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On Thu, 16 May 2002 12:45:48 +1000, "MJD" <mjd@smartchat.net.au>
wrote:

>Hello all
>
>I am looking to buy new scanner.
>At present I have Canon FB320P parallel
>and its very slow, say colour A4 @ 600dpi will take 3-4min's.
>
>What could you recommend, please?

Epson 1650 or 2450 for consumer models.


Jim

Canon 670 is USB and fast.  Best scanners we have bought for a long time.
$175.00 and so far all going great.  The kids give them a flogging.  The
book I just finished in full four process colour and printed on flash glossy
paper, all the pictures which are substantial were scanned on a Canon 670U
and they are just picture perfect.

What also impressed us, the scanners all installed first time and have had
no driver issues whatsoever.  Best thing we did was return all the Epson
scanners which gave extensive problems in hardware and drivers.  Others also
made the unfortunate mistake of buying the HP because HP threw them at them
at a cheap price.  Well, the price has turned out to be damned expensive.
They have new Canon 670U on order.

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"MJD" <mjd@smartchat.net.au> wrote in message
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> Hello all
>
> I am looking to buy new scanner.
> At present I have Canon FB320P parallel
> and its very slow, say colour A4 @ 600dpi will take 3-4min's.
>
> What could you recommend, please?
>
> Thanks
> Jerry

On Thu, 16 May 2002 12:45:48 +1000, "MJD" <mjd@smartchat.net.au>
wrote:

>Hello all
>
>I am looking to buy new scanner.
>At present I have Canon FB320P parallel
>and its very slow, say colour A4 @ 600dpi will take 3-4min's.
>
>What could you recommend, please?

Get one that doesn't warm up the lamp.
Also how much memory do you have.
If 64Mb upgrade to 256Mb or even 512Mb.
If 128Mb still move upto 256Mb or 512Mb.

Some scanners have a larger scanning area than others.
Some have a painful warm up procedure at the start, avoid these.

Get USB or the newer ines that are firewire or USBV2.
If you don't have USB2 or firewire then just get a usbv1.1


>
>Thanks
>Jerry
>
>

I agree with this recommendation.  I have the Epson Perfection 1640U, and
I'm quite happy with it.

"Jim" <ratzo@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 16 May 2002 12:45:48 +1000, "MJD" <mjd@smartchat.net.au>
> wrote:
>
> >Hello all
> >
> >I am looking to buy new scanner.
> >At present I have Canon FB320P parallel
> >and its very slow, say colour A4 @ 600dpi will take 3-4min's.
> >
> >What could you recommend, please?
>
> Epson 1650 or 2450 for consumer models.
>
>
> Jim

GezusK wrote:

> I agree with this recommendation.  I have the Epson Perfection 1640U, and
> I'm quite happy with it.


Me too (Epson Expression 1640XL) I like not having to warm it up and the 
potential to use either SCSI or USB is important though SCSI is clearly 
faster. Colour seems very good. Networks well. Software is solid and 
effective but not as slick as I reckon the machine warrants - I expected 
more of Epson in that regard (their US offering has been better for 6 or 
9 months.) Would like to see proprietary efficient software which shoots 
material directly through to the laser printer similar to Kodaks 
offering for inkjets. I would not say no to a faster machine but this is 
  a bit quicker than most I have tried.

Ian

I'll second the 2450 - love it!

Henrik

PS: though it does seem a little slow scanning 35mm neg.


"Jim" <ratzo@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 16 May 2002 12:45:48 +1000, "MJD" <mjd@smartchat.net.au>
> wrote:
>
> >Hello all
> >
> >I am looking to buy new scanner.
> >At present I have Canon FB320P parallel
> >and its very slow, say colour A4 @ 600dpi will take 3-4min's.
> >
> >What could you recommend, please?
>
> Epson 1650 or 2450 for consumer models.
>
>
> Jim

Scanners seem to have been perfected. They all work great now. Get one on
sale for $30

"MJD" <mjd@smartchat.net.au> wrote in message
news:abv6r9$dph$1@perki.connect.com.au...
> Hello all
>
> I am looking to buy new scanner.
> At present I have Canon FB320P parallel
> and its very slow, say colour A4 @ 600dpi will take 3-4min's.
>
> What could you recommend, please?
>
> Thanks
> Jerry
>
>

"MJD" <mjd@smartchat.net.au> wrote in message
news:abv6r9$dph$1@perki.connect.com.au...
> Hello all
>
> I am looking to buy new scanner.
> At present I have Canon FB320P parallel
> and its very slow, say colour A4 @ 600dpi will take 3-4min's.
>
> What could you recommend, please?

If you're just looking for a scanner alone, check into Epson. I have had
wonderful experience with them in the past. Unless you need to do some
serious work like desktop design or pre-press, save your money and get only
what you need. The big difference in scanners seems to be the software
provided. Bundling Photoshop Express costs more than something you've never
heard of.

I recently purchased an HP PSC 950 all-in-one and I really like it. Scans,
faxes, and prints photos. However, I wish Epson had a similar product. Their
6 color photo printing is far superior.

Quality still varies.  My Epson is 1600dpi, which is quite a bit better than
the 600dpi he has.

"conrad" <pee@wiz.com> wrote in message
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> Scanners seem to have been perfected. They all work great now. Get one on
> sale for $30
>
> "MJD" <mjd@smartchat.net.au> wrote in message
> news:abv6r9$dph$1@perki.connect.com.au...
> > Hello all
> >
> > I am looking to buy new scanner.
> > At present I have Canon FB320P parallel
> > and its very slow, say colour A4 @ 600dpi will take 3-4min's.
> >
> > What could you recommend, please?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jerry
> >
> >
>
>

And what the hell do you intend to do with 1,600dpi!

The large majority of users never need any more than 150dpi.

For offset printing we only use 300dpi with the odd one at 400dpi.

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"GezusK" <patsezel@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Quality still varies.  My Epson is 1600dpi, which is quite a bit better
than
> the 600dpi he has.

On Fri, 17 May 2002 05:42:49 GMT, "���D�A���"
<no_private_consultations@here.com> wrote:

>And what the hell do you intend to do with 1,600dpi!

That depends what they need it for.
If your doing projections then the higher the res the better.

>
>The large majority of users never need any more than 150dpi.

I mainly use 150dpi but again it does depend how big or small the
picture is.

>
>For offset printing we only use 300dpi with the odd one at 400dpi.

I mainly use 150dpi although I have gone up to 1200dpi and you need
plenty of memory to scan a ful page at 1200 dpi.

>
>--
>
>"GezusK" <patsezel@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:3ce48f71$1_2@news.utk.edu...
>> Quality still varies.  My Epson is 1600dpi, which is quite a bit better
>than
>> the 600dpi he has.
>
>

Whatever you are getting, avoid getting a parallel scanner. They are pretty
slow compare to USB or SCSI model.

"MJD" <mjd@smartchat.net.au> wrote in message
news:abv6r9$dph$1@perki.connect.com.au...
> Hello all
>
> I am looking to buy new scanner.
> At present I have Canon FB320P parallel
> and its very slow, say colour A4 @ 600dpi will take 3-4min's.
>
> What could you recommend, please?
>
> Thanks
> Jerry
>
>

In aus.ads.forsale.computers.new Jes <Jes@nospam.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 May 2002 05:42:49 GMT, "���D�A���"
> <no_private_consultations@here.com> wrote:
> 
>>And what the hell do you intend to do with 1,600dpi!
> 
> That depends what they need it for.
> If your doing projections then the higher the res the better.

Don't projections have resultant super-low-dpi? The size of each pixel 
is huge when projected on a large screen. :)

Anyway, anything above the scanner's optical resolution is a waste
of space. It's probably better to scan it at the highest optical 
resolution (600dpi for most modern ones) and change the resolution
later if you want via photoshop or whatever. You'll get the same
image quality, if not better. 


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