Or go to a UPS store (formerly Mailbox, etc) and have them make colored copies. I scan old photos into my computer and then have the UPS store make color copies to give to my family. All the small scanners I know of are for scanning pages or business cards. I believe Canon use to make a small flatbed scanner, but I think it was dropped.
Anne Cartwright On Mar 18, 2009, at 8:31 PM, Profile wrote: > Stuart, > > A golden opportunity for you but even if you have a portable scanner > you would then need to have "something" to scan into, so a computer is > necessary unless there are scanners on the market that allow you to > scan into built in memory card or hard drive. I don't know of any. > > What you might do is go to a Walgreens or some similar store and make > copies of the photo's that you are wanting to keep and once you get > home then scan those into your system. There may be a way to scan > them into an online service but you would still need a computer to > connect to the internet and with each stop along the way your family > may not have an internet connected computer. > > Making hard copies to bring back with you may be the best bet. > > John > > > On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Stuart Ungar wrote: > >> >> Hi all, >> >> I will be doing some traveling this Spring to Florida and California >> to visit relatives. Some of them are up there in age and I will >> most likely be looking through old photo albums. This is a great >> opportunity for me, since I've been heavy into family-tree research >> lately. >> >> Here is my question. What are my options for scanning individual >> photos while on the road. I don't have a laptop (except for a >> pretty unreliable "pre-historic" first generation iBook - you >> know... the one with the handle. I didn't know if there was a small >> portable scanner that I could use on the road and then transfer >> everything to my computer when I got home. Ideally, something not >> too expensive. >> >> Thoughts really appreciated! >> >> Stuart >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be March 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be March 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be March 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
