# Recommend a USB scanner with Transparency Scanning

From: The Doctor What (list.sane@docwhat.gerf.org)
Date: Fri May 18 2001 - 09:11:40 PDT

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  Hi!

  I was hoping someone could recommend a good scanner for me.

  Background:
  I have a UMAX Astra 610 or 620 scsi. It's okay, but getting this
  thing to work with my Adaptech 2940UW is next to impossible (I've
  done it before, but it's always a pain). That is, I can't even get
  my system to boot reliably, forget loading linux. In the past, it
  locked up my system often under Linux, less ofter under Win9x.

  So I thought I'd get a USB scanner, since USB seems to be working
  well under Linux.

  I'm looking for one that I can do transparency scanning with, as I
  am rather sick of having my carefully adjusted photos (I tend to
  take 3 or 5 of them, each with different f-stops, etc) all color
  corrected into mediocraty.

  I'm not looking to print photos with my scans (yet), so I don't
  really need 2400dpi scanning, but more is better.

  I have $200 I can spend on the scanner, but I may (or may not) go
  higher.

  I was looking at the Epson Perfection 1240U photo and 1640SU photo
  based on the Epson sane driver page page.

  What are other people's experience?

  Thanks for your time. :-)

  Ciao!

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