[P1] Suggestions for light duty scanner? [corrected subject line]

[Harry D. Corsover]

----- On 1/3/03 12:48 PM MDT (-0600), Brett Forrester 
<bforrester at macconnect.com> wrote, in part:

>Please share your recommendations (or adventures) for a light duty, 
>general purpose flatbed scanner that one can use with an iBook. I'm 
>interested in finally getting one to accompany my 500 MHz iceBook to 
>scan occasional photos and documents for image manipulation, OCR 
>maybe, and faxing document images. I have seen some of the super thin 
>CanoScan models in a nearby Apple Store, and they seem like likely 
>choices, but I wondered if I should try to locate a FireWire scanner 
>instead of a USB-connected type. What experiences have you had? 
>Warning stories? Reliable exposures?
>
>Curiously blessed by a nearby Apple Store,

I have an iMac 350 (pre FireWire) that I use one of those thin Canon 
Scanners with (FB63U). It's fine for what I do (mostly text pages, 
letters, and occasional magazine pages or photos) but is _very_ slow. 
We're talking about if someone wants a quick copy of something, it's 
faster to go around the corner and make a copy at the copy shop. I have 
nothing to compare it with other than an older SCSI scanner (which was 
very fast by comparison, but wouldn't work reliably with my USB-to-SCSI 
adaptor.

Best Regards,

Harry Corsover

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