Scanner? (1 Viewer)

[velox]

I need to buy a scanner, pref usb2. Looking to spend around $100, will probably buy from msy. I think there was a good epson one with a film scanner built in for only around $95 or should i just buy a cannon lide one? Any suggestions? Thanks!

 

[fatmuscle]

canon lide20!!!

 

[jm1234567890]

scanners with power supplys are so annoying, never getting a non lide one again.

 

[fatmuscle]

what if u decide getting a printer/scanner ?

 

[velox]

so lide ones have an inbuilt power supply?

 

[fatmuscle]

that's where you have to do ur own research!

I just wanted a small scanner that worked
and the lide20 was the best for me at the time and most convenient for me to get.

does exactly what i want it to do and looks nice

 

[velox]

ive actually decided id like an automatic document feeder, as ill probably be scanning quite a few pages at a time, any recommendations?

 

[fatmuscle]

like a lexmark?

 

[velox]

ic, ill probably go to HT on monday, cos i cant seem to find many with auto feeders

 

[Winston]

I remembered reading that having a seperate power supply is better as opposed to getting power from the USB.

 

[Callistogenic]

I remembered reading that having a seperate power supply is better as opposed to getting power from the USB.

In what ways? You don't need to carry around with you an extra power supply, and the Lide scanners themselves are extremely compact. I've owned an early Lide scanner for about 3 years, and its still working perfectly. (So that should give an idea of reliability.)

The only time you'd need an additional power source for the scanner would be when you are driving other devices off the USB ports, and can't supply any more power. The easiest workaround would be to buy a powered USB 2.0 hub and connect the scanner to that. Still works the same. (Although you then have that power pack problem - So I'd try and keep the amount of USB devices on a port to a minimum, and connect the scanner directly.)

 

[Winston]

In what ways? You don't need to carry around with you an extra power supply, and the Lide scanners themselves are extremely compact. I've owned an early Lide scanner for about 3 years, and its still working perfectly. (So that should give an idea of reliability.)

The only time you'd need an additional power source for the scanner would be when you are driving other devices off the USB ports, and can't supply any more power. The easiest workaround would be to buy a powered USB 2.0 hub and connect the scanner to that. Still works the same. (Although you then have that power pack problem - So I'd try and keep the amount of USB devices on a port to a minimum, and connect the scanner directly.)

Not really... you can daisy chain up to 127 devices, and it would be fine still.

 

[sunny]

Not really... you can daisy chain up to 127 devices, and it would be fine still.

127 devices is only USBs ability to address them - not to power all of them simultaneously. Self powered hubs tend to give about 500mA per port, and 100mA for bus powered ports.

 

[velox]

i think one with an auto doc feeder will need a separate power supply

 

[fatmuscle]

i think one with an auto doc feeder will need a separate power supply

i think so too