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HP Network ScanJet 6 = HP Digital Sender 9100C Upgrade
& Conversion
Software & Hardware upgrades to FreeBSD (&
Linux)
Upgrade your multi sheet feed scanner software Free,
or purchase a
conversion.
The
HP Network ScanJet 6 was relabelled as HP Digital
Sender 9100C. It looks just like the HP Network ScanJet 5 I convert/upgrade for
customers, except the HP Network ScanJet 6 / HP 9100C Digital
Sender 9100C has a fuller keyboard than the HP Network ScanJet
5.
I offer a tentative a commercial
conversion/ upgrade service as they look similar, &
I've done numerous HP Network ScanJet
5s for customers before.
Photos Inside, received from Scott
B. 9th Aug 2007
As I haven't had the chance to physically examine an HP
Network ScanJet 6 / HP 9100C Digital Sender 9100C inside yet, I
might (or might not) need the actual whole machine for the
first one, in case anything else is different. Shipping the
whole machine would necessitate you finding good packing. &
higher freight charges, but with a few good photos from a
digital camera emailed to me, maybe I can do the job as per a
HP Network ScanJet 5, just sending
discs, ethernet & ram (& lot lighter, less fragile,
& less trouble than a scanner)
RAM
HP's Product spec says "B/W document, color document, B/W or
color photo" It may need a lot more memory than the HP Network ScanJet 5 which can get away with
just an 8M plug in during upgrade (then again, the HP Network
ScanJet 6 / HP 9100C Digital Sender 9100C may come new
originally configured with enough memory for colour scanning
at maximum (but what?) resolution & colour depth.
Picture dscn1637.jpg
show 4 chips number 48LC2M8A1.
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idhw.com list this chip as
- MT - Micron Technology,
- 48 - SDRAM sync,
- L - 3.3V,
- C - CMOS,
- 2M8 - 2MBit x 8,
-
A1 - 4K refresh - Fast Page
- So that's 8 M
byte.
No chips on other side of module as shown by dscn1639.jpg
No space on board for more than one memory module
as right of hp9100c/dscn1634.jpg
shows no space for a 2nd slot.
- So memory module is 8M : uncomfortably tight, depending
on kernel size, might not run, too small for scanning
colour .
It can come with any of 10Base-T (C1313A),Token Ring
(C1315A),10/100Base-T (C1316A),10Base-T/10Base-2
Colour
[10Base-T/10Base-2 ?]Spec says colour scanner
Nice - but that needs more memory & different
parameters to scanner software.
- 600 dpi (dots per inch)
- 15 pages per minute (text quality)
- 40-key alphabetic keypad
- 12-key numeric keypad
Questions:
- Which CPU ? (upward from 486 to 586 perhaps )
- Which bus (upward from ISA to PCI perhaps ?
- IRQ: unknown if more/less weidities than mis-placed scsi
irq as on Network ScanJet 5
- Need to check my .rar for eg IRQ hints
- Not known what differences in control on extended
keyboard compared to Network ScanJet
5
- Not known what differences in control on extended LCD
screen compared to Network ScanJet
5
- Colour : Trevor B. reckons that's what the C at end of
9100C stands for. Need to calculate implications on memory
for scan buffer etc & parameters.
HP quote from web
"No replacement product is available for this discontinued
product" HP quote from Admin guide pdf "Network servers are
needed only to connect LAN fax and other programs. No network
servers are needed to support the remaining features.
"The following client operating systems are supported:
Windows NT 4.0 and 5.0 workstation and server (TCP/IP
only)
Windows 9x (TCP/IP only)
The HP 9100C Digital Sender works correctly with the
Microsoft TCP/IP protocol provided as part of these operating
systems."
Board pics from Trevor B. show on back: C131161001 , generates
lost of hits on google.
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