Hi CHARLES.

13-Oct-03 22:22:00, CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to ALL


 CA> Hello All -

 CA> I have a friend who needs to buy a new scanner and wants to get
 CA> something better than 'hobbyist' level that can do negative and
 CA> slides.

for imaging tranparencies a backlight is neeeded. this unit it a optional
available for most scanners (often called transparaency adaptor etc) it
replaces the lid. with it isntalled the scanner can still image paper too.
(this is still really hobbyist stuff)

 CA> Any recommendations, or caveats?

I like Canon and dislike HP mainly due to their support sites.
I'd not be suprised to find their internal hardware is all coming
from the same source,

i expect special scanners for scanning transparencies (negatives and
slides) may be avaialble that give better resolution than the typical
flatbed scanner gives as those media give better resolution than paper...
i also don't expect them to be easily affordable.

the easiest way to get more resolution from a negative is to get it printed.

 -=> Bye <=-

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