RE: filmscanners: USB and data transfer as a constraint on timeneeded to scan

[patton paul <ppatton@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>]

The new Nikon and Minolta scanners use USB rather than SCSI to communicate
with the computer.  Since USB has a lower data transfer rate than SCSI, I
was wondering wether this makes any difference for the overall amount of
time needed to complete a scan.  Is data transfer speed the limiting
constraint on the amount of time needed to complete a scan, or is there
some other aspect of the scanning process that constrains speed?

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