* "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com>: > I am very, very happy with the Fujitsu fi-6130. Fast, quiet, small, > reversed roller system prevents jams, very well supported in SANE CVS > version. Not cheap, but less than your HP :) If your needs are a > little less, you might be able to find the previous model (fi-5120C) > around on clearance or refurbished. It's not as good as the 6130, but > still a nice machine. Others like the Avision AV220 (which is also > available under other brand names: Kodak, Visioneer, etc), but I've > only used one of those briefly. You might try searching the mailing > list...
Thank you for your swift answer. I forgot to mention that I need a combined document feeder/flatbed-scanner, though, so that particular model won't work, regrettably. Can I ask how many seconds it takes, approximately, to scan a color page? (Manufacturers have an annoying tendency to only specify some kind of theoretical max PPM instead of expected average PPM at some reasonable setting.) -- Johannes Gr?dem
