[bksvol-discuss] Re: Barbara

I still have two of the very old legal sized scanners. I don't use them as
much anymore, since they are very very slow, but do have them available of I
really need them.
Sharon

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Mayrie, I know what you mean about the old HP scanners.  It was a sad
day when I had to carry mine to the truck to be taken to a recycling
center.  Repairing it would have cost more than buying a new scanner,
but I felt like it was the end of an era in my scanning life.  It was
hard to adjust to a new and much smaller scanner since legal size
scanners aren't so common or affordable these days.  You're right
about the price thing.  It doesn't always signify quality, and your
scans with your new scanner are still great.  (smile)  I solved the
scanner buttons issue by turning my scanner sideways.  That way my
arm doesn't come anywhere near the buttons.  It also leaves the
buttons operational for my daughter when she wants to scan and email
photos.   An unexpected benefit of doing this is that I don't have to
reach as far forward to line up my pages, a boon for a person with a
chronic shoulder injury.  (smile)

Monica Willyard

On Friday 11/3/2006 11:58 AM, you wrote:
>Hi Barbara,
>
>         If you are using an HP 3p or 4p, I'd keep it.  I know
> they're old, but mine just died a natural death after an extremely
> long life scanning.  I loved the scans that I got with it.  I'm now
> using a Visioneer 5800, and it does  a fine job, but is slower,
> which I have had to learn not to mind.  If you happen to go with
> the visioneer, which you can buy very cheaply, (I got mine on ebay
> for $25 including shipping) you will want to disable the one touch
> buttons.  If you don't, and I know this, you may end up with double
> or more the number of page breaks in a book than really
> exist.  Without knowing that anything was happening, my arm pressed
> some button while I was pressing down the book to scan.  I'm sure
> that not everyone will agree with me, but sometimes less costly is
> not a bad thing.  I hope this helps.
>
>Peace,
>
>Mayrie

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