Pam, I have two scanners. A little more info than what you want, but something to consider is what I have to say. An EPson DS-560 for the fast scanning of things that can go through a feed-through. That's a stand-alone scanner. Not cheap, but excellent quality, and scans double sided. (review: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2473226,00.asp). The other is a MFP that I only use for the scanning of large items, and things too fragile for feed-through. http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/754435/HP-Officejet-7612-Wide-Format-Wireless is the one I got. The first scans I did with it are OriginalScan (left and right) here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ga25c3cl57dkbkr/OriginalScanLeft.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/jkupoxi26ouzd4k/OriginalScanRight.jpg?dl=0 Then I stitched them together using Adobe Fireworks, to get: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7dar3f1qqff9e85/1958-04-27-ABC-SS-panorama.png?dl=0 Then I broke it up into 4 pieces to crop and put on numbers and I have a spreadsheet for the IDs. https://www.dropbox.com/s/hsxs28pnsxe7iuy/1958-04-27-ABC-SS-panorama-part2.png?dl=0 - number 31 is me, holding my newly acquired first Bible. An 11x17 is the largest you can get w/o spending many thousands of dollars. If you want "quick" but can't afford both the feed through and the wide format, I'd go for the wide format. Once set up a default folder for all the scans to go to (I have one called TempScans), then I just stand at the scanner and use the menu on the MFP. Scan, open lid, put down another item, touch scan on the menu, repeat. I had a series of about 3 dozen 11x17 pages that I needed to scan, and got them done in a short time. When done, I go back to computer, open folder, and rename from the default img2015-08-23_0001 (0002 etc) to whatever I want, and move them to wherever appropriate. BTW, you can set the default name to prefix the date with something other than img. For instance I did a series of maps and so did map2015-08-23_0001 (0002 etc). -- Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA) "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap" kathryn@bassett.net http://bassett.net > -----Original Message----- > On Behalf Of Pam Wood Waugh via > Has anyone purchased a cheap MFP that scans old photos and docs pretty > well? Wading through reviews but none mention much about the scanning. > I'm not sure if I should just get a Canon scanner, instead. I don't really need a > good printer - my husband has one in his office, but I would like an > inexpensive MFP for my office just for an occasional printout but mostly for > scanning. I have hundreds of old photos I just inherited and would like to get > them done rather quickly. Anyone purchased one lately for under $100? Pam