Cuz Susan II , you might also buy a canera use to photo documents ,I use mine and it does well ,I sometime make the mistake where I use to much light. Just learning. Jimmie bill ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 11:31:38 PM Subject: Re: [WGS] Question for the pros Dear Cuz Susan II,   Wow, that is a good question, I know that most of the places I have gone, they won't allow the "brittle or frail" documents to be handled by anyone but them.... What I do is have them copy all doc's I want, then I scan them in at home on my "copier/printer"... The one that I have is a Epson Stylus CX4200 with a flat bed scanner. The scanner lid comes off so no pressure on the doc, or it the item is a book etc.. it won't squash it, and if the item is too large you can remove the lid and work around it.   I will keep an eye out on a portable scanner for you thou. Hugs Cuz Becky [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/ "'Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain " ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Knose" <[email protected]> To: "WYNNE GENEALOGY" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 6:22 PM Subject: [WGS] Question for the pros Hey Cuz's: Can anybody out there recommend a good portable scanner that I can take with me on "field trips" doing research? I want one that will scan flat brittle or frail documents, not the kind that "rolls" a document through it. Then I would download it to a PC later. Thank you! Susan Knose ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This won't answer your question, but one hint that I have found for better scans: When I am scanning the rounded side of an open page of a book, I get better scans if I tell my scanner (Epson X 6170) that I am scanning a "Color Photo" rather than "Black and White Text". Cuz Gary --- Original Message ----- From: "Jas Wilm" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [WGS] Question for the pros Cuz Susan II , you might also buy a canera use to photo documents ,I use mine and it does well ,I sometime make the mistake where I use to much light. Just learning. Jimmie bill ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 11:31:38 PM Subject: Re: [WGS] Question for the pros Dear Cuz Susan II, Wow, that is a good question, I know that most of the places I have gone, they won't allow the "brittle or frail" documents to be handled by anyone but them.... What I do is have them copy all doc's I want, then I scan them in at home on my "copier/printer"... The one that I have is a Epson Stylus CX4200 with a flat bed scanner. The scanner lid comes off so no pressure on the doc, or it the item is a book etc.. it won't squash it, and if the item is too large you can remove the lid and work around it. I will keep an eye out on a portable scanner for you thou. Hugs Cuz Becky [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/ "'Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain " ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Knose" <[email protected]> To: "WYNNE GENEALOGY" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 6:22 PM Subject: [WGS] Question for the pros Hey Cuz's: Can anybody out there recommend a good portable scanner that I can take with me on "field trips" doing research? I want one that will scan flat brittle or frail documents, not the kind that "rolls" a document through it. Then I would download it to a PC later. Thank you! Susan Knose ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message