[PLUG] Portable Scanner

[Bill Barry]

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Bill Barry wrote:
>
> > You can hardly go wrong with an Epson, most of them have "good" or
> > "complete" status in the Sane Compatibility table.
>
> Bill,
>
>   I noticed the excellent support for Epson, but none of them is
> particularly small. Carrying a full-page flatbed scanner is not as
> convenient as one designed for portability, even if the latter is slower.
>
> > perfection 1650 with Sane.
>
>   This model is no longer available. The numbers are much higher now. :-)
>
>
Yes, the new ones look tempting.   If you don't need a distortion free
image,  you can use a digital camera in a macro setting and just carry
around some type of tripod.

Bill