I just bought a Canon i960. I have not printed any text with it and may not as I still have my old HP that will probably do better for that. It does excellent photograhps both 4x6 and 8x12. It does not need the extra tab on the paper to print edge to edge. Canon makes an i860 that may be better for doing both text and photos. It has one less color cartridge an the black cartridge is bigger in the i860. For pictures I have found it best to use the same brand of paper that you have printer. HP paper in the Canon printer was a soggy and ugle mess. Tom Beth <[email protected]> wrote: Can anyone please give me their recommendations for a good printer? I would use it for the normal text printing, but also I would like to be able to print 'edge-2-edge' photographs as well. A4, I think, not A3. I don t think I could justify spending the additional money on buying the bigger format. Thank you in advance. Regards. Beth T. Risinger Home Page: http://www.t-risinger.com/ Webmaster for Eastern Nebr. Gun Club: http://www.engcinc.org/ Assistant Coordinator for Knox Co. NEGenWeb Proj.: http://www.rootsweb.com/~neknox/ Webmaster for The Butterfield Family: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~butterfield/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want.

Can someone help? I have Adobe Photoshop 5.0 LE. When I try to open a picture it says 'could not open "c:/... because an error occurred while printing'. Thanks.

did you scan it into LE5 or are you just trying to open it? You may have to re-install your LE5. It appears to me that there is a conflict in your software. I have never had this problem. . . so those are my best guess. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:31 PM Subject: [SP] Re: SCANNERS-PHOTOS-D Digest V04 #4 > Can someone help? I have Adobe Photoshop 5.0 LE. When I try to open a > picture it says 'could not open "c:/... because an error occurred while > printing'. Thanks. >

Can anyone please give me their recommendations for a good printer? I would use it for the normal text printing, but also I would like to be able to print 'edge-2-edge' photographs as well. A4, I think, not A3. I don t think I could justify spending the additional money on buying the bigger format. Thank you in advance. Regards. Beth

Well I've taken the plunge and ordered an Epson Perfection 4870 Photo scanner. It should be here tomorrow - I'll let you know how I get on with it! Regards Julie

Hello Julie, From what I read, it only scans in slide negatives. Regards George in Rochester NY Luck is when preparation meets opportunity! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Marriott" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 4:04 AM Subject: RE: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners Hello Bob I read your mail with interest. I have some black and white negatives from the 1940's and 1950's which I would love to be able to scan into my computer. They are about 3.5" x 2.5" (9cm x7cm approx). Most of the scanners I have looked at would only handle 35mm film or were prohibitively expensive. Could you confirm whether this scanner would enable me to scan the above negatives? If not does someone know of one that is reasonably priced which would allow me to scan these negatives in? Regards Julie -----Original Message----- From: Bob Battaglia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 February 2004 20:09 To: [email protected] Subject: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners At 10:22 AM 2/14/2004, you wrote: >Hello Bob >I believe that responding privately defeats the purpose of the list. I >for one, am glad to see people make their recommendations public. That is >what helps get the conversations going Thanks for your thoughts. I have sent several private answers already, but probably should have gone ahead and listed it here to start with. So here it is: The model I have is an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo. I got it at Best Buy for about $190. It scans documents, black & white negatives and 35mm color slides. The software with it is great and it includes Adobe Elements PhotoShop 2 - if you want to touch up. I really haven't used Adobe, the slides came thru without need for touch-ups. There are other scanners on the market, but this one works great and is priced right. You can read more about it on the Epson Scanner site at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye s&oid=35836301 I also bought a 2.0 USB card with 3 plug-in slots since my computer came with the 1.0 USB. It works either way, the 2.0 increases speed a little. I have been waiting for the Epson printer, R300. It is a six color printer that says that it prints labels on "ink jet printable" CD's. Retail is about $180. It is sold out all over the country. My order at OfficeMax is 5 weeks old now. The Epson website store is also out. Everyone is waiting for re-supply. Makes me wonder if there was a problem with it and they are re-tooling something. Epson responded to my email, stating they were just sold out and the retail outlets would get re-suppy before the Epson on-line store. See at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye s&oid=37472318 Hope this helps. These are my thoughts and not a commercial.

Julie, why not enquire at a good quality photo lab nearby to see if they can make contact prints or small enlargements from your negatives? You will need to look for a lab that is truly professional, not the "one hour" type lab. Most of those "quickie" type labs are ill-equipped to cope with anything other than the common variety film sizes. It may cost you a little, but you will then have quality prints to scan (as normal) into your computer. Lance Got Outlook? Get NEO and have instantly organized email... http://www.caelo.com/a/rl.php3?i=GKM65 -----Original Message----- From: Julie Marriott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, 15 February 2004 19:05 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners Hello Bob I read your mail with interest. I have some black and white negatives from the 1940's and 1950's which I would love to be able to scan into my computer. They are about 3.5" x 2.5" (9cm x7cm approx). Most of the scanners I have looked at would only handle 35mm film or were prohibitively expensive. Could you confirm whether this scanner would enable me to scan the above negatives? If not does someone know of one that is reasonably priced which would allow me to scan these negatives in? Regards Julie -----Original Message----- From: Bob Battaglia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 February 2004 20:09 To: [email protected] Subject: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners At 10:22 AM 2/14/2004, you wrote: >Hello Bob >I believe that responding privately defeats the purpose of the list. I >for one, am glad to see people make their recommendations public. That is >what helps get the conversations going Thanks for your thoughts. I have sent several private answers already, but probably should have gone ahead and listed it here to start with. So here it is: The model I have is an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo. I got it at Best Buy for about $190. It scans documents, black & white negatives and 35mm color slides. The software with it is great and it includes Adobe Elements PhotoShop 2 - if you want to touch up. I really haven't used Adobe, the slides came thru without need for touch-ups. There are other scanners on the market, but this one works great and is priced right. You can read more about it on the Epson Scanner site at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCooki e=ye s&oid=35836301 I also bought a 2.0 USB card with 3 plug-in slots since my computer came with the 1.0 USB. It works either way, the 2.0 increases speed a little. I have been waiting for the Epson printer, R300. It is a six color printer that says that it prints labels on "ink jet printable" CD's. Retail is about $180. It is sold out all over the country. My order at OfficeMax is 5 weeks old now. The Epson website store is also out. Everyone is waiting for re-supply. Makes me wonder if there was a problem with it and they are re-tooling something. Epson responded to my email, stating they were just sold out and the retail outlets would get re-suppy before the Epson on-line store. See at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCooki e=ye s&oid=37472318 Hope this helps. These are my thoughts and not a commercial. --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.588 / Virus Database: 372 - Release Date: 2004-02-13 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.588 / Virus Database: 372 - Release Date: 2004-02-13

Hi John Thanks for the information - especially regarding the "120" film! This scanner looks like just the thing I need, I will definitely be examining it further. Regards Julie -----Original Message----- From: John Ketcham [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 15 February 2004 15:20 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners While I've not seen one yet, I've been considering Epson's new scanner, the Perfection 4870 Pro, that also handles 2 1/4, 120mm, and 4x5, and scans at 4800x9600 dpi, at $449 list. It also includes a scanning technology that purportedly removes imperfections from the scan. If your film is actually 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 (also known as "120" film), this might fit the bill. Other Epson scanners also accept 120 film -- Epson's Perfection 2400 at $149 list and 3170 at $199 list, at lesser resolution. See Epson's website. Perhaps someone knows whether the transparency adapter can be modified to accept odd film sizes? John Ketcham -----Original Message----- From: Julie Marriott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 4:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners Hello Bob I read your mail with interest. I have some black and white negatives from the 1940's and 1950's which I would love to be able to scan into my computer. They are about 3.5" x 2.5" (9cm x7cm approx). Most of the scanners I have looked at would only handle 35mm film or were prohibitively expensive. Could you confirm whether this scanner would enable me to scan the above negatives? If not does someone know of one that is reasonably priced which would allow me to scan these negatives in? Regards Julie -----Original Message----- From: Bob Battaglia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 February 2004 20:09 To: [email protected] Subject: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners At 10:22 AM 2/14/2004, you wrote: >Hello Bob >I believe that responding privately defeats the purpose of the list. I >for one, am glad to see people make their recommendations public. That >is what helps get the conversations going Thanks for your thoughts. I have sent several private answers already, but probably should have gone ahead and listed it here to start with. So here it is: The model I have is an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo. I got it at Best Buy for about $190. It scans documents, black & white negatives and 35mm color slides. The software with it is great and it includes Adobe Elements PhotoShop 2 - if you want to touch up. I really haven't used Adobe, the slides came thru without need for touch-ups. There are other scanners on the market, but this one works great and is priced right. You can read more about it on the Epson Scanner site at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye s&oid=35836301 I also bought a 2.0 USB card with 3 plug-in slots since my computer came with the 1.0 USB. It works either way, the 2.0 increases speed a little. I have been waiting for the Epson printer, R300. It is a six color printer that says that it prints labels on "ink jet printable" CD's. Retail is about $180. It is sold out all over the country. My order at OfficeMax is 5 weeks old now. The Epson website store is also out. Everyone is waiting for re-supply. Makes me wonder if there was a problem with it and they are re-tooling something. Epson responded to my email, stating they were just sold out and the retail outlets would get re-suppy before the Epson on-line store. See at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye s&oid=37472318 Hope this helps. These are my thoughts and not a commercial.

Hi Lance Thanks for the suggestion. I did consider doing this, but as I have quite a few negatives and photographs (my father was a keen amateur photographer) it seems like buying a scanner to do this would be a good investment, provided I can get one at the right price. Regards Julie -----Original Message----- From: Lance [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 15 February 2004 09:36 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners Julie, why not enquire at a good quality photo lab nearby to see if they can make contact prints or small enlargements from your negatives? You will need to look for a lab that is truly professional, not the "one hour" type lab. Most of those "quickie" type labs are ill-equipped to cope with anything other than the common variety film sizes. It may cost you a little, but you will then have quality prints to scan (as normal) into your computer. Lance Got Outlook? Get NEO and have instantly organized email... http://www.caelo.com/a/rl.php3?i=GKM65 -----Original Message----- From: Julie Marriott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, 15 February 2004 19:05 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners Hello Bob I read your mail with interest. I have some black and white negatives from the 1940's and 1950's which I would love to be able to scan into my computer. They are about 3.5" x 2.5" (9cm x7cm approx). Most of the scanners I have looked at would only handle 35mm film or were prohibitively expensive. Could you confirm whether this scanner would enable me to scan the above negatives? If not does someone know of one that is reasonably priced which would allow me to scan these negatives in? Regards Julie -----Original Message----- From: Bob Battaglia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 February 2004 20:09 To: [email protected] Subject: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners At 10:22 AM 2/14/2004, you wrote: >Hello Bob >I believe that responding privately defeats the purpose of the list. I >for one, am glad to see people make their recommendations public. That is >what helps get the conversations going Thanks for your thoughts. I have sent several private answers already, but probably should have gone ahead and listed it here to start with. So here it is: The model I have is an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo. I got it at Best Buy for about $190. It scans documents, black & white negatives and 35mm color slides. The software with it is great and it includes Adobe Elements PhotoShop 2 - if you want to touch up. I really haven't used Adobe, the slides came thru without need for touch-ups. There are other scanners on the market, but this one works great and is priced right. You can read more about it on the Epson Scanner site at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCooki e=ye s&oid=35836301 I also bought a 2.0 USB card with 3 plug-in slots since my computer came with the 1.0 USB. It works either way, the 2.0 increases speed a little. I have been waiting for the Epson printer, R300. It is a six color printer that says that it prints labels on "ink jet printable" CD's. Retail is about $180. It is sold out all over the country. My order at OfficeMax is 5 weeks old now. The Epson website store is also out. Everyone is waiting for re-supply. Makes me wonder if there was a problem with it and they are re-tooling something. Epson responded to my email, stating they were just sold out and the retail outlets would get re-suppy before the Epson on-line store. See at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCooki e=ye s&oid=37472318 Hope this helps. These are my thoughts and not a commercial. --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.588 / Virus Database: 372 - Release Date: 2004-02-13 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.588 / Virus Database: 372 - Release Date: 2004-02-13

Listers, O to be able to buy goods at US prices, In Australia I purchased a 1650 for double this price 12 months ago in normal use I am happy with it. I just had a look at Epson site in Aust and they only have 1660 photo & 1670 photo. No price listed. This is away from what I wanted to put forward. With 1600 series at least the back light in the lid is max 60mm wide and is OK when scanning Slides and 35mm Film Negs. with the included Transparency Unit. But what if you have the older negs that are greater than the even smallish 90mm x 60mm negatives. To scan these you turn off the Thumbnail Preview and scan one at a time. I have found this very time consuming and at times very difficult to centre the negative. With silver side up locating it on the flat bed (I try to use a piece of glass to hold it in place) so as to scan the section of importance I also find to be very frustrating. These are also at original size, to look at any detail you are required to redo a preview. This requires marking the size and doing another Preview. Add this to the Preview speed, determined by the size of the Resolution. I try to preview at low Res and when scanning up grade the size of the resolution. Does anybody have any thoughts on this. Marshal Sydney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Battaglia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 7:09 AM Subject: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners > At 10:22 AM 2/14/2004, you wrote: > >Hello Bob > >I believe that responding privately defeats the purpose of the list. I > >for one, am glad to see people make their recommendations public. That is > >what helps get the conversations going > > Thanks for your thoughts. I have sent several private answers already, but > probably should have gone ahead and listed it here to start with. > So here it is: > > The model I have is an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo. I got it at Best Buy > for about $190. It scans documents, black & white negatives and 35mm color > slides. The software with it is great and it includes Adobe Elements > PhotoShop 2 - if you want to touch up. I really haven't used Adobe, the > slides came thru without need for touch-ups. There are other scanners on > the market, but this one works great and is priced right. You can read > more about it on the Epson Scanner site at > http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=35836301 > I also bought a 2.0 USB card with 3 plug-in slots since my computer came > with the 1.0 USB. It works either way, the 2.0 increases speed a little. > > I have been waiting for the Epson printer, R300. It is a six color printer > that says that it prints labels on "ink jet printable" CD's. Retail > is about $180. It is sold out all over the country. My order at > OfficeMax is 5 weeks old now. The Epson website store is also > out. Everyone is waiting for re-supply. Makes me wonder if there was a > problem with it and they are re-tooling something. Epson responded to my > email, stating they were just sold out and the retail outlets would get > re-suppy before the Epson on-line store. See at > http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=37472318 > > Hope this helps. These are my thoughts and not a commercial. > > > > >

I love keeping up with reviews ..and product updates: http://www.imaging-resource.com/SCAN1.HTM http://www.flatbed-scanner-review.org/35mm_slide_film_scanners/35mm_color_ne gatives.html http://www.scantips.com/basics13.html Here is a tutorial for scanning negatives into photoshop http://www.arraich.com/ps_tips_c1.htm Vickie

This scanner offers size needs and can scan up to 30 negatives a bit pricy but gives you an idea of what is out there... Microtek Scanmaker 9600xl F/mac http://www.photo.net/ezshop/product?product_id=3814 I was at our local comptuer supply not long ago and found a scanner that did it all and it priced about 250$ I was to busy and didnt make it back to pick one up ..but its still on my list of TO DO.. This is still up there in price but coming down~ HP PhotoSmart S20 Scans your Negatives & Slides! http://hardwarecentral.dealtime.com/xPR-Hewlett_Packard_HP_PhotoSmart_S20~RD -18544365188 and ever better priced is Canon CanoScan D1250U2F http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Canon_CanoScan_D1250U2F/4505-3136_16-8920760-2. html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Marriott" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 4:04 AM Subject: RE: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners > Hello Bob > > I read your mail with interest. > > I have some black and white negatives from the 1940's and 1950's which I > would love to be able to scan into my computer. They are about 3.5" x 2.5" > (9cm x7cm approx). Most of the scanners I have looked at would only handle > 35mm film or were prohibitively expensive. > > Could you confirm whether this scanner would enable me to scan the above > negatives? If not does someone know of one that is reasonably priced which > would allow me to scan these negatives in? > > Regards > > Julie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Battaglia [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 14 February 2004 20:09 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners > > > At 10:22 AM 2/14/2004, you wrote: > >Hello Bob > >I believe that responding privately defeats the purpose of the list. I > >for one, am glad to see people make their recommendations public. That is > >what helps get the conversations going > > Thanks for your thoughts. I have sent several private answers already, but > probably should have gone ahead and listed it here to start with. > So here it is: > > The model I have is an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo. I got it at Best Buy > for about $190. It scans documents, black & white negatives and 35mm color > slides. The software with it is great and it includes Adobe Elements > PhotoShop 2 - if you want to touch up. I really haven't used Adobe, the > slides came thru without need for touch-ups. There are other scanners on > the market, but this one works great and is priced right. You can read > more about it on the Epson Scanner site at > http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye > s&oid=35836301 > I also bought a 2.0 USB card with 3 plug-in slots since my computer came > with the 1.0 USB. It works either way, the 2.0 increases speed a little. > > I have been waiting for the Epson printer, R300. It is a six color printer > that says that it prints labels on "ink jet printable" CD's. Retail > is about $180. It is sold out all over the country. My order at > OfficeMax is 5 weeks old now. The Epson website store is also > out. Everyone is waiting for re-supply. Makes me wonder if there was a > problem with it and they are re-tooling something. Epson responded to my > email, stating they were just sold out and the retail outlets would get > re-suppy before the Epson on-line store. See at > http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye > s&oid=37472318 > > Hope this helps. These are my thoughts and not a commercial. > > > > > > >

While I've not seen one yet, I've been considering Epson's new scanner, the Perfection 4870 Pro, that also handles 2 1/4, 120mm, and 4x5, and scans at 4800x9600 dpi, at $449 list. It also includes a scanning technology that purportedly removes imperfections from the scan. If your film is actually 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 (also known as "120" film), this might fit the bill. Other Epson scanners also accept 120 film -- Epson's Perfection 2400 at $149 list and 3170 at $199 list, at lesser resolution. See Epson's website. Perhaps someone knows whether the transparency adapter can be modified to accept odd film sizes? John Ketcham -----Original Message----- From: Julie Marriott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 4:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners Hello Bob I read your mail with interest. I have some black and white negatives from the 1940's and 1950's which I would love to be able to scan into my computer. They are about 3.5" x 2.5" (9cm x7cm approx). Most of the scanners I have looked at would only handle 35mm film or were prohibitively expensive. Could you confirm whether this scanner would enable me to scan the above negatives? If not does someone know of one that is reasonably priced which would allow me to scan these negatives in? Regards Julie -----Original Message----- From: Bob Battaglia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 February 2004 20:09 To: [email protected] Subject: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners At 10:22 AM 2/14/2004, you wrote: >Hello Bob >I believe that responding privately defeats the purpose of the list. I >for one, am glad to see people make their recommendations public. That >is what helps get the conversations going Thanks for your thoughts. I have sent several private answers already, but probably should have gone ahead and listed it here to start with. So here it is: The model I have is an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo. I got it at Best Buy for about $190. It scans documents, black & white negatives and 35mm color slides. The software with it is great and it includes Adobe Elements PhotoShop 2 - if you want to touch up. I really haven't used Adobe, the slides came thru without need for touch-ups. There are other scanners on the market, but this one works great and is priced right. You can read more about it on the Epson Scanner site at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye s&oid=35836301 I also bought a 2.0 USB card with 3 plug-in slots since my computer came with the 1.0 USB. It works either way, the 2.0 increases speed a little. I have been waiting for the Epson printer, R300. It is a six color printer that says that it prints labels on "ink jet printable" CD's. Retail is about $180. It is sold out all over the country. My order at OfficeMax is 5 weeks old now. The Epson website store is also out. Everyone is waiting for re-supply. Makes me wonder if there was a problem with it and they are re-tooling something. Epson responded to my email, stating they were just sold out and the retail outlets would get re-suppy before the Epson on-line store. See at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye s&oid=37472318 Hope this helps. These are my thoughts and not a commercial.

Hello Bob I read your mail with interest. I have some black and white negatives from the 1940's and 1950's which I would love to be able to scan into my computer. They are about 3.5" x 2.5" (9cm x7cm approx). Most of the scanners I have looked at would only handle 35mm film or were prohibitively expensive. Could you confirm whether this scanner would enable me to scan the above negatives? If not does someone know of one that is reasonably priced which would allow me to scan these negatives in? Regards Julie -----Original Message----- From: Bob Battaglia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 February 2004 20:09 To: [email protected] Subject: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners At 10:22 AM 2/14/2004, you wrote: >Hello Bob >I believe that responding privately defeats the purpose of the list. I >for one, am glad to see people make their recommendations public. That is >what helps get the conversations going Thanks for your thoughts. I have sent several private answers already, but probably should have gone ahead and listed it here to start with. So here it is: The model I have is an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo. I got it at Best Buy for about $190. It scans documents, black & white negatives and 35mm color slides. The software with it is great and it includes Adobe Elements PhotoShop 2 - if you want to touch up. I really haven't used Adobe, the slides came thru without need for touch-ups. There are other scanners on the market, but this one works great and is priced right. You can read more about it on the Epson Scanner site at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye s&oid=35836301 I also bought a 2.0 USB card with 3 plug-in slots since my computer came with the 1.0 USB. It works either way, the 2.0 increases speed a little. I have been waiting for the Epson printer, R300. It is a six color printer that says that it prints labels on "ink jet printable" CD's. Retail is about $180. It is sold out all over the country. My order at OfficeMax is 5 weeks old now. The Epson website store is also out. Everyone is waiting for re-supply. Makes me wonder if there was a problem with it and they are re-tooling something. Epson responded to my email, stating they were just sold out and the retail outlets would get re-suppy before the Epson on-line store. See at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye s&oid=37472318 Hope this helps. These are my thoughts and not a commercial.

Julie, No single scanner "does it all." Purchased a Transparent Media Adaptor in 1996 to go with a large flatbed scanner when any equipment over 300 dpi was too expensive to consider for home use. Useful for large 2 1/4 inch slides or negatives but not adequate for 35mm slides or film. Original flatbed scanner with the longest glass is still in the computer room but hasn't been connected recently. Would probably still work with the dual boot computer that has Microsoft ME as well as XP Pro. TMA is like a full scanner in the lid and only works with one model of flatbed, not the 600 dpi purchased after the price dropped. The first film scanner was limited to 35mm cardboard or thin plastic slides and cut 35mm film. Maximum 2400 dpi, about 16 mb file from an uncropped slide. Other models can handle uncut film or have adaptors for APS film. Favorite flatbed scanner is a Microtek 5700 with a media adaptor built into the lid. It isn't as good for slides but does allow scans of "snapshot" size negatives. Some of the genealogy source documents must be scanned in two parts. -- Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Marriott" > I have some black and white negatives from the 1940's and 1950's which I > would love to be able to scan into my computer. They are about 3.5" x 2.5" > (9cm x7cm approx). Most of the scanners I have looked at would only handle > 35mm film or were prohibitively expensive.

I have a Canon 9900F and love it. Sally Fasano -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 3:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners I would be interested in knowing what scanner you have. Within the next two months I will be buying a scanner for slides and am trying to get all the information I can. Thank you.

I contacted rootsweb Nov 03,looking for the the mailing adds,as I don't keep an e-mail adds book,could not find and rootsweb informed me they where only supporting family history,which I am into. Nick Ashby Ann Winder wrote: >The last post was last year...welcome aboard, and please to start a >conversation! Ann > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Vickie" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 6:43 PM >Subject: Re: [SP] Film & Slide Scanners > > >>is the group talking and I'm not getting anything or is the last post >> >dated > >>11/2003 ? >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > >. >

Bob, You unknowingly just made my day! I too have a new Epson Perfection 3170 Photo that I only picked up to scan snapshots. The "extras" that came with it were stored away for some other time when I thought I might fiddle with them...or not. Now I've got the itch to dig out the boxes and boxes of slides gathering dust and see what magic might be preformed. Tom

absolutely!!!!!!!!!!! . . . right on!!!!!!!!!! give us the information, we will decide what to buy. Jake ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Mathis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners > Hello Bob > > I believe that responding privately defeats the purpose of the list. I for one, am glad to see people make their recommendations public. That is what helps get the conversations going > > Please reconsider and let the list know your opinion. > > Thank you > > George in Rochester NY > Luck is when preparation meets opportunity! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Battaglia" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 5:55 PM > Subject: Re: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners > > > At 03:58 PM 2/13/2004, you wrote: > >Name and model of scanner for 35mm slides, please. I have a great many from > >the 50's which I want to preserve on CD's for my family. > > I don't want to be accused of selling something, so I will answer you > direct to your email address. I only know the scanner I bought last month > works great compared to some of the earlier ones I had. > > > >

Yes, we have a strnage relationship with Rootsweb...last I knew we were listed under "Miscellaneous" in the mailing lists...I complained, and thought we should be "technical"...haven't been back to look. At any rate, word of mouth seems to keep us going. And please, don't send private messages, unless it has to do with private genealogical research...we're all learning here, and we don't consider comments and recommendations to be "ads". Keep on talkin! Ann Winder Listowner of Winder-L, Sifford-L, Scanners-Photos-L Homepage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~annieron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Ashby" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [SP] Film & Slide Scanners > I contacted rootsweb Nov 03,looking for the the mailing adds,as I don't > keep an e-mail adds book,could not find and rootsweb informed me they > where only supporting family history,which I am into. > > Nick Ashby > > Ann Winder wrote: > > >The last post was last year...welcome aboard, and please to start a > >conversation! Ann > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Vickie" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 6:43 PM > >Subject: Re: [SP] Film & Slide Scanners > > > > > >>is the group talking and I'm not getting anything or is the last post > >> > >dated > > > >>11/2003 ? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >. > > > > > >