[DM-MUG] Which scanner?

[Ray Bowler]

Darlene,

There are a lot of good scanners out there and the Epson Precision  
seems to be popular. Others might point you to others which would be  
good.  I don't know your requirements for a scanner but I am assuming  
you would use it in the same way most of us use it--for reproducing  
photos, some documents and occasionally a thick object. I'll give my  
comments but others might have more to add.

My feeling--Get the Epson Precision V300 with the transparency unit.  
You need this unit in any scanner if you want to so slides or  
negatives.  Looking at the Snap Scan this seems to be a scanner for  
business who do a lot of scanning of existing documents with the  
software to scan business cards . You can only scan documents which  
can feed through the scanner ( just like some copiers). If  this is  
what you want to do fine, but for most use a flat bed scanner --like  
the Epson Precision V300 with the transparency feature--is a better  
choice. You need a flat bed to copy pages from a book or leaflet. The  
only advantage of the Snap Scan is the ability to scan business cards  
into the Address Book. Even if everything else were equal $200 for  
this feature is a little steep.

The extra $20 for the transparency unit is very reasonable.






On May 23, 2009, at May 23, 20092:04 PM, D Reger wrote:

> I would like to get a scanner that would, among other things, scan
> business cards for my address book in Safari 3. Scan Snap looks a  
> little
> pricey.
>
> I love what the Epson Precision V30 claims to do, but nowhere do I see
> specifically that it scans biz cards or that they can be imported into
> the address book in my browser.
>
> Also, on th V30, can you just lay a 35 mm film or slide on it and do
> anything? (The next model up has the film holder but is pricier.) The
> photo printing possibilities look tasty, otherwise.
>
> Thanks for your opinions and advise.
>
> Darlene in Missouri
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Ray Bowler

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