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| duhfur 2001-04-23, 11:12 am |
| I am planning on purchasing a scanner. I want to make a web page. Does anyone have any suggestions? What should I look for? Is there any good websites that might explain the specs of scanners? | |
| chunder 2001-04-23, 11:28 am |
| Umax makes some nice affordable scanners. I have one from about 3 years back and it's solid as can be. It's only an Astra610P (paralell port) and doesn't have anything fancy going on with it but does fine for scanning for the web and even for printing on occasstion. (www.umax.com).
find some reviews here: http://www.epinions.com/cmhd-Scanners-All
agfa makes some serious scanners but usually cost more. hp is nice to but a little spendier.
i'd try and stay away from a USB though as they seem to be slower. scsi or firewire will be fastest but of course, more $$$.
good luck. | |
| Randy 2001-04-23, 11:36 am |
| Scanners are pretty basic. Mine is an HP. Usually they come with Windows drivers so that you can start using them right away. There isn't a whole lot to it. | |
| chunder 2001-04-23, 11:47 am |
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There isn't a whole lot to it.
unless you are doing print/pre-press
did you see that umax with firewire? about $900 and there's one listed for $2400...
but yeah, for the most part, especially for web (where you only need to scan @ 72dpi) -- basic.
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| darthw 2001-04-23, 4:49 pm |
| I have to agree with Chunder on the Umax scanner. I don't think their equip. is a popular as HP, but for price comaprisons they are a bit less. At one time I wouldn't have been sure about the quality, but we had three Umax older SCSI models at work, one of which was used daily to scan images for a book the engineers were putting together. It is still running well and it's about three years old. I was surprised.
I have a Visioneer 4400USB at home for the little scanning I do. It's pretty good, but I mainly got it because I was able to purchase it for about $15, after the rebates . | |
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| duhfur 2001-04-24, 8:24 am |
| Thanks for the help. I have also read that you can buy scanners that scan the negatives? Film Scanners? Has anyone used one? How do they work?
Also, What resolution would you recommend? I don't want to get one to high and then the web pages load slow but then again I want it to look good. | |
| chunder 2001-04-24, 11:10 am |
| actually, that Umax at imran's work appears to be plenty good, especially for the price (it is USB though -- but that's about all you can find for so little $$$). just make sure it's got the full warranty and is compatible with any other features you want, i.e. transparancy attachments, sheet feeder attachments, etc. those can get pricey, though. look on www.umax.com for all the specs they may not have there.
again, for web, your images only need to be 72dpi. but, if you have a photo that's a little small, you can scan it at a much higher res and then scale it with photoshop or something so it will be larger when converted to 72. ok?
later. |
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