Tex
I have a HP Scanjet G3110 that costs $99 on HP website w/CCD technology
and it does a nice job. Hope this helps.http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/s...L2698A%2523B1H

Nice. Is it very portable/storable? My issue is that I don't have a permanent home for a scanner, so I plan to store it in the closet and use as-needed. As such, the reason the LiDE one caught my eye is because it uses the USB connection for power, but these CCD ones seem to require a separate power cord.

Tex,
It uses a USB connection and is very easy to use. I hope this answers your question.

Tex,

Don't know anything about this brand, but it appears to be portable.

http://www.eworldsale.com/microtek-m...795_27452.html

Thanks Anthony!

I just purchased the Canon 8800F. My scans just don't look the same as those posted. What settings are you using ? Output resolution ? Descreen? etc. Need help to make the images clearer. Thanks Mike

Canon 8800
 

I have Cannon 8800 and use the default settings. Its 300 DPI but beyond that I have no idea what settings can be adjusted but this is what comes out.

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/v...EWhitePSA4.jpg

I use the same model and set it to 600 dpi.

Rawn

Calvindog,

How did you scan your card in order to look that way. It scaned very nice. I have a Canon 4400F and I'm trying to adjust my scanner properly in order to get scans in high quality as yours.

Andy

8800F set to 600 dpi

I'm looking for the best way (not only DPI) all around with a canon 4400F. Does the door need to be up? How much light is needed in the room at the time of scanning? ect.... What is the ultimate way to scan a card in a PSA SLAB>

Using a CCD scanner with the door up will give a nice black background. The disparity between similar CCD scanners you see in this thread is mainly due to software scan settings (sharpening, color adjustment etc.) and not how much ambient light is in the room when the scan is taken.

Matt,

What is the method you use to scan and what program do you use? I have a Canon 4400f (which has CCD) and I also have Adobe Photoshop 7 to do the rest of the work. I'm looking to scan my CJ's for use in my set at PSA registry.

I have an HP L7780 Multi-Function (uses CCD) and use HP's software to scan. http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pAhpQ3jIX9M/Sm...0/scan0019.jpg

I found that, for me, the truest color comes with the following software settings (used for the scan above):
Highlights +25
Shadows -25
Sharpen Level Low
150 ppi

Mr. Steele
 

Could you please use another card? Tired of that T204 yet, name a price.

Rawn

I started researching scanners today. Based on some of these posts, I focused on the Canon 8800F. Calvindog's scans are amazing.
Have any of the board members using the 8800F had problems with it running on Windows Vista?

I realize this thread was originally and still is a bit off-topic.
Happy New Year from SC...
John

I use a HP officejet 7310xi all in one. I am very hapy with the mutliuse it provides as well as it being fairly reasonable in price.

HP Scanjet G3110 for $42.95 shipped

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=380185949340

I can NOT vouch for the seller and these are NOT new like the listing states, but re-furbished. I bought one and it is just like new and works great. It is everything anyone would need for in-depth scanning of slabs, refractors, etc...

I use an Epson Perfection V100 Photo Scanner...I purchased a new HP Officejet J4680 All-In-One when I had to buy a new computer earlier this year, but quickly moved all my scanning activity back to the old Epson.

Hi John,

I really liked the scans some (including Calvindog) were getting, so I purchased a Canon 8800F in 2009. I have only run it on a computer that has Vista o/s. I am using the software that came with the scanner, called PhotoStudio 5.5 to operate the scanner and edit the images. I'm very happy with the results.

Problems? Well, a few times the software froze when other programs were running - they seemed to interfere with each other. I think iTunes was one of the offenders. But for the most part it runs very effectively. All the scans on my Photobucket page were done with this scanner.

The most important thing will be for you to learn about proper scanning. There is a lot of misinformation out there (dpi is the big one!). There is a site that we always tell people about that is great for scanning tips. You can check it out at http://www.scantips.com/. Hope that helps!

Canoscan 4400f
 

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/u...tT206Front.jpg

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/u...atT206Back.jpg

A modern card too...

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/u...eBay/Lopez.jpg