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

[David Gutierrez]

At 2:48 PM -0500 1/3/03, Brett Forrester wrote:

>[I hit send on my earlier message without correcting the subject 
>line. Oops, sorry.]
>
>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?


I attended a presentation by one of Apple's K-12 reps, in which she 
combined an iBook with a CanoScan and other assorted peripherals in a 
backpack as an ultimate student's digital lifestyle pack.
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David Gutierrez
drg at biomath.mdacc.tmc.edu