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Question: cheap mac scanner?

mecran01 — Mon, 23 May 2005 13:36:10 -0800

I'm looking for a cheap scanner for my ibook running Tiger, something like the Canoscan 3000ex for $50, that works ok.

By: mecran01

mecran01 — Mon, 23 May 2005 14:37:06 -0800

The best/cheapest I've found so far is a refurbished Umax at tigerdirect.

cheapy Umax

By: ruwan

ruwan — Mon, 23 May 2005 16:27:20 -0800

http://slickdeals.net/#p6106

you'll have to act fast, but here's a scanner for $5

By: pwb503

pwb503 — Mon, 23 May 2005 16:47:29 -0800

Does anyone know if this is the "ScanJet" - I couldn't find anything on HP.com about any other type of "2400" scanner that worked on the Mac other than a ScanJet, and OfficeMax's site doesn't say...

By: mecran01

mecran01 — Mon, 23 May 2005 21:11:00 -0800

According to HP's UK site, the scanjet 2400 has drivers for OS X 10.1:

"Compatible Operating Systems
Microsoft® Windows® (98, 2000, Me, XP Home and Professional Edition), Mac OS X 9.1 or 10.1 and higher"

Five bucks! Tempting!

By: mecran01

mecran01 — Sat, 28 May 2005 18:52:39 -0800

succumbed.

However, it appears that Tiger/Ibook doesn't recognize the scanjet. It works fine with my aging pc, however.

There have been other reports of Tiger sending HP Scanjets into purgatory.