I go along with Ann. I wanted a FW scanner at a reasonable price, but the 2450 was gone.
Mine is an Epson Perfection 2580 Photo. Very fast USB 2.0. 48 or 24 bit TIFFS or JPEGs or Pdf. Also a nifty film strip reader (35 mm only, negs or transparencies) that does very passable 2400 dpi if all you need are small prints. I always use the 'Professional' mode that allows a great deal of leeway and the software is very accurate in predicting what it previews. I have yet to have it not pick up on what I'm trying to scan. Just some tweaking required. I would like to add a comment re: my scanner of many years; Microtek ScanMaker V6usl. SCSI and USB 1.1. Great software, great scanner, but no Mac OS X support. Tried VueScan, but just not the same. Still have it on my legacy Windoze box. ctw On Jan 31, 2006, at 1:26 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > Rob, > > I have an Epson Perfection 2450 PHOTO scanner and I love it. It is > a 48 bit, 2400x4800 dpi reflective flatbed scanner. I'm not sure if > this model is still made, but I'm sure Epson still makes a similar > one. I use it all the time with big stuff (make multiple scans and > paste together in Photoshop), little stuff, 3-D stuff. Also have > READiris 9.0 which is OCR (optical character recognition) software. > It works well with the Epson scanner. It is Firewire and USB ready > and included Photoshop Elements. > > Sometimes I scan using (READiris) he directions inside the box lid > of an old foreign game. I then copy and paste the results into > Babel Fish (http://world.altavista.com/tr) and get the instructions > translated from German or Dutch to English. > > Works well with photos, negatives, 35-mm (and larger) transparencies. > > Depending on what you want there may be cheaper scanners that would > do the job for you. In fact Epson now offers scanners with higher > dpi for lower price. But I've never been disappointed with Epson. > > Anne Cartwright > > > > RobK wrote: >> Okay, who likes their scanner and whaddya got? >> >> Thanks, >> rob > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
