Like Patt, I'm on about my third Canon Lide portable scanner in 20 or so years. Lightweight, inexpensive, easy to take to relatives' and libraries. I would recommend one of those (or something similar) rather than focusing on MFPs. (My brother has my previous one.) Karla On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Patt Ricketts via <tmg@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I use a Canon Lide210 scanner. It is a portable model that I can travel > with. It doesn't have an electric plug it get it power from the computer. I > think it cost about $30 when I bought it a couple of years ago. > > I think this is about the 3rd Lide I've had over the years. I had to > upgrade once because the old Lide wasn't compatible with a new version of > windows. The next upgrade was because the one I have now was on sale and my > husband wanted a scanner. He got the old one and I got the new one. <g> > > It's nice when visiting a relative to be able to scan photos they have. > > Patt > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Pam Wood Waugh via <tmg@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > > > 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 > > The TMG archive is found here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > -- > Patt Ricketts > www.jackandpatt.com > The TMG archive is found here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- Karla Huebner calypsospots AT gmail.com