Hi, On Wednesday 28 February 2007 12:57:16 Felix E. Klee wrote: > At Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:03:00 +0100, > Rene Rebe wrote: > > > You must've misunderstood me: I need a scanner that can scan right > > > to the edge of the *glass plate*. In fact, before getting the Epson > > > 3490, I thought that every modern scanner can do this. > > > > > > I do not need a special book scanner. > > > > Avision bookedge A3 scanner. > > Thanks for the hint. However, I've to repeat: I do *not* need a scanner > especially targeted at scanning books. What I need is a scanner that > can scan to the edge of the *glass plate*. Maybe that sounds too > trivial and thus leads to misunderstandings on this list.
This Avision scanners are flatbad scanners with the zero edge "feauture" specifically to scan book. > As far as I know, there are scanners in the sub 100 EUR range, perhaps > even in the sub 50 EUR range, that can do this. I just don't know which > ones. Well, buying the most cheap "crap" does not necessarily mean supporting the companies that support Linux and co -- just a thought. > If I do not find such a scanner, I may have to build a stencil that I > can put on my current scanner. Actually, this should not be too hard. > I'm annoyed however, that this step is necessary. Why didn't Epson make > the visible glass plate simply a bit smaller? Maybe some company has a patent on "zero edge" scanners? Yours, -- Ren? Rebe - ExactCODE GmbH - Europe, Germany, Berlin http://exactcode.de | http://t2-project.org | http://rene.rebe.name +49 (0)30 / 255 897 45
