Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 09:08:48 -0500
Reply-To: Joe Romas <jromas@COLUMBUS.RR.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Joe Romas <jromas@COLUMBUS.RR.COM>
Subject: Re: Good Flatbed Scanner for about $100
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Joe,
From one Joe to another, you don't need a expensive scanner. Mine is a
UMAX Astra 1220U. It's as you probably guessed, 1200 DPI and USB interface
flatbed scanner. If your PC is fairly new with a reliable USB interface
that's all you need. I once had a HP SCSI scanner and SCSI introduced a
whole new can of worms for me. My scanner does a great job of color photos
and the like. I also use the "copy machine" feature to fax documents, but
it's one page at a time. But with better software you could scan and save
each page then fax the entire lot. That being said, look at the software
that comes with the scanner. Also if any of your documents are 8.5X14 or
legal size, make sure you get one that will do that. Also don't forget the
long distance phone charges if it's not a 800 number. And last but not
least, DON'T get a parallel interface model, it's made for printers!!! ( I
know some will disagree on this point)
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <mejoe@EMAIL.TOAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 4:19 AM
Subject: Good Flatbed Scanner for about $100
> Yes, this is WAY "OT" but this is something of an emergency so
please allow
> this intrusion.
> Because they lost most of it I find myself needing to fax almost
my entire
> medical record to the Veteran's Administration. I got several estimates
from
> "Kinko's" and other such places, the lowest of which was about $80. If I
> went the Kinko's route I would be out $80 but if I kicked in a few extra
> bucks and got a cheap flatbed scanner I could do my own faxing plus I
would
> be covered in the all-too-likely event they lose it again (I already have
> the fax modem and other stuff).
> I did not think there would be all that much to buying a flatbed
scanner
> but a trip to Best Buy, CompUSA and a few other stores showed me
different.
> I need some objective advice. Several tries on the search engine yielded
> nothing but ads who's only advice was "buy me now!". It occurred to me
that
> most of the folks on the Vanagon list were fairly level headed and
> practical. I also remembered several occasions where a number of list
> members talked about digitizing one thing or another for posting or
> emailing. This, plus the fact that it is Friday convinced me that this
> fishing expeditiion might be worth a shot. I figure the worst that could
> happen is someonw would have a good time chewing me out for no Vanagon
> content. So.....
>
> Can someone here recommend a good Flatbed Scanner for about $100?
Any
> warnings of models to keep away from? Any help appreciated.
>
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