scanner recommendations

packman

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good quality scanner? I am going to use it for photos and cards. Thanks, David.

charliehustle14

David,

I really like the Epson Perfection 1670 my wife and I got not long ago. She is using it to digitize family photos and it really simplifies the process. I know it's about ten times as fast as the 4 year old beast I'd been using. It automatically senses what part to scan, whereas I'm used to doing that manually. Some older scanners don't seem to handle graded cards very well....either the card or the "flip" are out of focus....No issues like that on this one.

Good luck in finding the one that's right for you. I have a feeling you'll get a lot of responses to this post.

Todd

AlanAllen

I'm a big fan of MicroTek scanners. The two keys though, are to scan at a higher resolution than you need and then reduce it (I don't know why this matters but it does - try it out if you're skeptical); and to set the "descreen" setting to the maximum (this will prevent the checkerboard pattern often seen on graded card scans).

Joe

magellan

I use an Epson Perfection 2400, you can see my scans under Magellan's 1969 set , or 1977 set, or 1965 set , or Yaz basic set. I think it does a pretty nice job. Also Joe is correct about scanning at a higher resolution then reducing.

dennis

Highly recommend the CANON -CANOSCAN MODEL # N650U
great for photos, documents, etc plugs directly into USB.

regards
Dennis - Canada

wlf3

and i'll toss in my plug for the HP scanners... got a 6200C about 5 years ago for @ $50 on ebay... works perfect and with the right software you can make any scanner do just about anything.

cattman

I have a ton of high grade 72 baseball. what do you need?

brianwintersfan

<< <i>scan at a higher resolution than you need and then reduce it >>



Alan,

How do you go about reducing the resolution after you scan your item??
You have me confused??

boggs301012

I will plug HP had one but no I gave it away when I bought my NEW PC that came with a Lexmark. Wish I had my HP lexmark is crap. ( blurry) Flats are great.


James

Stone193

<< <i>How do you go about reducing the resolution after you scan your item?? >>


brian
I have an HP and what I think he means is - first I scan the item using a higher dpi - I have been using 300. I found 200 works good also. Then before I "accept" the scan, I reduce the size from 100% to something that will fit better on the screen - it appears that the higher dpi one uses, the smaller % you have to use or you'll wind up with something that looks like Texas on the screen!
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ldferg

look at the scans of mass35nyc on ebay. i find that those scans are usually top notch.