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From: Henry McEwin
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 17:19

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I have the Canon 1220 that does a fantastic job with sharp  and fairly quick
scans.

Price is US $169 amd the Canon 650 is US$99.00.  Both do good jobs.
"Remy Davison" <pb5300NOSPAM@mac.com> wrote in message
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> In article <9kr7br$17h$1@spacebar.ucc.usyd.edu.au>,
>  "Gavin Doolan" <gdoolan@gmp.usyd.edu.au> wrote:
>
> >Am looking for a budget scanner for email, web uploads and other simple
> >stuff. Needs to work with Mac and PC, so I guess USB would be best. I
guess
> >my ceiling would be AUS$ 150-200 (US$75-100). Any suggestons would be
great,
> >as I know nothing about scanners.
> >TIA,
> >Gavin.
> >
> >
>
> Not a big player, but I like the Acers. (the 600 series). I have the
> SCSI model, but there's a 600dpi USB model. It'll give you probably the
> fastest previews of any consumer scanner on the market. Software is OK
> (ArtScan or MiraScan plus TextBridge for OCR. If you get the PC version,
> you can d/l MiraScan, but not TextBridge. There is a Mac version though.
> About $150-160 generally. The scanners are TWAIN compliant, so you can
> scan direct from Photoshop, Graphic Converter or Acrobat using the
> plug-in.
>
> Cheers,
>
> RD.
>
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