HI Lora, I'll jump in here. I have the DR2080C which it sounds like the 2580 has replaced. I have had it for a year and it is a very good scanner for the money. A year ago Feb it was going for about 600 but I am sure you can get it for less now. It's rated at 6 seconds a page which can be pushed some. Since this was my first scanner I thought having the ADF would be great which it is. The down side of it is that it is an ADF only. There are books at times that I just don't want to cut up so I have an OpticBook 3600 on the way for those times. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tom hawkins Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 8:55 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Buying a Scanner Hi Lora, If you don't mind removing the spines, the canon 2580 will scan both sides and put anywhere from 10 to 20 pages a minute. That's 20 To 40 sides a minute depending on the resolution setting used. The cheapest canon will cost about 250 dollars as a refurbished machine, on up. HTH Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lora" <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 9:40 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Buying a Scanner IF you already have a flat bed then I think you will be happy with the Canon. > My current scanner is working just fine, but it's a little slow. I'm > running Windows XP, and Open Book 7.02. I'd like to get a new scanner, > one > that can scan a page in 15 seconds or so. Do these exist, do they cost a > fortune, and does anyone have recommendations? I'd also prefer a document > feeder, so I can shred and scan as others do. > > Thanks for your help in advance. > > Lora > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > __________ NOD32 1868 (20061115) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.