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Scanner Cute Yesterday I took my pal Adrienne to the computer store (Micro Center, in case you were wondering) and we both picked up the $99 Canon LiDE 30 flatbed USB scanner for our Macs. I had what I thought was a nicer scanner, purchased just prior to the release of OS X, but then hit a snag and ended up selling it (for quite a good bargain) to a co-worker intent on staying with OS 9. So now I'm back into full media capture mode: digicam, scanner, camcorder, iMic (which I picked up last week). Yay! Upon installing the scanner this morning, while moving cables around so I could plug it in, I managed to drop a full spindle of blank CD-Rs onto the top of the scanner. BAM! Two nice dents in the scanner lid. Dreadful thoughts racing through my mind: did it break the glass underneath? can the scan head still move? damn, that spindle was heavier than I thought. blank CDs all over, great. hmm, pretty tough little scanner. I eventually got up the courage to open the lid and peer into the scanner: nothing visibly broken. Whew. Plug it in, try to scan. WARNING: LOW USB POWER. TRY AGAIN. Shoot, it did get damaged. Argh. Ok, try it again. Plug it into a different port instead of the USB hub. Same thing. Uh oh. Replug everything, including hub. Success! The hub power supply wasn't seated. Ahhh. What a relief. 'Cuz I know you wanna see how cute I was as a wee babe. posted by jeremy at 11:23 AM
I bought an LiDE 30 scanner for my iBook a couple of months ago. I was nervous because some of the Amazon comments made it sound as if the scanner wouldn't play well with OS X. Hasn't been a problem! I'm quite pleased with this scanner (which replaced my gigantic IBM IdeaScan from about 1999, which in turn replaced a mammoth Mac scanner from about 1995) -- it's tiny, quick, and portable. It works well with Photoshop Elements 2.0. Have fun! posted by: J.D. on February 9, 2003 12:09 PMI have heard that babys wee alot, but if you hadn't told me I would never have guessed you were weeing in this picture. and as for the dents.. it isn't a proper piece of equipment until it is marked up. posted by: bill on February 9, 2003 3:03 PMre: marking it up: you aren't still talking about wee are you? posted by: jeremy w on February 9, 2003 11:47 PMI'm always talking about wee.. posted by: bill on February 10, 2003 8:52 AM |