Scanner

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by raulus

Hi Leon:

Can't speak to the V600, although it does seem very popular amongst a lot of posters.

I bought this scanner about 6 months ago:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

A few observations:

No issues with windows 11.
It does a good job of scanning depth. So the backs of your graded items end up sharp and not fuzzy.
The scanning area is big, so you can fit really large items, including PSA jumbo holders.

About the only drawback is that it's massive. So if real estate is at a premium in your place, then this might not be a good fit. And while it's not cheap, it's certainly a lot less than some of the scanners out there that run $4k.

I've been scanning a lot of my items and uploading them to PSA, so if you want to check out the results, here is my master mays set album, which should give you a pretty good idea:

https://www.psacard.com/psasetregist...t/album/290520

That's a very interesting scanner, and a pretty awesome collection.

I may have to keep it in mind should my V700 ever crap the bed. I've always wanted a scanner bed that big, but they were always cost prohibitive at anything above a standard 81/2" x 11" or so. While that's not cheap, it's way cheaper then when I was looking at large format scanners several years ago.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

That's a very interesting scanner, and a pretty awesome collection.

I may have to keep it in mind should my V700 ever crap the bed. I've always wanted a scanner bed that big, but they were always cost prohibitive at anything above a standard 81/2" x 11" or so. While that's not cheap, it's way cheaper then when I was looking at large format scanners several years ago.

Thanks. The biggest issue for me was definitely being able to scan larger format items. That and items with any depth always ended up fuzzy on my combo printer/scanner.

[Leon]

Generally speaking, "everyone" isn't wrong. I put a V600 on order a few days ago...thanks for the suggestions!
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[Leon]

V600. Good suggestion. Seems to work very well....

[Wanaselja]

Quick question - I just grabbed a V600 and plan to scan and then post my T206 HOF portraits. Admittedly I haven’t tinkered around too much but was wondering how members get a black background to show through their PSA slabs so the contrast between PSA and SGC isn’t so stark. Is it a setting or simply using black paper? Thanks in advance.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Wanaselja

Quick question - I just grabbed a V600 and plan to scan and then post my T206 HOF portraits. Admittedly I haven’t tinkered around too much but was wondering how members get a black background to show through their PSA slabs so the contrast between PSA and SGC isn’t so stark. Is it a setting or simply using black paper? Thanks in advance.

I just removed the cover of a black vinyl spiral note book and use that, durable and covers the whole scanner bed.

[Wanaselja]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

I just removed the cover of a black vinyl spiral note book and use that, durable and covers the whole scanner bed.

Excellent. Thank you Phil!

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Wanaselja

Quick question - I just grabbed a V600 and plan to scan and then post my T206 HOF portraits. Admittedly I haven’t tinkered around too much but was wondering how members get a black background to show through their PSA slabs so the contrast between PSA and SGC isn’t so stark. Is it a setting or simply using black paper? Thanks in advance.

Another option is just to leave the lid open. As long as you don’t have a lot of light flooding the room, the background on my scanner comes though as black that way. With my scanner, I seem to get even better results than when I use a background. You’d have to try it out to see whether it works with yours too.

[Wanaselja]

Originally Posted by raulus

Another option is just to leave the lid open. As long as you don’t have a lot of light flooding the room, the background on my scanner comes though as black that way. With my scanner, I seem to get even better results than when I use a background. You’d have to try it out to see whether it works with yours too.

This worked. Thank you.