Gotta agree with Joe here - the majority of the sub $100 scanners will do a pretty good job for most personal needs (well....take that however you want.) These guys http://www.microtek.com/product/product.htm actually have a great website that talks about the basics of scanners, and what is really important with regard to performance vs quality vs price (although their website can be butt-ass slow sometimes.) I bought one of their low-end models because pcconnection.com was running a rebate deal that made it $39, and it works like a dream for me. I do wish I had waited and gotten a USB model rather than parallel, since the USB ones are so much faster at sending data back to the computer. My $.02 JJ -----Original Message----- From: Joe Ferguson [mailto:coredump@coredumps.org] Sent: Thursday, January 07, 1999 11:36 AM To: Byron Bromley Cc: chile-heads@globalgarden.com Subject: Re: [CH] scanners I have a MusTek full page flatbed that I have had zero problems with. Cost less than $100. Not the best, but so far, I've never been unable to do whatever I wanted with it... ########## # # Visit CoreDumps.Org - http://www.coredumps.org # ########## On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, Byron Bromley wrote: > Noticed a few CH mentioning scanners. Who makes the > best economical one. ? > > Thanks > Byron > >