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On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, Barry Watzman wrote:

> Re: "Along the same line of sharing from AL, can you share with us what
> Equipment you use to scan books, manuals, and papers in order to archive
> them on bitsavers?"
>
> For anyone looking for a good scanner on a budget ......
>
> The HP 5470C and 5490C are available on E-Bay cheap (sometimes under $10)
> and these are very high quality high-end scanners that originally sold for
> $300 to $500 not all that long ago (2002).  They were PC Magazine's
> "Editor's Choice" and they are very hard to beat, even today, for either
> speed or quality.

I've got an Epson Expression 1680 with ADF that is particularly awesome.
Fast and reliable.

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