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On Dec 20, 7:58 pm, DonLogan <nav....TakeThisOut@neonfeather.com> wrote:
> Time to digitize the family albums & send copies to the children. The
> pics are assorted sizes, but no 8x10s.
>
> We already have a couple of general purpose scanners but am willing to
> buy one made for this task.
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions.
>
> tia & seasons greetings

I havent seen a scanner with a "feed hopper" other than in industrial
grade
copiers, not really scanners... however, I'll add my two cents to
other
repliers here, having had great results scanning 4x6 color photos at
300dpi... and if you're printing at that size also, should have no
problem
with detail. Scanning is still a page at a time affair so far as I
know.
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ray wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:58:03 -0500, DonLogan wrote:
>
>> Time to digitize the family albums & send copies to the children. The
>> pics are assorted sizes, but no 8x10s.
>>
>> We already have a couple of general purpose scanners but am willing to
>> buy one made for this task.
>>
>> I would appreciate any suggestions.
>>
>> tia & seasons greetings
>
> How would one be "made for this task"? Assuming you have a color flatbed
> scanner of recent origin, it should be up to the task - have you tried?
>

Having just been through a similar exercise, it would have been a lot
faster with 2 features:
1) A sheet feeder that works well for small items (4x6 prints) and
doesn't bend them. (I used a Visioneer 9450, but in the end it couldn't
reliably feed 4x6's... it's really for scanning documents).
2) Software to automatically crop each scan.

Sure, any flatbed will work, but it's quite repetitious.
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"DonLogan" <navajo DeleteThis @neonfeather.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> Time to digitize the family albums & send copies to the children. The
> pics are assorted sizes, but no 8x10s.
>
> We already have a couple of general purpose scanners but am willing to
> buy one made for this task.
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions.
>

My friend has an HP Scanjet G4050 Photo Scanner, it comes with plastic racks
into which you can insert 16 slides or a number of film strips both 620 and
35mm. I saw some slides he scanned and the results were pretty good. I
will do further tests on my own because the slides he scanned were out of
focus, but this could be from the original pictures (he's a bad photog now
and he wasn't any better then).

Jean
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DonLogan <navajo DeleteThis @neonfeather.com> wrote in
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Don: I've used Epson scanners for years with excellent results, given the
price of the desktop models. Not much automation is avaliable, but if
you're willing to work the process you can do a fine job. Look for the
Epson Perfection Photo models on the Epson.com web site. Happy scanning!
~Ray


> Time to digitize the family albums & send copies to the children. The
> pics are assorted sizes, but no 8x10s.
>
> We already have a couple of general purpose scanners but am willing to
> buy one made for this task.
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions.
>
> tia & seasons greetings
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"DonLogan" <navajo.TakeThisOut@neonfeather.com> wrote in message
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> ray <ray.TakeThisOut@zianet.com> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:58:03 -0500, DonLogan wrote:
>>
>>> Time to digitize the family albums & send copies to the children. The
>>> pics are assorted sizes, but no 8x10s.
>>>
>>> We already have a couple of general purpose scanners but am willing to
>>> buy one made for this task.
>>>
>>> I would appreciate any suggestions.
>>>
>>> tia & seasons greetings
>>
>>How would one be "made for this task"?
>
> Personal scanners have had quite a development cycle. I still have a
> logitech roller scanner. And there was the business card scanner. So
> why not a specialized picture scanner, with a good feed hopper, and
> some good software?
>
> I googled around & found nothing. So thought I'd check with the
> experts.
>
>>Assuming you have a color flatbed >scanner of recent origin, it should be
>>up to the task - have you tried?
>

Have a look at the Canon 8400F and similarly priced from Epson, they are all
pretty bloody good.
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> "DonLogan" <navajo.TakeThisOut@neonfeather.com> wrote in message
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>> ray <ray.TakeThisOut@zianet.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:58:03 -0500, DonLogan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Time to digitize the family albums & send copies to the children. The
>>>> pics are assorted sizes, but no 8x10s.
>>>>
>>>> We already have a couple of general purpose scanners but am willing to
>>>> buy one made for this task.
>>>>
>>>> I would appreciate any suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> tia & seasons greetings
>>>
>>>How would one be "made for this task"?
>>
>> Personal scanners have had quite a development cycle. I still have a
>> logitech roller scanner. And there was the business card scanner. So
>> why not a specialized picture scanner, with a good feed hopper, and
>> some good software?
>>
>> I googled around & found nothing. So thought I'd check with the
>> experts.
>>
>>>Assuming you have a color flatbed >scanner of recent origin, it should be
>>>up to the task - have you tried?
>>
>
> Have a look at the Canon 8400F and similarly priced from Epson, they are
> all pretty bloody good.
>

I use an Epson Perfection 4490 Photo. Have no complaints.

Gerrit - Oz
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Have a look at www.photo-i.co.uk
HTH
Cheers
DP



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> "Pete D" <no DeleteThis @email.com> wrote in message
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>> "DonLogan" <navajo DeleteThis @neonfeather.com> wrote in message
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>>> ray <ray DeleteThis @zianet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:58:03 -0500, DonLogan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Time to digitize the family albums & send copies to the children. The
>>>>> pics are assorted sizes, but no 8x10s.
>>>>>
>>>>> We already have a couple of general purpose scanners but am willing to
>>>>> buy one made for this task.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would appreciate any suggestions.
>>>>>
>>>>> tia & seasons greetings
>>>>
>>>>How would one be "made for this task"?
>>>
>>> Personal scanners have had quite a development cycle. I still have a
>>> logitech roller scanner. And there was the business card scanner. So
>>> why not a specialized picture scanner, with a good feed hopper, and
>>> some good software?
>>>
>>> I googled around & found nothing. So thought I'd check with the
>>> experts.
>>>
>>>>Assuming you have a color flatbed >scanner of recent origin, it should
>>>>be up to the task - have you tried?
>>>
>>
>> Have a look at the Canon 8400F and similarly priced from Epson, they are
>> all pretty bloody good.
>>
>
> I use an Epson Perfection 4490 Photo. Have no complaints.
>
> Gerrit - Oz
>
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DonLogan wrote:
> Time to digitize the family albums & send copies to the children. The
> pics are assorted sizes, but no 8x10s.
>
> We already have a couple of general purpose scanners but am willing to
> buy one made for this task.
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions.
>
> tia & seasons greetings
I have both a HP multifuction printer/scanner/fax and an
Epson scanner. They both do a good job, but the Epson has
features that make it easier. It is the Epson Perfection
3490 photo, that cost under $100.
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> Scanning is still a page at a time affair so far as I know.

I can place several photos on my Epson 4490 at a time and the software scans
them as so many different files. (and also straightens them if they are a
little askew)

I use a standard setting of 600 dpi for scanning prints just in case I need
to crop them a little. Works well and does not slow down the process unduly.

Gerrit
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In message <1pgan3d0prs2cm697b7utdk9masc959pmh.RemoveThis@4ax.com>, DonLogan
<navajo.RemoveThis@neonfeather.com> writes
>Thanks for the suggestions.
>Sorry to hear there is no scanner with a good feed mechanism for
>prints but guess that time is now past.

Speaking of the past, there's always the HP S-20 PhotoSmart USB scanner
which was around a few years ago. It will handle prints up to 5x7 as
well as doing strip negatives.

You feed prints into a slot in the front one at a time. Rollers pull
the prints through the scanner and eject them at the rear. It has a flat
feed path so the prints don't get bent. The print scan resolution is
only 300dpi though. Negs are scanned the same way, pulled through the
scanner by rollers but scanned with a special 2400dpi insert.

You can find them on Ebay quite cheap although you might have to hunt
around for software to drive them. Here's one I found for sale:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/36usm4

There was an earlier version, the S-10 which has an SCSI interface
which would be trickier to get working.
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