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10/11/2006 05:08:18 AM · #1 |
Okay....I have had it. I am sick of getting phone calls for restoration jobs (usually large images that have been ruined by mishandling) and going to the ONLY photo store in town to get them scanned so I can start work on them. I ask the staff at the photo store to PLEASE clean their scanner before they touch my jobs. They give it a quick wipe over and then scan. They open the image on their computer and show me how clean it is (except for the few dust spots that they proceed to try and remove). I plead with them to leave the image alone as they are not doing it right. They can't even zoom in properly on their program.
I take the images home and spend the next few hours removing thousands of dust spots and threads off the image before I can work it. The words that come out of my mouth would make any hardened crim shame in comparison.
I also usually have to stitch the photos back together to get to the size it was originally.
So...here is where I am at. I need a good scanner. But at the same time I need a printer (not for photos) but purely for text printing and printing labels onto discs.
So what do you all recommend as I am very limited to what I can get off the shelf here...so will more than likely order online. Show me what machine will get me away from the dust spots.
And don't anyone suggest HP.
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10/11/2006 05:14:14 AM · #2 |
What size prints and how much you want to spend?
Anything over 400 bucks, Epson is the way to go. Get one that has 3 blacks and 1.5 picoliter droplets if you can.
You might have to split the printer/scanner to get real quality. |
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10/11/2006 05:52:09 AM · #3 |
Yes, that was what I was thinking would happen with the printer/scanner. Is there a scanner that is larger than A4 out there?
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10/11/2006 06:08:22 AM · #4 |
Don't know about larger than A4, but for scanners consider
This V750 pro, this v700, or the older but still pretty darn good 4990.
I have the even older 4870 perfection and it can produce some very, very good scans.
For printing consider the Epson R800 (A4) or R1800 (A3) but neither are cheap, either to buy or to run. |
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10/11/2006 06:17:14 AM · #5 |
B&H Epson Scanner List. There are some that are available in tabloid size.
I have the EpsonV700 Scanner which is great but the maximum size is 8.5x11.7. |
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