Help choosing a medium-high-end scanner

Ken Elliott's picture

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I just posted a topic concerning a laser printer I need to purchase, in addition to that, I would like to know what kinda scanner you would recommend. We are a fine art company, and we do all our own graphic work. Most of our scans are color positive transparencies, some are 35mm slides, some are just plain pictures. Also OCR would be helpful, but not necessary, we have it on our fax machine.

Thank you for any help I can recieve.

Also we currently use a Umax Powerlook III. It works nice but it is kinda slow. We just need to upgrade it while we can.

thanks again!
Ken Elliott

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mairving's picture

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I guess decide on what interface you want. I personally like the Firewire scanners myself. I have an Astra Firewire scanner that is quite fast but doesn't really have all the features that you need. If you want the best, go with Epson but be prepared to spend some $$$.

Here is a review of some scanners on PCMag

Mark Irving
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Ken Elliott's picture

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Yes, I am prepared to spend $$$. Sh!t it ain't my money..lol. Nah, really I'm just trying to get whats best for our office. Sparing money for quality is not an option here. A disfunctional peice of equipment go's to the circular file here.

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mairving's picture

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What OS are you using?

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If your dealing with transparencies, get a transparency scanner for best results, it may mean having to get two scanners, one for slides one for prints but the end result is easily seen.

wish I had your budget Laughing out loud

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