Thank you for the tip, but The Standard Edition costs $39.95 on the
software, and I have found a nice scanner at Staples for the same price, so
wouldn't be better to by the new scanner from Staples, (they still have 3
boxes left) I asked the salesperson, as to what's wrong with them, & he
pointed to the new model scanner on display for $99.99 and stated that the
old model is discontinued, but the 3 boxes are sealed and new, it just they
want to get rid of them. So now I am confused, I need help to make an
intelligent decision & make up my mind. Thanks

Phyberlink.


"PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
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> I've got a couple of old, but very serviceable, HP scanners (a 4C and a
> IIcx) that are not supported in Vista and for which HP will not be issuing
> an updated driver. I found a third-party program, Vuescan, that has
> drivers for hundreds of scanners. Though it is marketed as a stand-alone,
> i.e. it can scan to a file or a printer, I found that Vista will use the
> Vuescan drivers when I try to install the old scanners and, once
> installed, all the HP-specific software (Deskcopy, etc.), as well as other
> programs that support scanning, e.g. Acrobat, Photoshop, Word, etc., will
> work just fine.
>
> I have nothing to do with Vuescan, other than I bought the software and
> I'm thrilled that it will let me get more use out of my old HP scanners.
> Just thought I'd share this tip.