Over the years the prices of scanners have dropped drastically both in the home andoffice. With as little as $89.
00 dollars anybody can own a scanner. Although a scanner that ispurchased for $89. 00 may not have all the features or functions that a $1000. 00 scanner mayhave, for home use it will be more than sufficient. Unless you are a graphic artist or aphotographer who having the added features and functions, could determine getting your jobdone, a cheaper scanner will do just fine. With a less expensive scanner you may only be able toscan documents and photographs, while with a more expensive scanner you will be able to scantransparencies, 35 mm film and slides.
(http://findarticles. com)Also with a more expensive scanner the speed at which the scanner processes the scannedinformation is much faster than that of a less inexpensive scanner. Ultimately it is up to you theconsumer to decide which scanner is best for you and how much money you are willing or able toI visited a few web sites and look at an inexpensive scanner compared to an expensiveAlthough this next scanner is not your typical scanner I thought it was worth mentioningbecause it is new and quite unique. The IS-22 Scanner (color image cartridge) is manufacturedby Canon. This scanner cartridge is currently priced at $90.
77. It is not your typical scanner. When you think of a scanner the typical flatbed scanner or hand-held scanners is what theconsumer thinks of in a scanner. This scanner cartridge works with a Canon BJC-4300 Seriesprinters.
You will receive a color image scanner cartridge which transforms your printer into acolor sheetfed scanner. You can scan mostly everything that a normal inexpensive scanner willscan. It will scan in color, black and white photos, magazine articles, documents and more. Thisscanner cartridge will save you space and money.
To operate the scanner software associatedwith the BJC-4300 Series printers is quite simple. After loading the scanner cartridge softwareyou are ready to scan. You simply put whatever documents you want to scan in your printer andtell the scanning software what you want to scan. It is that simple. The UMAX PowerLook lll Professional Scanner is a flatbed scanner. The current pricefor this scanner is $1099.
99, it is manufactured by UMAX Computer Corp. The quality of thisscanner is impeccable. You will get very realistic images from this scanner. Besides scanningdocuments and photographs, it will also scan slides, transparencies, negatives, and reflectiveoriginals.
You can also crop and scan up to 12, 35mm slides. You can scan 35 mm film and thelargest document you can scan is 8. 5 x 11. 7. It also captures fine details in shadow areas.
This type of scanner works similar to a copymachine. You simply place whatever information you want to scan onto the bed of the scanner,close the lid and chose to scan the image. Just as with any other type of scanner you can chooseto print, save to file or disk, or both. (http://wwwjandr. com)With both scanners you want to make sure that you load the scanning software into yourhard drive.
A dialog screen will pop up that will help you with the installation of the software. Your scanning equipment will come with directions on how to operate your particular scanner. How to troubleshoot. Numbers to call if you should need technical support.Bibliography: