Quoting Stuart Biggerstaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I would say... Is there any way around your requirements?
>
> HP (and Microtek) make pretty decent stuff, but mainly for low-end
> graphic
> arts work: not high-speed or larger format. Then there's always
> Fujitsu,
> and they seem affordable for production scanners, but theirs leave you
> with
> a choice between color and larger formats. VERY good stuff, though.
>
> Under $1000.00 for one (ScanPartner 15C) that does all you want but is
>
> 8.5x11 (8.5x14 for the ADF). $4-5000.00 for one (M3096GX) that's
> faster,
> does 11 x 17, but is monochrome. Unfortunately, theirs just seem to
> just
> get faster but stay monochrome as you spend more--though it appears
> there
> is something called the M4097D that is large-format, color, and puts us
>
> right back where you were before in terms of price.
Unfortunately, it's for an office with many people looking for many things.
There are interior designers who "need" the large format capacity, and others
looking for graphics ability.
I have put forth the idea of two seperate scanners, one for general and
graphics, and the other, a B&W large format document scanner for the interior
desingers...the price tag for two is less than one that can do it
all...considerably less.
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