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Hi Frank: THANKS for a less-costly alternative. I had a MicroTek way back for my first scanner in the mid-90's. It was an SCSI model and that's the only reason I don't use it now (none of my current computers have SCSI cards), aside from that it's slow. Yeah, it cost $300 back then even as a factory-refurb, but it made wonderful scans and had the best auto-color/auto-contrast settings I've ever used. 95+% of what came off the scanner needed zero work in Photoshop, I usually scanned right into Acrobat because I knew I could trust the results. It also put out reliably crisp text for easy OCR work. I will absolutely look at this large-format Microtek. I didn't know they were still in business, I figured HP and Epson had driven all the small guys out of the scanner biz by commoditizing the mainstream market at $50-75 for a home-use scanner. -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Strauss" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] large scale flat-bed scanner The Microtek Lab Scanner 9800 XL flatbed scanner with transparency adapter is becoming the scanner of choice for the dental profession because of its ability to scan panoramic x-rays. It is capable of usb, firewire or SCSI. I notice that it also has a pretty large scan bed, possibly large enough to accommodate lp album covers. They are available new at several locations online for about $1400 with the transparency adapter and somewhat less without. On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 2:32 AM, D P Ingram <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > We have the same scanner and so far have only positive comments (other than > its price!). > > Darren > > On 12 aug 2008, at 18.35, Rene' Payne wrote: > > I am using the Epson Expression 10000XL. I like it so much I'm buying a >> second one to keep up with the work flow. >> > > > ¦ D P Ingram ¦ Ab Ingram Oy ¦ > ¦ darren at ingram.fi ¦ www.ingram.fi ¦ > ¦ > ¦ +358 6 781 0275 (FIN) ¦ +46 8 5511 4995 (SWE) ¦ +44 203 014 3839 (UK) ¦ > ¦ extn 8001 > ¦ > -- Frank B Strauss, DMD