High Quality Scanner

[technoboy2000]

Hello,

Working for a fire department we are in need of purchasing a good scanner for photo's. We want to be able to have very good quality and an autofeeder. If anybody has any iformation it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

 

[technoboy2000]

Anybody? Please?

 

[gsaldivar]

HP scanners have excellent quality, and they're fast fast FAST.

A bit overpriced, but for commercial use they're perfect and upgradable with the autofeeder.

here's a link

Good luck!

 

[RanDum72]

I think Epson makes the best scanners, with Canon and HP coming second.

 

[Democritus10]

If you really want a good photo scanner, you better be willing to do without the autofeeder option. Scanners with autofeeders are generally designed to be better for text (OCR). Next, decide if you'll want to scan slides/negatives/other transparencies or just prints. If you do need to scan transparencies, then you'll want a scanner with a transparency unit [TPU] (built-in or optional)...most TPUs are for 35mm, but some are around 4x5in or full size. Then, decide on a price. Some recommendations:

Epson 2450 Photo ($400) - 4x9in TPU 2400x4800dpi Firewire/USB 2.0
Epson 2400 ($230) - 35mm TPU 2400x4800dpi USB2.0
Epson 1640SU ($450) - 1600x3200dpi AUTODOCUMENT FEEDER USB/SCSI
UMAX AlphaVista ($400 pcmall.com) 1200x2400dpi (SCSI only!) Full sized TPU
UMAX PowerLook III ($500 w/o TPU; $700 w/ full size TPU). 1200x2400dpi very good

If you want the real deal, be prepared to spend $4000-$20,000 for a decent flatbed. But since you're asking, you probably don't want those anyway. Then there's the whole host of cheapies for under $200.