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flatbed scanner advice
I need a scanner primarily for old photos, but also for general
paperwork. I am thinking of an Epson 700. Any suggestions? Thanks, Mike. |
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flatbed scanner advice
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:21:25 GMT, "Michael D.
Berger" wrote: I need a scanner primarily for old photos, but also for general paperwork. I am thinking of an Epson 700. Any suggestions? Thanks, Mike. I did the same thing a while ago with a Canonscan 9950F that now does not work with Win7. Make sure the unit comes with negative holders and the ability for reflective scanning. The unit's software should be able to straighten the finished scans, or else photoshop will do it. I scanned thousands of photos & old 4x3 negatives, and lots of old letters, wills, documents, newspaper cuttings and xrays etc. For slides I bought a separate unit especially designed for this. All these now reside on (several) DVDs. The photos etc were borrowed from relatives and returned to them with a DVD copy. Many old color photos from the 1970s had faded, and newspaper cuttings faded & brittle. Although I saved thousands of photos/negatives, many more had been thrown out. Many people will send old photos to the dumpster once the old people die. Watch out for this. |
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flatbed scanner advice
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:21:25 +0000, Michael D. Berger wrote:
I need a scanner primarily for old photos, but also for general paperwork. I am thinking of an Epson 700. Any suggestions? Thanks, Mike. I've had excellent results buying refurb units from the Epson online store. |
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flatbed scanner advice
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:21:25 GMT, "Michael D. Berger"
wrote: I need a scanner primarily for old photos, but also for general paperwork. I am thinking of an Epson 700. Any suggestions? I've used an Epson V700 for exactly that purpose. I found it ideal for the task. It coped with prints, transparencies, negatives without any problems. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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flatbed scanner advice
On 11/29/2012 6:21 PM, Michael D. Berger wrote:
I need a scanner primarily for old photos, but also for general paperwork. I am thinking of an Epson 700. Any suggestions? Thanks, Mike. I use an HP Scanjet G4050. It's a bit large but it does everything I want including slides and negatives. -- Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD) Extraneous "not" in Reply To. |
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flatbed scanner advice
On 30/11/2012 00:26, Peter Jason wrote:
[] I did the same thing a while ago with a Canonscan 9950F that now does not work with Win7. [] Try it using the Win-XP mode available for some versions of Windows-7. Worked for me with a WebCam which didn't have Win-7/64 drivers. -- Cheers, David Web: http://www.satsignal.eu |
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flatbed scanner advice
On 30/11/2012 10:21 AM, Michael D. Berger wrote:
I need a scanner primarily for old photos, but also for general paperwork. I am thinking of an Epson 700. Any suggestions? Thanks, Mike. I have the V700 scanner and no longer use my Minolta 120 film scanner. I like scanning bulk slides 12x, film strips 24x, Larger negs and tranny film with the holders supplied, up to 4x5. Masks may have to be made for bigger negs/tranny above 4x5. (I have scanned 5x7, 8x10 and 10x10 film) Sometimes it gets a bit disorientated when scanning 6x4.5, 6x6 and 6x7 film strips, because its dependant on the spacing of the images (not sure about 35mm as all mine are equal spacing) Will scan at a much higher resolution that you would possibly need for old photos. Does a good job, more than adequate for most scanning needs. The software that comes with it, I find better/easier to use than what's on the market, Vuescan and Silverfast. A copy of Silverfast lite came with scanner as well as the Epson software. Works well on W7 and Epson support their scanner software, so would assume W8 is also OK. Mac versions are available. I have had mine over two years now and still like it. r |
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flatbed scanner advice
On 11/29/2012 05:21 PM, Michael D. Berger wrote:
I need a scanner primarily for old photos, but also for general paperwork. I am thinking of an Epson 700. Any suggestions? Thanks, Mike. I have an older and less expensive Epson (4490) and it does an excellent job. I am sure the Epson 700 will be outstanding. It's a professional quality scanner and possibly more than you need. Just be sure it's supported by whichever operating system you use before you buy it -- https://www.createspace.com/3707686 |
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flatbed scanner advice
On 30/11/2012 11:26 AM, Peter Jason wrote:
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:21:25 GMT, "Michael D. Berger" wrote: I need a scanner primarily for old photos, but also for general paperwork. I am thinking of an Epson 700. Any suggestions? Thanks, Mike. I did the same thing a while ago with a Canonscan 9950F that now does not work with Win7. Make sure the unit comes with negative holders and the ability for reflective scanning. The unit's software should be able to straighten the finished scans, or else photoshop will do it. I scanned thousands of photos & old 4x3 negatives, and lots of old letters, wills, documents, newspaper cuttings and xrays etc. For slides I bought a separate unit especially designed for this. All these now reside on (several) DVDs. The photos etc were borrowed from relatives and returned to them with a DVD copy. Many old color photos from the 1970s had faded, and newspaper cuttings faded & brittle. Although I saved thousands of photos/negatives, many more had been thrown out. Many people will send old photos to the dumpster once the old people die. Watch out for this. http://support-au.canon.com.au/conte...900336703.html also To make a Nikon scanner work on W7, (Nikon scanners are not supported for W7) friend tried most things until we stumbled onto loading Vuescan as an alternative. After loading Vuescan, Nikons own software worked. So a file which Vuescan includes allowed it work. Did read a thread here in which it recommended to replace the inf file http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/how-to-r...opic80321.html |
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flatbed scanner advice
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"Michael D. Berger" wrote: I need a scanner primarily for old photos, but also for general paperwork. I am thinking of an Epson 700. Any suggestions? Mike- I think the Epson or any of the other suggestions will probably meet your needs. If you need to scan film, some flatbed scanners may work for you, but a film scanner will probably do a better job. I have an old Acer flatbed scanner that does not have drivers available for newer systems. VueScan works with it. I also use VueScan with a CanoScan LIDE 200. It gets its power from the computer's USB bus. I use it with a laptop computer, which is very handy at a reunion. Fred |
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