Ultra-Exciting Scanners Thread!

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Printhanox

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Yes, I need a scanner. Doesn't that just fire you up inside? I mean, wow, I'd be excited if I were reading about someone's wanting a scanner.

Er.. yes. Anyway, needing a scanner, I have been unable to find a review site that has any extensive coverage. I am going to be scanning a lot of documents, so OCR is top priority, and a document feeder would also be nice. I need to be able to scan legal-size paper, too. Other than that, it could be completely no-frills and I'd be fine with it. Any suggestions / links are appreciated.
 
Cnet has some good reviews. I am really liking our new HP scanners with the see-through cover.
 
Probably a stupid question (not like that's ever stopped me before), but I'll ask anyway: Are you looking for just a scanner or something like an all-in-one with OCR?
 
foenix said:
Probably a stupid question (not like that's ever stopped me before), but I'll ask anyway: Are you looking for just a scanner or something like an all-in-one with OCR?
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Nah, pretty much set in the printing and copying department. The scanner is needed simply for archiving purposes.

Good OCR is important because many of the documents I will be working with are badly-preserved carbon copies of papers from the early 1900's and even the late 1800's. Now, if I could find hand-writing recognition in a scanner for the stuff that was written before type-writers became common, that would be even better.
 
Printhanox said:
...hand-writing recognition in a scanner for the stuff that was written before type-writers became common, that would be even better.
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AND incredibly hard to find,too ;) looked here already?
 
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