I have an Epson 3170 and have found it good enough for my needs. I
don't print larger than 8x10 and it seem fine for that. I've scanned 35mm
slides and negatives, as well as 6x9cm & 6x6cm negatives.
I have a couple of sample scans here:
http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall/Epson3170/index.html
For its price I thought it was excellent, although I believe its now been
replaced by the 4870 (or something similar). I replaced a Minolta Dual
Scan II with the Epson as I wanted the ability to scan medium format
negatives at a very reasonable cost.
Hope this helps...
Fred.
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Fred Widall,
Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall
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