Hello RaynLois, This information to Sherry is very helpful to me, also. I have just bought an HP Scanjet 7450C. I ordered the document feeder to help with old family accounts and the slide scanner to help with old family slides. So, it will do negatives too? I have old family pictures where I have given away the print and have only the negatives. I am still in the process of learning to manage the main scanner. But I do plan to learn to use the slide scanner soon. -- Best regards, Mary Thursday, January 16, 2003, 12:04:49 PM, you wrote: R> Scanning slides/negatives provides much greater resolution than scanning R> from prints. Also, once you start scanning slides/negatives and find how R> easy it is, you'll be digging into closets and old boxes looking for things R> to scan. I found some slides my Dad took back in the 40's and 50's. R> When the transparency unit is turned on the Epson Twain driver gives three R> option's - flatbed, negative TPU or positive TPU (TPU being for R> transparency unit). Select positive for slides and negative for negatives. R> I found the color translation to be fantastic. R> Ray R> At 1/16/2003 09:17 AM, you wrote: >>The cool thing about this 1660 is that it has a built-in transparency >>adapater, but that makes the unit pretty tall and bulky looking. Funny >>thing - it looks big next to the units on the shelf but when I got home >>and measured my Umax, the Epson was actually 2" smaller all around and >>about the same height! Just goes to show how much scanners have shrunk >>since I bought my Umax! >> >>I don't know how much scanning I'll do of slides and negatives though. >>Which leads me to another question. When you scan negatives, do they >>come out positive or negative? Is it like making contact prints of the >>negatives? Of course, with the photo editing software, I can always >>make them positive if they're negative and enlarge them. What about >>color negatives? Will those "reverse" to true colors ok? >> >> >>Sherry >> >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: RaynLois [mailto:[email protected]] >> >Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 8:54 AM >> >To: [email protected] >> >Subject: Re: [SP] New scanner >> > >> > >> >Sherry, >> > >> >We've had an Epson 1240U for over a year now and love it. >> >After a couple >> >months we sprung the $80 or so to get the transparency unit >> >(had to order >> >it directly from Epson, since most stores don't carry them). Have had >> >absolulely no problems with it - running Windows 98SE and >> >Windows XP Pro in >> >a dual boot configuration. >> > >> >Ray >> > >> > >> > >> >At 1/16/2003 07:24 AM, you wrote: >> >>Hi all, >> >> >> >>I currently have a Umax Astra 2100U which I've not been happy with. >> >>Scans never look close to the original (it takes a lot of color >> >>adjustment to make it look halfway decent) and the software crashes >> >>after a couple of passes. The scanner I have my eye on is >> >more than I >> >>want to spend, but it's gotten rave reviews - the Epson Perfection >> >>1660. Any comments? Is there a similar one that doesn't cost >> >as much? >> >>(I can get it for $172.00). >> >> >> >>Umax support is non-existant..... >> >> >> >>I have Windows 2000, 384 MB of RAM and an Athlon 900 mHz processor. >> >> >> >>Thanks, >> >> >> >>Sherry >> > >> > >> > >> >