I just need a scanner that I can put my drawings into the computer with, preferably under $150, but nothing so cheap that it has really low quality scans.
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I found that the best one for my buck and it was the HP 2575 all in one and it sold at office max but staples sold it to me for the best price and if you find it cheaper with in 30 days of your purchuse they will refund you the money. mine was $80 bucks good luck
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you could try picassa, it's from google and works pretty well\n\nhttp://picasa.google.com\n\noops, my bad... I thought it was online only but now there's a download.... sorry
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Ebay link below. You should be more specific when you say cheap though.
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First open up your photo editor program on your computer. Then select to get the photo from the scanner. When it has scanned, go to 'Save As' and choose jpeg.\n\nIf you don't have a good photo editor program, I've included a link where you can download PhotoPlus for free. It even includes an image optimizer which will show you how much space on your hard drive it will take to save a picture at each quality level.
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forget it, chuck it as it will continue to clutter and annoy you more a lexmark printer,scanner should cost you btween 40 an 60 pounds
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Buying a all-in-1 machine is the best route.  You'll have warranty protection, updated features and drivers, and save some desktop space.\n\nFurthermore, the older scanners will no longer have drivers for Win XP and beyond, and no technical support whatsoever.
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There are a lot of factors you should decide on.  What size are the originals, what do you plan on doing with the final scans, how much can you afford.\n\nIf all you want is to put them on the web, then relativly low resoulation scans will do, say 300 DPI (which any scanner will do), but if you want to print them out then a rule of thumb is scan them at twice the printer resoulation (if the printer prints at 600 dpi then scan at 1200).\n\nAnd if the originals are large (say larger than legal size) you would probably do better get a digital camera and take pictures of it.\n\nA scanner is fairly cheap, you can get a letter size scanner for under $100.
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When you need a printer - buy only printer -- and not a All in One.\nDisconnect the scanner part and try using the printer only.\nCheck by replacing Scanner cable.\nIf you try to make copy (without connecting it to a coputer) what it says?
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I recommend ACD See. It's user friendly and can convert all of your GIFS to JPEGS all at once (depends on how fast your computer is). Just go to www.acdsystems.com/products and you can download a trial version of it. It's fun to use for those who scan their comics and just read them in their computer.
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See if this suits your needs. I have it and it's free. Picasa2.\nhttp://picasa.google.com/features/features-edit.html\n.
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You can purchase a very cheap thumb print scanner, and use the PC for authentication. Then have the PC trigger a solenoid via the serial or parallel port. You could use a microcontroller instead of a PC, but you will need to program the microcontroller.
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online scanners are very dangerous.\n\ni recommend avast free home edition.  it is free.  updates are seemless (it updates virus patches and the actual program without having to download anything...it downloads and installs while you are connected to the internet).\n\nthe updates are from day to day and sometimes multiple times daily.  never had a virus with it..well never had a virus anyway...but all the people I know that have, love it, as I have introduced them to it.\n\njust register your name and email...and you get a key in your email to use.\n\nsorry forgot...heres the url ... http://www.avast.com
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◙ The very best virus scanners are free. Mcafee & Norton Antivirus are mostly hype and won't do as good as the free ones.\n\n◙ Download and install AVG. Use it first and see if it finds any viruses or trojans.\n\n► http://www.grisoft.com/\n\n◙ After running AVG go here and run this virus scanner online. There is no need to install it on your computer.\n\n► http://housecall.trendmicro.com/\n\n◙ Best spyware remover is Ad Aware. Download and instalkl the free version.\n\n◙ http://www.lavasoft.com/\n\n◙ Do yourself a favor and read their help and faqs pages.
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check canon hp and epson...
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Yes.  I have a Canon flatbed scanner that is capable of scanning b/w or color negatives.  I scan it, then print it out on my photo printer.  There are more expensive scanners that are strictly for negatives.  But, since I rarely scan negatives, I went for a $100 scanner.  This was several years ago.  These days, I am sure you can get the scanner for much cheaper.\n\nI use Photoshop to touch up the photos, if necessary, such as scratches or dust in the photos.
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I dont know the name of it but Howard Univ. Students had them here at work and you can open the notebook and scan, write onit like a palmpilot and do smething else cool.  It was small and they said it cost like 3000.  I think Hewlett or something.
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Temperamental little bugger, the LiDE 30. Had trouble with mine at work for a while over the whole "lock scanner" thing. Ultimately, had to reinstall a bunch of drivers on my computer and luckily the thing woke up when I went into the scanner software. If you do all this and it still doesn't function, send a note to the supplier, and see whether they'll be willing to send you a replacement.\n\nGood luck.