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| Thread ID: 143570 | 2017-02-14 21:04:00 | A3 scanner recommendations | Sirhc (15872) | PC World Chat |
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| 1431901 | 2017-02-14 21:04:00 | I'm looking at tackling an archival project, an A4 scanner is too small and there will be a high a volume to scan and joining pages together doesn't appeal! Are the entry level $1,000 - $1,300 models any good, and which make/model is recommended? These are the few I've looked at. www.pbtech.co.nz www.pp.co.nz (out of stock at present) And there's a few on Pricespy although most appear to be out of stock as well. pricespy.co.nz |
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| 1431902 | 2017-02-18 22:51:00 | I would ask management at the Stationery Warehouse about what they recommend, or do your scans (www.warehousestationery.co.nz) (scanning costs) at their premises. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1431903 | 2017-03-06 08:22:00 | From the first two, I'd get the Plustek OpticPro A320. In my experience, I have found that CCFL lamps provide better results in scanners than LED. If you have a lot of documents, you're going to want something as fast as possible. They claim "Fast scanning speed of 8.5 seconds for an A3 size color document at 300 dpi" That's reasonably fast for a flatbed, and you'll find you probably spend more time putting the paper into the scanner anyway. The question is, how fast does it go at higher resolutions, if you want them? 300 dpi might not be enough if you have a lot of fine detail in the documents. On the other hand, a real copier is crazy fast, especially sheet-fed, but is it worth the hassle and cost at somewhere like The Warehouse? (Who I'm not sure actually do scanning, maybe just copy\print) In addition to this, how sensitive are the documents? Modern copiers save everything they scan (and print) to an internal hard drive with no guarantee of erasure. |
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