Need OCR software-installer from Lexmark x6170 CD

[Lenny]

Would someone be kind enough to post the OCR installation software? It
is not available for download it from Lexmark and I am hoping to avoid
paying for it.

Thanks in advance!!!

 

[Bill]

Would someone be kind enough to post the OCR installation software? It
is not available for download it from Lexmark and I am hoping to avoid
paying for it.

Thanks in advance!!!

This is not a warez group. Take your thievery elsewhere.

Bill

 

[Cal Bubba]

This is not a warez group. Take your thievery elsewhere.

Bill

Bill, he didn't ask about warez or cracks: lighten up.

Lenny, take your question to one of the freeware newsgroups. Even though
your contraption is a printer/all-in-one, scanning issues like this are
off-topic here. I understand that there may be one or two free OCR
programs out there. How good they are is another question. I've found
that in the case of bundled OCR, there can be "gotchas," such as in the
case of the Xerox program that came with my Visioneer scanner, you've
got to buy the "legit" version if you want it to read normal-sized
fonts; the bundled "lite" version only reads large sizes not typical of
normal documents: gotcha! It's a good scanner marred by contemptuous
"support" (mostly the lack of it after warranty).

So, if you want good OCR, you'll probably have to pay for it. Still,
it's worth trying freeware, if any. Please report back if you find
anything since I'm interested myself.

There is only one Bubba-of-the-West

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[Lenny]

Bill, he didn't ask about warez or cracks: lighten up.

Lenny, take your question to one of the freeware newsgroups. Even though
your contraption is a printer/all-in-one, scanning issues like this are
off-topic here. I understand that there may be one or two free OCR
programs out there. How good they are is another question. I've found
that in the case of bundled OCR, there can be "gotchas," such as in the
case of the Xerox program that came with my Visioneer scanner, you've
got to buy the "legit" version if you want it to read normal-sized
fonts; the bundled "lite" version only reads large sizes not typical of
normal documents: gotcha! It's a good scanner marred by contemptuous
"support" (mostly the lack of it after warranty).

So, if you want good OCR, you'll probably have to pay for it. Still,
it's worth trying freeware, if any. Please report back if you find
anything since I'm interested myself.

There is only one Bubba-of-the-West

Gents,

Thanks for the response. I already have a couple freeware OCR apps I
downloaded from www.snapfiles.com. They are not, however, integrated
with the All-In-One Lexmark software, as is the case with the OCR that
was provided with the CD that came with the device when I bought it new
(yeah Bill, chill out and watch who you call a thief, I bought it). I
have misplaced the original Disc in the course of a change of residence.
Lexmark does not offer this software for download, nor do they offer a
way to obtain the FREE OCR software that comes with the device.

There is an "OCR" directory on the CD, a zipped copy of that would be
great if anyone has it.

 

[Bill]

Bill, he didn't ask about warez or cracks: lighten up.

He's asking for someone to give him copyrighted material because he's
too cheap to pay for it. I bet if you check the EULA it says only the
purchaser of the software is entitled to use it. Sounds like theft to
me.

<snip>

 

[me]

downloaded from www.snapfiles.com. They are not, however, integrated
with the All-In-One Lexmark software, as is the case with the OCR that
was provided with the CD that came with the device when I bought it new
(yeah Bill, chill out and watch who you call a thief, I bought it). I
have misplaced the original Disc in the course of a change of residence.
Lexmark does not offer this software for download, nor do they offer a
way to obtain the FREE OCR software that comes with the device.

However, please consider you may be asking someone to violate the copyright
agreement to the software. Many companies specifically forbid anyone to
disseminate their software and some even look at newsgroups for such
transactions, believe it or not.

 

[Bill]

Gents,

Thanks for the response. I already have a couple freeware OCR apps I
downloaded from www.snapfiles.com. They are not, however, integrated
with the All-In-One Lexmark software, as is the case with the OCR that
was provided with the CD that came with the device when I bought it new
(yeah Bill, chill out and watch who you call a thief, I bought it).

You should have said that in the first place. Then you've already got
the software, right?

I
have misplaced the original Disc in the course of a change of residence.
Lexmark does not offer this software for download, nor do they offer a
way to obtain the FREE OCR software that comes with the device.

It wasn't free. It's cost was incorporated into the purchase price of
your Lexmark AIO.

You need to contact Lexmark to replace your cd. Yep, may cost money.

There is an "OCR" directory on the CD, a zipped copy of that would be
great if anyone has it.

Now your asking for somebody else's puchased software again. If the
EULA on the software says " free to pass on to anybody you want to "
then no problem. If it say " usable by the original purchaser only ",
then we get back to that pesky theft word again.

Bill

 

[Lenny]

You should have said that in the first place. Then you've already got
the software, right?


It wasn't free. It's cost was incorporated into the purchase price of
your Lexmark AIO.

You need to contact Lexmark to replace your cd. Yep, may cost money.


Now your asking for somebody else's puchased software again. If the
EULA on the software says " free to pass on to anybody you want to "
then no problem. If it say " usable by the original purchaser only ",
then we get back to that pesky theft word again.

Bill

I have lost the CD which is why i even bothered to ask. I have already
paid and am stealing nothing. Further, If I could have purchased it
from Lexmark, I would have but they have NO OPTIONS for obtaining it
mister righteous. Poop on you. I could just buy a copy of the original
CD that comes with it from eBay for ten bucks. It's not the $10 I care
about, I wanted to use it now. Don't worry about hearing from me again
Bill, o' protector of the copyright.

Poo poo on you Bill. p.s. you don't own this newsgroup, nor any other.

 

[Cal Bubba]

Now your asking for somebody else's puchased software again. If the
EULA on the software says "

Bill, what the hell is your problem? You got a hot poker up your butt?
Are you a troll?

And, by the way, the word is "you're," not "your." It's a contraction of
"you are." Why don't you follow the rules, since you're so insistent of
every letter of supposed correctness.

Bah, OK: a troll. I won't bother any more.

When you need a Bubba, here I am. When you don't need a Bubba, here I am.

 

[Cal Bubba]

Don't worry.

I say that you're totally legitimate and that Lexmark is nasty (not the
first time I've heard this complaint and my experience, too.).

As far as the other guy is concerned, he's a troll, and should be ignored.

 

[Bill]

Bill, what the hell is your problem?

I don't condone illegal activities. It appears you do.

You got a hot poker up your butt?

Nope. You got a problem with people who are against criminal
activities?

Are you a troll?


And, by the way, the word is "you're," not "your."
It's a contraction of
"you are." Why don't you follow the rules, since you're so insistent of
every letter of supposed correctness.

Ouh, Ouh. A spelling/gramatical lame. There's valadation for you. I
wasn't aware spelling/grammatical mistakes were against the law where
you live. Must suck for you to live there.

Bah, OK: a troll. I won't bother any more.

You weren't invited to bother in the first place, criminal coddler.

When you need a Bubba, here I am. When you don't need a Bubba, here I am.

Picked that nick up in prison, did you. < For clarification, that was
a troll, just so you can figure out the difference in the future. >

Bill

 

[Bill]

Don't worry.

I say that you're totally legitimate and that Lexmark is nasty (not the
first time I've heard this complaint and my experience, too.).

Not only an English expert but a lawyer too. Impresive.

As far as the other guy is concerned, he's a troll, and should be ignored.

And you give out possibly illegal information. What's your're term
for that, English expert?

< Spelling and grammatical mistakes left in for those that need a
reason to live. >

Bill

 

[Arthur Entlich]

This raises a few points.

The main one, however, is that Lexmark isn't willing or isn't able to
service their client. This is a problem which is getting progressively
more difficult with manufacturers who can't or won't support their
products once they make the initial sale.

Sometimes it is a matter of the company not owning the code in question.
Many times bundled products that come with a peripheral are licensed
by the manufacturer for one distribution only. Even though a person
received it with the original purchase and can be used indefinitely, the
license agreement may only extend to a certain number of units, a
certain date, or other restrictions.

In some cases, however, the manufacturer no longer has a hard copy
version, never placed it on their web site (perhaps to prevent
unauthorized downloads), or doesn't want to be bothered to have to
verify ownership of the person requesting the item, or just would rather
you buy another newer product.

There are no simple answers, and sometimes people need to bend the rules
to resolve these problems. Although it may be in opposition of the
wording in the EULA, sometimes common sense should take precedent. I'm
not sure accusing someone of being a thief is fair or appropriate, however.

Art

 

[me]

This raises a few points.

The main one, however, is that Lexmark isn't willing or isn't able to
service their client. This is a problem which is getting progressively
more difficult with manufacturers who can't or won't support their
products once they make the initial sale.

Sometimes it is a matter of the company not owning the code in question.
Many times bundled products that come with a peripheral are licensed
by the manufacturer for one distribution only. Even though a person
received it with the original purchase and can be used indefinitely, the
license agreement may only extend to a certain number of units, a
certain date, or other restrictions.

In some cases, however, the manufacturer no longer has a hard copy
version, never placed it on their web site (perhaps to prevent
unauthorized downloads), or doesn't want to be bothered to have to
verify ownership of the person requesting the item, or just would rather
you buy another newer product.

There are no simple answers, and sometimes people need to bend the rules
to resolve these problems. Although it may be in opposition of the
wording in the EULA, sometimes common sense should take precedent. I'm
not sure accusing someone of being a thief is fair or appropriate, however.

While I might agree with much of what you say, please take that in context
to the OP asking someone to post the software. Take note he's used a bogus
gail address, so in fact he is asking someone to either post it to a binary
group or to a web site and a link (here?), so you are not talking about
someone providing said software to one person who claims to have a valid
use. Why aren't you putting any onus on the OP to have kept the CD
themselves? Tape it to the back/side underside of the unit. Put it in a
drawer. If it's that important to the user don't they have any
responsibility?


All this said, I'd never buy a LM product even long before any of this.
Cheap is as cheap gets or one gets what they pay for.

 

[Richard Steinfeld]

There are no simple answers, and sometimes people need to bend the rules
to resolve these problems. Although it may be in opposition of the
wording in the EULA, sometimes common sense should take precedent. I'm
not sure accusing someone of being a thief is fair or appropriate, however.

It certainly isn't. "Bill" sounds suspiciously Meashistic in his
unbending, self-righteous worship of the rights of the corporation. And
he seems to have a burning need to accuse other people of something,
whatever it is. Some people get off on accusing other people. Accusing
others makes them feel superior. We've got an entire segment of the
Religion Industry that dwell in these nether regions.

"Bill" conveniently overlooks the greedy behavior of the printer makers,
at the very edge of legality -- the current masters of the art of
restraint of trade, which is against the law (at least, in the United
States).

One thing that we don't know from the OP: did he call Lexmark and ask
them to employ their own common sense and fairness? Maybe they'd come
through for him. It sometimes happens.

In my own experience, I had one good and one bad experience with Lexmark
regarding the lamented, wonderful, IBM split keyboard. The good
(excellent, really) experience was personal help with a custom
modification above the call of duty. The bad experience was with a
customer support flunky. They'd dumped support onto a third party, a
repair shop in fact, who refused to sell replacement parts. Lexmark
didn't want to know me, and that was that.

Well, I'm not inclined to buy another Lexmark product after that
experience. Too many companies, unfortunately, take a short look into
the future when deciding how much to spend on support. Perhaps "Bill"
has unyielding devotion to Lexmark -- maybe he owns Lexmark stock or
something.

Richard

 

[Bill]

It certainly isn't. "Bill" sounds suspiciously Meashistic in his
unbending, self-righteous worship of the rights of the corporation.

Sounds like you're trying awfully hard to justify your own lack of
respect for the rights of others , who ever they may be, because it's
convienient for you to do so.

And
he seems to have a burning need to accuse other people of something,
whatever it is. Some people get off on accusing other people. Accusing
others makes them feel superior. We've got an entire segment of the
Religion Industry that dwell in these nether regions.

How much did you pay for the crystal ball that gives you such insight
into the thought processes of others? Or are you just trying a little
'smoke and mirrors ' to distract others from seeing your own lack of
respect for the law and the rights of others?

"Bill" conveniently overlooks the greedy behavior of the printer makers,
at the very edge of legality -- the current masters of the art of
restraint of trade, which is against the law (at least, in the United
States).

Greed is not itself is not illegal. I notice you said nothing that
pointed to anything the printer makers were doing that was illegal.

Don't like the law? Get it changed. Oh wait, that would take some
amount of effort on your part. Whining about a bad law is so much
easier.

One thing that we don't know from the OP: did he call Lexmark and ask
them to employ their own common sense and fairness? Maybe they'd come
through for him. It sometimes happens.

Yes. It would have been nice if he'd tried that first, and if he had,
told us of the reply from Lexmark.

In my own experience, I had one good and one bad experience with Lexmark
regarding the lamented, wonderful, IBM split keyboard. The good
(excellent, really) experience was personal help with a custom
modification above the call of duty. The bad experience was with a
customer support flunky. They'd dumped support onto a third party, a
repair shop in fact, who refused to sell replacement parts. Lexmark
didn't want to know me, and that was that.

Well, I'm not inclined to buy another Lexmark product after that
experience. Too many companies, unfortunately, take a short look into
the future when deciding how much to spend on support. Perhaps "Bill"
has unyielding devotion to Lexmark -- maybe he owns Lexmark stock or
something.

No, I own no Lexmark stock, though I do own an old E312 laser printer
that still works very well. It's just that I hold people to the
standard of respecting the legal rights of others. I suspect you would
be whineing loud and long if it was you being ripped off instead of
some greedy corporation.

Richard

Bill

Any grammatical, punctuation, and/or speeling mistakes were left in
so that those that have a need to point out such things will have a
reason to go on livign.