Hi Andy, Thanks for the reply.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 10:36 AM Andy Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: [...] > I have a Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 and I'm very please with it. > > However... > Cool. > > I can't speak to this issue particularly, but the iX500 has colour issues > of its own. > > [...] That's a great example of real life hardware interaction. > Also, > > The scanner is a duplex unit and therefore has a scanning head and a > bright > light on both sides of the page. This means that the exact colour > reproduction varies greatly with the thickness of the paper. > > I have a stock set of colour curves that I use to correct things to how I > like them. > Okay. Good to know. [...] When I first got the scanner I read this guide: > http://www.samhallas.co.uk/repository/scanning.htm and learnt a lot. > > I'll look into it. [...] > What you'll need to go alongside SANE will depend a lot on what you want > to > use the scanner for. > For example, documents might benefit from OCR (optical character > recognition). Photos might benefit from a full Photoshop style package. > > > > Let us know some more of your requirements, such as use case, budget, etc, > and I'll try to offer some more anecdotes (if I have any). > I'm mostly interested in scanning photos, with a little bit of document scanning. The price range that I'm looking at is somewhat fluid. I don't purchase hardware very often, thus I don't feel too bad if I exceed whatever budget I've made up. Thanks again for sharing your scanning story with me. Cheers, -m
