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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 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 commercial
conversion/ upgrade service as they look similar, &
I've converted 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.
- Board pics from Trevor B. show on back: C131161001 ,
generates lost of hits on google.
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."
Standard Reply To Commercial Enquiries
for 9100C Conversion:
Hi, Thanks for your enquiry, I havent converted an HP
Digital Sender 9100C yet, as I have not yet got my hands on
one. I'm interested to, as probably fairly similar to
previous HP Network ScanJet 5, What I know of similarities
& differences is at:
http://www.berklix.com/scanjet/scanjet6.html
If you know other similarities or differences, please mail
me detail.
http://berklix.com/~jhs/mail/
For a Network Scanjet 5, I normally purchase &
customise a new disc, config test & package it with RAM
& ethernet card, & post to recipient. That has
lower postage costs, no risk of scanner breaking in post,
& scanner remains available to customer.
The first HP Digital Sender 9100C conversion, will not be
so easy: Owner will most probably need to be without the
scanner, while I analyse whatever problems arise; hard to
say how long, perhaps a couple of weeks + postage time each
way.
Where in the world are you ? You would need to arrange for
secure packing & pay for shipping & optional
insurance to & from me in Munich, Germany.
( One other possible carriage option is I occasionaly
drive from Munich via Aachen Germany to Tunbridge Wells
England, & to Mayrhofen Austria, & Lago Di Garda
Italy, so might be able to pick up sometime, but all work
gets done in Munich, none on the road, so scanner needs
to be collected or posted back at owner expense.
Shipping company costs to & from Munich are scanner
owner's to choose which to pay
http://www.berklix.com/scanjet/index.html#ship
Other details of commercial
conversion/ upgrade service are at
http://www.berklix.com/scanjet/index.html#order
If above is OK, I could mail you re. prices, but I'll
understand if you don't want risk & extra expense of
mailing scanner around the planet.
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