Hi all, I'm considering forking out the 600-odd GBP for a FS4000US, was wondering if there are any (strong) reasons on not to buy it. I'm mostly concerned about it being "overtaken" by a newer version... after all, i think it has been around for a couple of years now. Any thoughts? Thanks Dimitris

G'day Trendsetters, I have an Epson Perfection 1670 and I use it for scanning Postage Stamps I am pleased with it in general, as I can scan 30 stamps in one operation, however the images are naturally never perfectly positioned. I notice with my OCR, the scan will "auto rotate" the image prior to...

just ordered one from www.warehouse.express.com and they are out. what else would you lot suggest?

Hello all, I have quite a few pictures larger than 4x6 that I would like to scan. I currently have the Epson Perfection 1640SU. I'm tempted to use the doc feed but the card stock is too thick. So that means doing each by hand. Is there an efficient way to place and remove the photos without...

I am looking a t new film scanner. Specifics include: batch mode 35mm film strips (rolls are a bonus!) Price ~$500 USB and/or FireWire Image correction would be nice. Compatible with VueScan. I have found the PrimeFilm 3650Pro3, but am unsure if the batch mode works

Still can't find drivers for Liontype-Hell Topaz. I have Linocolor but it didn't have Topaz drivers included. Anyone have an older copy of Linocolor for MAC who can post the drivers? Thanks for the help P. Mcdonald

Hi All, I wish to scan ~3-4000 slides, for two reasons, one to have the images available electronically but mainly to have a safe archive/backup of the images (most of these slides cover the period when I used to work for the British Antarctic Survey, are c20 years old and I would be gutted if I...

There is a long-standing bug in Windows 2K and XP that prevents using two USB scanners on the same computer. Like many others, I want to use a Visioneer Strobe sheet fed scanner for single sheets and small items, as well as a full size flatbed scanner for bound pages, artwork, and large pages. The...

Hello, I was wondering if out there are still manufactores which produces those handscanners you have to move over a page. Thanks Chris

I have had problems with my Memorex 48U scanner in that that Windows XP wouldn't recognize it. Then I tried reinstalling the driver through the CD, reinstalling the driver through control panel, letting WinXP's wizard autodetect the scanner, unplugging and replugging, but to no avail. I kept...

Hiya Can anyone help!? My mother stole my old ultima 2000 USB scanner and lost the bundled software. I thought i'd manage to get round this but when connecting it to the pc it doesn't even pick it up in devices. Does anyone know how i can get the software bundle to fix her bugger up. I'm buying...

Hello to everyone, in case you are interested in that scanner - I have compiled a review of this scanner on my website at http://www.gnyman.com - you just need to look at the index page for the relevant headline. Let me know if you got questions or remarks! George Nyman

Anyone with experience with Artixscan 1800f flatbed scanner? What film formats have you used? Impressions of this scanner which I'm thinking about for 120 film scans...maybe 35mm.

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I know....crappy scanner....LOL. It was given to me by a relative, my daughter wanted to scan her photos and email them to friends..so we don't need anything fancy anyhow. Anyway, it is recognized in device manager (Win98) and the Vistascan software (v3.7) recognizes the scanner and the test scan...

Does anyone know where I might be able to download a Windows XP driver for the Astra 3400? I have the USB version. UMAX doesn't have it online, but instead requires that owners buy a CD. Mine is in storage, besides, the driver won't work on anything else, so I don't see why UMAX would object to...

Hi. 6 weeks after I last used my scanner, I did a scan and on the preview I got vertical colour banding. I did another, and got the same. No matter if I tried a b&w scan or colour, I still got the banding. I tried repairing the driver, and no joy. I rebooted. No joy. I tried scanning within...

If interested, please see http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5187549911. Auction ends Apr-24-05 20:20:32 PDT. This auction is for one Microtek ImageDeck Flatbed Scanner and one Microtek Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) for the ImageDeck scanner. This is a commercial-grade...

Whilst visiting, I thought I'd pass this one by you. I like to scan some 1940 magazines (A4 format) Are there scanners available to auto feed and perhaps scan two sides? Do I need muscle in my computer to handle this? Any links to suitable vendors. Thanks for any info.