Thanks Nathan, I will look into those. We are mostly scanning photographs and ephemera, however, we plan to scann textual documents in the future. Cheers, Rachel
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Nathan Hall <nfhall at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Rachel, > > A good scanner will largely depend on the size and type of materials you > plan to scan. > > At Photographic Preservation Society we are currently working with an Epson > Perfection V750 Pro which is wonderful for both film and prints, though the > scanning surface is only about A4. I have also used the Epson V700 pro as > well as the Epson 4990 pro and have bee equally satisfied with those. > > I have been less satisfied with the Microtek ScanMaker 1000XL, which we > have > had to ship back more than once due to newton rings appearing in many of > the > images. The scanning surface is much larger though. > > If you are scanning large quantities of text, you might look at duplex > scanners, which can process a few dozen pages a minute. Fujitsu makes one. > If you are scanning fragile books that you don't want to mash down, you > should look into planetary scanners that come with a V-cradle. > > > > On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Rachel Collier <rachellgail at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello all, > > My name is Rachel Collier and I am currently an intern at History San > Jose. > > I am trying to do some research on scanners. Has anyone recently > purchased > > a > > new scanner? We currently use an Epson Expression 1640 and this scanner > is > > a > > graphic art high quality scanner. The scanner is working well for us, but > > we > > are looking for an upgrade. If anyone could help me with my technology > > concern that would be fantastic. > > Thanks, > > RacheL Collier > > History San Jose > > _______________________________________________ > > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer > > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >
