What is a good scanner

[futuredivot 0]

my wife wants to save a bunch of old family photos of varying sizes-If I'm going to have to buy one, I want ease of document scanning also. Easy to use is a must or I'll end up having to do all of those photographs of people I didn't know and probably wouldn't have liked if i did. Any VALID advice on a good all-around scanner?

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[airdvr 210]

My experience is the scanner is only as good as the PC that controls it. I bought a Brother All -in-One machine several years ago and was running it off my old laptop. It really struggled to scan photos. Hooked the same machine to my new desktop and it doesn't even grunt when scanning high-res photos.

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[tkhayes 348]

I got a CanoScan 4400F attached to my Mac, it works like a charm. They have newer drivers on the Canon website to make it work, all was compatible with OsX. I had an older CanoScan attached my PC years ago - it worked really well too.

[FlyingJ 0]

Whatever scanner you get, keep your eye out for software that will recognize multiple pictures being scanned at once and crop them apart for you. My sister just finished scanning updwards of 5000 family photos for a family DVD she made and that saved her hours upon hours of time. Not the best option for scanning a few pics here and there as it occasionally gets it wrong, but if you are doing lots even if it only gets 80% of them right that is a lot of time saved.

I'll ask her what software she was using and post again.

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[LadyDoc 0]

I've got an HP Photosmart 4500, and it prints, scans, reads memory cards. I like it. Sometimes it forgets what I want it to do and I have to turn it off and turn it back on. But the scan quality is brilliant. color copies are beautiful. Photo prints look great.

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[futuredivot 0]

Thanks-that would be a lifesaver...or at least a marriage saver which is way more important to me.

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I agree... I have an hp Photosmart and it does everything very well.

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I agree... I have an hp Photosmart and it does everything very well.

I've got a HP Photosmart C8180 and I haven't even scratched the surface of what its capabilities are yet. I did print a couple pics and they came out great.

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Will tha standard software for the Photsmart allow to scan multiple images at a time?

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[BillyVance 34]

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Will tha standard software for the Photsmart allow to scan multiple images at a time?

I have no idea. However, one thing it does have is a special rack for holding negatives (strips) and slides for scanning. I thought that was pretty neat. My dad has a shitload of boxes full of slides from the 70's. We used to have photo viewing sessions with the projector and screen.

I see a future project converting those slides to prints.

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[FlyingJ 0]

I've asked my sister what combo of scanner and software she used that had that feature. I'll post back when I hear from her.

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[xtravrtsoul 0]

I have the HP scanjet 4850 and it does everything as well as scanning mutliple pictures. Take a look at one of these. I have used mine for 3 years and love it.

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[futuredivot 0]

That's great. Thanks

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[FlyingJ 0]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Canon+-+PIXMA+MX330+Multifunction+Printer/+Copier/+Scanner/+Fax/9253327.p?id=1218069254290&skuId=9253327

This is the one she bought and used the scanner software that was included. I imagine the feature to crop the pics is all in the scanner, so you can probably just find it to use with any scanner.

This one did well though making it through thousands of photos. In fact, I think the scanner made it through the process in better shape than my sister.

I have a different (and less expensive) version of the same printer/scanner/copier and I love it.

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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Canon+-+PIXMA+MX330+Multifunction+Printer/+Copier/+Scanner/+Fax/9253327.p?id=1218069254290&skuId=9253327

Thanks-the local Best Buy has it in stock and I've got enough left on my Christmas gift card to cover it.

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[futuredivot 0]

Got it and it works like a charm-thanks

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[FlyingJ 0]

Excellent. My sister did an absolutely amazing job, scanning thousands of photos and then editing them to various songs and compiling everything on an hour and a half long dvd for my parents. The only thing she regrets about the process is that she's now been asked to do one for my brother's upcoming wedding, for work and for a friend's family.

Have fun with it!

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[futuredivot 0]

Rats! Another good idea too late. I should have just shipped all of these photos to your sister

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