Thanks, Guido. My husband was looking at the 2480, and I told him to hold off on that. I'm glad I did. *smile* I'll check these out tomorrow. Take care. Julie Morales inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email): mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: mercy0421 ----- Original Message ----- From: Guido Corona To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:50 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Scanner question Julie, for example, I have found the following refurbished scanners on the Epson site that are worth looking at: Epson 4180 $149 (regular $499). Duty cycle 36000 scans. This has the steepest discount and is the most heavy duty. Can use a doc feeder. http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=53728579 Epson 3170 refurb: $124 (list 179). Duty cycle 30000 scans. Probably the fastest of the 3 by a small margin. Can use a doc feeder. http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=45471984 Epson 2400 refurb: $75 (current list is $119, but when the device was current it costed approx $300). Duty cycle 30000 scans. I tried it: it's a real beauty! No doc feeder. http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=31061924 Bottom line, you can't go wrong with any of the above. Stay away from Epson 1670, 2480, 2580, they are very slow and duty cycle is only 10000 scans. Other Epson scanners from Epson refurb are more expensive. Guido Guido Dante Corona IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx. Research Division, Phone: 512. 838. 9735. Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.ibm.com/able Guido Corona/Austin/IBM@IBMUS Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 05/31/2005 10:16 PM Please respond to bksvol-discuss To bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject [bksvol-discuss] Re: Scanner question Julie, what is your budget for a scanner? Meaningful Answers depend on quantifiable budget. Guido Guido Dante Corona IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx. Research Division, Phone: 512. 838. 9735. Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.ibm.com/able "Julie Morales" <inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 05/31/2005 10:12 PM Please respond to bksvol-discuss To <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject [bksvol-discuss] Scanner question Hi, all. OK, my scanner finally bit the dust. I knew it was coming, but...oh, well. Anyway, I really want the Epson Perfection 3170, but it's just a little out of my price range right now, and I need a scanner. *smile* Does anyone else have any good suggestions that might be a little cheaper? Thanks, and take care. Julie Morales inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email): mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: mercy0421