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Re: Scanner advice



We have a Umax Mirage IIse with transparency adaptor.  We use it for 120mm, 4x5, 5x7, 6x8, and 8x10 b/w and color negatives (film and glass); and prints, maps, and drawings up to 11x17.  We have not been satisfied with the quality of scans for slides and 35mm negatives, so we purchased a Nikon LS-2000 slide scanner--it works like a charm.  Both of these are now over two years old, so I am sure there are newer, cooler machines from the same companies.

Scott Cline
Seattle Municipal Archives
600 Fourth Anenue, Room 104
Seattle, WA 98104
206-684-8353
http://www.cityofseattle.net/CityArchives 


>>> "Schmid, Peter" <PSchmid@PROVIDENCE.ORG> 03/14/02 01:25PM >>>
In looking at Evan's original post again I see that the requirement was for
11x17 prints, which the ScanMaker 4 cannot accomodate (it has a limit of 8
1/2" x 14").  Microtek may well have another that does larger scans, but I
know that the price goes up dramatically when you get into oversized
scanning beds.

Peter F. Schmid, CA 
Visual Resources Archivist 
Providence Archives 
4800 37th Avenue SW 
Seattle, WA 98126-2793 
Tel:  206-937-4600 ext. 1225 
Fax:  206-923-4001 
<mailto:pschmid@providence.org> 



-----Original Message-----
From: Evan towle [mailto:towle@ASTRO.OCIS.TEMPLE.EDU] 
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 1:06 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU 
Subject: Scanner advice


Apologies if this has been discussed recently...

Has anyone got a tip on a good and reasonably priced scanner that make
sense of:
 - 35mm negatives (b&w -- color would be great, but possibly a pipe dream)
 - 4x5 negatives, glass and otherwise (b&w)
 - photographic prints up to 11x17

Surely there must be a versatile flatbed out there that can do all this
reliably.

Evan Towle
        Assistant Archivist
        Urban Archives
        Temple University

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