I noticed when I switched from an HP S-10 (Photosmart) scanner using
SCSI to the S-20 USB version, the differences were slight,. Using the
same computer configuration, the USB was about 1/3rd slower. But in
fairness, I had to install a USB PCI slot card on that computer, which
was a Pentium 1 running at 100MHz.
Art
Bob Shomler wrote:
> Scan rate statistic in Bruce Fraser's CreativePro review of the RFS 3600 film
>scanner:
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> Scanning a full frame at maximum resolution takes a little shy of three
> minutes through SCSI, as opposed to about a quarter of an hour via USB.
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> Article at
> www.creativepro.com/story/feature/14922.html
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> I've read that transfer rates are slower for USB vs SCSI, but by 5X? Is this
>representative of other scanners scan times?
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> Bob Shomler
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