I have the same scanner, since 2008, still works good, can do very high resolution, although it is tedious for large numbers of scans. I echo the remark about the negatives. Color prints are horrible as archival documents. Black and white prints can be okay.
On Fri, Nov 19, 2021, 19:59 Bill Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2021, 9:33 PM Michael Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I have a large number of old photos I would like to scan into files. I'm > > looking for an inexpensive scanner for this that will work with Linux. I > > don't need anything with a feeder, just a plain flatbed will probably > get > > the job done. > > > > Thanks for your suggestions. > > > > Michael > > > > I am very happy with the Epson V600 Photo. It scans prints and negatives. > If you still have the negatives from your photos then scanning them can > give much better results than scanning in the prints. > > Bill Barry > > > >
