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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | Finally broke down and bought a new machine and of course my old scanner is not supported in Windows 7. So, it looks like I'm in the market for a new scanner and I'm trolling for suggestions. My requirements are pretty simple. I want a flatbed and I will only be using it to scan documents. I have no use for copier fucntionality or OCR conversions. My primary concern is accurate color fidelity over as much of the spectrum as possible. Oh, and cheap is nice too.  Any ideas? | | | | Last edited: by mdnitoil |
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 |  Posts: 1,536 |
| | Posted: | | | | It's a shame, but "simple" flatbed scanners just don't seem to be around any more.
Already starting with Windows Vista and continuing with Windows 7, HP stopped supporting its existing customers, and actually advise you to buy a printer with scanner functionality as a "solution". Never mind the size or quality?
I'd like them to spend some effort on making new drivers, rather than a lot of bloated accompanying software that needs continuous updating. | | | | Hans |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,217 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mdnitoil: Quote:
Finally broke down and bought a new machine and of course my old scanner is not support in Windows 7. Same thing for me with my old UMAX Scanner. But I was to cheap (  ) to buy a new one so I work with a virtual Windows 2000 system whose sole purpose it is to run the scanner. I use Virtual Box but any virtualization that supports USB should work just fine. cya, Mithi | | | | Mithi's little XSLT tinkering - the power of XML --- DVD-Profiler Mini-Wiki |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,946 |
| | Posted: | | | | I own a Medion flatbed scanner, but I'm not sure if you can get those in the US. Maybe this one from Canon is something you can check out. Although it's listed as with the photoscanners, it's maximum document size is US Letter. | | | View my collection at http://www.chriskepolis.be/home/dvd.htm
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | Now that's an interesting idea which never occured to me. I might consider running a virtual XP session so I can use my existing scanner. One advantage is that I already know the color gradations on my current scanner so I don't have to go through all that pain again.
And yeah, I've been looking at the Canon scanners as well. They have native Windows 7 64 bit drivers which is a plus. | | | | Last edited: by mdnitoil |
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 | Blair | | Resistance is Futile! |
| Registered: October 30, 2008 | | Posts: 1,249 |
| | Posted: | | | | One nice, well-rounded scanner that I have seen (particularly for the price and especially if you can get a deal) was the EPSON Perfection V33 Photo Scanner.
In terms if just a document scanner only, I have never used one, but many of them are actually more expensive than a photo scanner... though I am not entirely sure why. | | | If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
He who MUST get the last word in on a pointless, endless argument doesn't win. It makes him the bigger jerk. | | | | Last edited: by Blair |
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| Registered: March 21, 2007 |  Posts: 162 |
| | Posted: | | | | You amy also want to consider using VueScan which is 3rd-party scanner software. The developers are at www.hamrick.com and it seems to suppoer your scanner. I have not used this software myself but I have read many reviews of it and they were quite positive. |
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 87 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting woodg: Quote:
You amy also want to consider using VueScan which is 3rd-party scanner software. The developers are at www.hamrick.com and it seems to suppoer your scanner. I have not used this software myself but I have read many reviews of it and they were quite positive. Loaded at the trial of the software. While it does work, the guy wants 40 bucks for it and a new Canon scanner will cost me around 60 to 80, depending on the model. I think I might just get the scanner and call it a day. | | | | Last edited: by mdnitoil |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 36 |
| | Posted: | | | | If you have Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate, you can download Windows XP Mode for free at Microsoft. It's basically a virtual machine which runs Windows XP and it has USB support, so your old scanner should work.
I worked quite some time this way with my old scanner. | | | Marco
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