawn, it was offered in considerable quantities at 30 cents on
the dollar. I just can't believe that all unsold 1660s went bad all of a
sudden and had to be repaired and refurbished. Yes, refurbs come only
with a 90 days warranty, but they are also so much cheaper than the 'new'
ones.
If you can buy last year's work-horse for the price of today's runt, why
not go for it?
Guido
Guido D. Corona
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Would you personally buy a refurbished scanner or a new one?
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From: "Guido Corona" <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:30 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: scanners
> Sandy, you may also want to consider a refurbished EPSON 2400 available
> directly from EPSON for only $99. This is a very heavyduty scanner that
> costed approx $250 when it was first introduced on the market. Here is
> the URL:
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http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye
s&oid=31061924
> Refurb units are also available on current models:
> 3170 for $159 instead of $199.
> 1670 for $79 instead of $99.
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> Guido
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> Hi Sandy,
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> I use Openbook 7 with a new scanner from Lexmark 1100 series. When I
> bought
> the scanner, I wasn't sure if it would work with Open Book. After
> installing the scanner, I had to tell Open Book that I was using the
> original driver that came with the scanner. To my surprise it worked. I
> haven't had any problem with it. I don't know if Kurzweil 1000 would
work
> with that scanner. I looked on the Kurzweil site and did not see my
model
> number list.
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> From: "Sandra E. Smith" <sandy.knits@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:30 AM
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> I thought perhaps some of you veteran scanners could advise me here. I
> have a computer I bought a few months ago with Windows XP; I am running
> Window-Eyes and Open Book, the latest version, whatever that is. The
old
> scanner I have is just not working. I want to buy a new scanner. Is
> there
> one any of you would recommend? Is there such a thing as a scanner that
> also is a printer? This may opening up a can of worms here, but I am
> wondering if any of you have recently used scanning programs other than
> Open
> Book and what your experience has been. I am, to say the least, not
> pleased with Freedom Scientifics' tech support, and would like to get
away
> from that company. If you would prefer to write to me privately about
> this,
> please do so at
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> sandy.knits@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> Sandy
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