Thanks for your replys. I have now had some time to investigate the suggestions.
Mustek Paragon Pro.A3 36bit optical resolution 600x1200 price US $699 Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB, 48bit CIS scanner optical resolution 300x600 dpi Price is affordable, around £115 sterling UMAX PowerLook 2100XL.A3, 42bit BET Col,14Grey optical resolution 800x1600ppi mirror moving texhnology ? connection unknown, pp or usb. price as yet unknown,perhaps 700 Euro The umax looks to be the technically superior machine, however it and the Paragon Pro look too expensive. The question is , would the Mustek A3 USB be well supported and is the resolution of 300x600 not a little low . On the otherhand I am thinking, if the machine is scanning A3 size images the files must end up in .pnm file format awfully large. So perhaps there are practicle limits as to the resolution scale in A3. A comment from someone with experience might be appropriate . Thanks, John -- John Richard Smith [email protected]
