On 24 Oct 2010 at 11:07, Aryeh Har-Even wrote: > Greetings all - I've been following the thread about printers and was > wondering what luck you guys have had with large format scanners, i.e. > about 11 x 17 which won't break the bank. It's rather strange that > going > from legal to this size, most of the manafactuers increase the price > exponentially. I recall that one of the under $400.00 multi printers I > looked at (I believe it was the Brother MFC-6890CDW) did large scans. > Any good? I'm looking to archive a couple of file boxes worth of music > sketched or copied at around this size and only want to go through the > exercise once.
I client of mine is on their second Plustek, having recently bought a second one about six months ago to replace an ailing one. They are delighted with it, and so am I. It's a huge improvement over the previous one (which they also loved), with better speed and vastly improved software. There are also lots of thoughtful touches in the design (not least of which, hinging the lid on the long side instead of on the short side at the back). It's more expensive than you might want to spend at first glance, but in my opinion, it's worth every penny for anybody who needs to regularly scan large items (as does my client). As to multi-function devices, I simply can't recommend them. You're usually sacrificing quality in all the component devices just to save some space, and in many cases, they are being purchased principally for one particular purpose (as printer), and that main purpose is usually substandard. However, I would say that Brother has proven itself to be a pretty good manufacturer in terms of price/features/quality in the last few years, so if you're set on a multi-function device, that's about as good as it gets in terms of return on investment. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
