Flatbed scanner
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Basically, it's mostly for scanning old family photos (with slides being a bonus.) I've already tried one scanner -- EPSON's V300 -- and found that it wouldn't work with Windows 7. I'm trying to avoid getting another scanner and finding out that it isn't compatible / is total crap. On sale after Christmas would be a bonus as well.
The V300 is supposed to work with Win7. Did you try downloading the drivers from Epson?
First place I went actually. When I followed the exact error message, I found a number of stories about "won't work with Windows 7, tried installing the new driver, still did not work, here is a hinky solution that might work, but I couldn't get it to work, etc." Since this isn't a system that is normally local to me, I returned the scanner.
HP Scanjet G4050 L1957A
-High DPI means you can enlarge 35mm image to 8.5x11 at 300dpi without getting blocky*.
-Reasonable price (under $200).
-Comes with the 35mm/slide adapters.
-CCD sensor means high image quality.
Reviews all say the included software sucks, though newer updates may have fixed that (don't use the XP software on Vista, for instance).
--Patrick
*In order to print full-size 8x10 prints of 35mm film, you have to scan at a minimum of 2400dpi.
-High DPI means you can enlarge 35mm image to 8.5x11 at 300dpi without getting blocky*.
-Reasonable price (under $200).
-Comes with the 35mm/slide adapters.
-CCD sensor means high image quality.
Reviews all say the included software sucks, though newer updates may have fixed that (don't use the XP software on Vista, for instance).
--Patrick
*In order to print full-size 8x10 prints of 35mm film, you have to scan at a minimum of 2400dpi.
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