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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">We also recently purchased a ScanPro
2000 from Linco. It completely replaced our conventional reader. I
pretty much agree with Charles's assessment, although we haven't
experienced the lag in the monitor catching up. The software
interface is clunky but customizable.<br>
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On another note, even if you factor in the space for the computer
terminal, it has a much smaller physical footprint than our last
reader. Since it's connected to a computer terminal, it can also
theoretically be set to print to any printer on your network. The
ability to save snapshots of the pages directly as PDFs or JPGs
has also been really helpful when responding to email obituary
inquiries, as we don't have to mail or scan anything.<br>
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Cheers!<br>
Buzzy Nielsen<br>
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Library Director<br>
Hood River County Library District<br>
502 State St<br>
Hood River, OR 97031<br>
541-387-7062<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hoodriverlibrary.org">http://hoodriverlibrary.org</a><br>
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On 07/11/2012 03:22 PM, Dunham, Charles wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:40E47344E540A0408F9A1B848F6CDD4712BCA193@CVOEXDAG2.ci.corvallis.or.us"
type="cite">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Here
is a brief review of our recently-purchased ScanPro 2000,
which we purchased from Linco without a service contract.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Reels
that were nearly unreadable on a conventional reader look
crisp on the ScanPro. It’s also nice to be able to scan
directly to pdf; we’ve started responding to obituary requests
with email attachments. It’s slightly easier to load film on
to it than with a conventional reader, but the software
interface could be better; I’ll hazard that it takes most new
users about 10 minutes to come to grips with it. One challenge
is that fine horizontal film movement is controlled by
dragging a bar on the computer screen, but vertical movement
requires a push or pull on the slide tray. Also, when the film
is scrolled it takes a moment for the image on the computer
monitor to catch up. Because of this lag, looking through
several days of headlines is faster on a conventional reader.
I prefer the ScanPro to our older scanners, but I feel that it
works better as a complement to a conventional reader than as
a replacement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Charles
Dunham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Adult
Services Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Corvallis-Benton
County Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">541
766-6965</span></p>
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