There are a few different advantages of using a firewire scanner over the other types of scanners. Generally a firewire scanner works much quicker than other types.
usb and firewire
USB and FireWire
Usb and firewire
IEEE 1394 (also known as firewire), Hi-Speed USB 2.0, and SCSI
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No FireWire does not need a separate power supply to operate. FireWire is used to connect peripheral devices to a computer.
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The IEEE 1394 is similar to a USB device, it can be plugged into the port on the computer or device, mostly to import audio or video files. The IEEE 1394 port is called a firewire. An external scanner or disk drive may also have a firewire port.
A technology similar to USB: It comes in two versions... Firewire 400 (IE1394a) 400 MB/second and Firewire 800 (IE1394b) 800 MB/Second Firewire is used mainly for transferring large amounts of data, such as digital video and/or sound. Firewire is rapidly becoming the de-facto standard for music recording and production, particularly Firewire800.