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**mairving** · 07-16-2001, 07:47 AM

It really just depends on why you want a scanner. I just bought an Astra 6400 Firewire scanner. It is quite fast but a bit more expensive than some of it's USB cousins. I do quite a bit of scanning so speed and image quality are essential. Software is a big part of what you pay for in a scanner. My last scanner was a Microtek SCSI scanner. It came with a full version of Photoshop 5.0. The scanner cost $300 but if I had to buy Photoshop, it would have cost me $600. Go figure.

You don't say what OS you are using. Windows 2000 can be more picky about scanners than Windows 98. I couldn't get my Firewire scanner to work at all in Windows 2000. I think because I installed the scanner first and not the software. After an unrelated format and re-install, it works perfectly.

07-16-2001, 07:47 AM	#6
mairving Staff Premium Member Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Arlington, TN Posts: 5,538	It really just depends on why you want a scanner. I just bought an Astra 6400 Firewire scanner. It is quite fast but a bit more expensive than some of it's USB cousins. I do quite a bit of scanning so speed and image quality are essential. Software is a big part of what you pay for in a scanner. My last scanner was a Microtek SCSI scanner. It came with a full version of Photoshop 5.0. The scanner cost $300 but if I had to buy Photoshop, it would have cost me $600. Go figure. You don't say what OS you are using. Windows 2000 can be more picky about scanners than Windows 98. I couldn't get my Firewire scanner to work at all in Windows 2000. I think because I installed the scanner first and not the software. After an unrelated format and re-install, it works perfectly. __________________ Want to Make $$$$ with your Computer? No Risk! Simply press shift-4 four times in a row