Parallel ports.

[rodney]

Any gossip re parallel port scanners (ECP) with regard to speed v USB, and
connections via USB to serial port adaptors etc.
Thanks.

 

[CSM1]

Any gossip re parallel port scanners (ECP) with regard to speed v USB, and
connections via USB to serial port adaptors etc.
Thanks.

The fact that the scanner has a parallel port, makes it very old and
probably slow.
You may have trouble finding drivers that work in Windows XP

USB 2.0 interface is a Maximum of 400 Megabits per second or about 60
Megabytes per second in theory.

In practice you get about 30 - 40 Megabytes per second transfer.

Any of today's USB scanners are fast.

 

[rodney]

Cheers Carl,
I made my decision on an Epson V200 for under $200,
that has multi marquee.

I was curious as to the parallel port models, as one can pick
them up for around $10, and with the usb adaptor, would
be fine as a back up machine.
The model I had in mind was the Canoscan 640Pex which was made for XP

 

[rodney]

Thanks Barry.

USB is dramatically better, period, in EVERY way. And since all scanners
since about 2002 (if not earlier) are (or at least have) USB, if you have
a parallel port only scanner, it's truly a dinosaur.