Re: Need flat bed scanner advise, pls.

[John Forbes]

The transparency light source on the 2450 is just over 4.5 inches wide, 
and 10.75 inches long, which means it will scan negs up to 4 x 5 quite 
happily - in fact it comes with a 4 x 5 carrier.

It also has both Firewire and USB2 ports.  Some people think Firewire 
operates faster than USB2 in practice, because the latter operates at 
variable speeds.

The bed is 11.75 x 8.5.

Regards

John

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 07:47:02 US/Eastern, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Keith.
If the Epson 2450 is still available, go for that.It does negs,35mm 6x6 
to 6x9 and 4x5.I
am not infront of
mine,but i think the glass will take an 81/2 x 11,or at least close to 
it.The light sourse
in the lid is
narrower,about 6" i think,wide.

Its a pretty good unit.

Dave

                                > With my new Mac, I now need a USB scanner,
instead of my trusty Microtek
Serial Port scanner.

It's a shame to have to replace a perfectly good scanner, but. . .

I was considering an Epson Perfection 3170. Any chance anyone here has 
one?
Or, glowing words on some other flat bed scanner that will take 8 1/12 x
11" plus also scan negatives and prints?

Take-home price limit about US$200.

Thanks,

keith whaley

          			





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