Re: Flatbed scanner ... pros/cons

On 9/2/2024 12:24 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2024-09-02 05:13, Tom Elam wrote:

On 9/1/2024 7:25 PM, -hh wrote:

Looking at replacing an old Canon 'CanoScan LiDE 110' that seems to be fading away (bulb's going yellow).
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Its USB connected; I use it quite a bit w/MacOS's "Image Capture" app, and documents to PDF.
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Looking around at equivalents, I think I've narrowed it down to two:
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* Canon CanoScan LiDE 400
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* Epson Perfection V39 II
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It looks like both are currently supported in MacOS Sonoma 14.x
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Any particular plus/minus or other observations?  Cost difference is negligible ($80 vs $90).
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A couple of things that I've found:
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* Epson is USB-2 (disappointing) & has separate power supply
* Canon claims USB-C but not which flavor/version thereof.
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* Documentation isn't clear if the Epson supports scan-to-PDF.
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Thoughts?
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-hh

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Why a single purpose scanner when for a little more your can scan, print on paper/photo, and fax? Why USB? HP and others have all-in-one wireless devices with document feed for scanning multiple pages or can be used as a flatbed. My HP all-in-one supports 1200 dpi scans, do you really need more or is it an issue with the size of the scan bed?

 As usual, you spout off as if your situation is teh ony one that could be relevant.
 1200dpi is certainly more than adequate for printed documents, but only a complete ignoramus could be unaware of the fact that HH has been taking many, many photographs for many, many years.
 And while I'm suspect (I was going to right "sure" there, but unlike you, I don't pretend to omniscience) that almost all the pictures he takes today are taken digitally, it seems likely that he has at least some pictures taken the old-fashioned way that he might want to scan in digital form.

Except that in the statement above he says "I use it quite a bit w/MacOS's "Image Capture" app, and documents to PDF." and "Documentation isn't clear if the Epson supports scan-to-PDF." This indicates that he is more concerned about scanning documents, not pictures.
1200 dpi works for printed pictures unless you really want to blow them up.