Hi Evan and Traci! When I purchased my new Epson scanner, I was also using a Windows 7 laptop with 64 bit processing. I had to make sure I got both the drivers for Windows 7 and a 64 bit system--neither of which were on the CD that came with the scanner. I also did the same with my printer. The process was intimidating, but I had been told that installing drivers from the manufacturers website will insure that they're the latest available. Blessings. Lynnsky _____ From: EVAN REESE [mailto:mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:46 PM To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: what kind of scanner do you have Yes, I guess I should have mentioned that you can go directly to Epson's site and install the scanner drivers from there. I actually did that with my Epson Perfection V100 because the driver that came on the CD seemed to have a bug. The scanner would freeze up occasionally, but when I installed the updated driver, the problem went away and it has worked perfectly since then. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynn <mailto:lynnskyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> I To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 1:10 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: what kind of scanner do you have Hi Traci! As I posted, earlier, I recently purchased an Epson V500 flatbed scanner for $209.00. It is working very well for me. I did not use the installation CD, but went to Epson's website and downloaded the appropriate drivers and installed them as I would any other program or drivers. HTH Blessings. Lynnsky _____ From: EVAN REESE [mailto:mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:02 PM To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: what kind of scanner do you have Hi Traci, I use a refurbished Epson Perfection V100 flatbed scanner I got from Amazon for 76 dollars, including shipping, back in April 2008. It even came with a one-year warranty. I'm not sure how many books I've scanned on it by now, but I know it must be close to a hundred. Before that, I had an Epson Perfection 2400 flatbed on which I scanned another hundred or so books. (I'm sure that one would have lasted a lot longer; it's just that I had to return it to the state of California.) I don't know if the Perfection V100 model is still around, but you should be able to find something comparable for a similar price. If you want to buy direct from the factory, Epson has a clearance page where they sell older or discontinued models for pretty good prices. At least they used to; I haven't checked it out for quite a while. But it's worth looking up. The only issue with Epsons is that the CD they give you to install the drivers loads a bunch of other junk, and it's not accessible if you can't see the screen. But if you can get help installing it, you may want to consider an Epson flatbed scanner. (You could just plug in the scanner and let Windows load drivers for it, but they may not work as well as the ones direct from Epson.) If you have a bit more spare change, you might want to go with the Plustek Opticbook 3600. Quite a few very prolific high-quality submitters around here swear by that one. It sells for a bit over $200 if I remember correctly. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: traci <mailto:season@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 10:51 AM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] what kind of scanner do you have Hi all, I refuse to give up on contributing to the library. I'm just curious. For those of you who contribute or scsn s lot, what kind of scanner do you have? All-in-one?Flatbed? Epson? Lexmark? HP? Brother etc. I'm considering purchasing a new scanner because I'm so annoyed with the way this scans my books. I may scan a few higher quality books to see if the problem persists but your input is valuable to me. Thanks. I had an HP officejet 5650 before and it lasted four years and stopped printing for some reason. i replaced the cartrige but that didn't fix the problem, then my mischievous kids dropped it whilr we were moving so it was toast.