WangDAT 3100

[A James Lewis]

Yes, a cheap active terminator sorted my problems out right away!

#12 from Maplin electronics, but I guess anywhere will do....

On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, Brian Ristuccia wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, A James Lewis wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I also hate HP!  This 5p scanner has auto termination which isn't!  1
> > active terminator plug solved some long standing problems here...
> > 
> 
> Scanner termination is (in general) not very good. I had similar problems
> with my HP ScanJet IIc. The only way around it is to use a real terminator
> on the scanner's second connector (thus disabling the built-in
> termination). 
> 
> Hope this helps... If anyone else is having weird problems with the HP
> scanners and 2940's, drop me a line... I had horrible troube getting this
> one to work reliably. Finally works well now. 
> 
> -Brian Ristuccia
>  bristucc at baynetworks.com
>  bristucc at cs.uml.edu
> 

James (james at linuxrocks.co.uk)
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