sorta card related: what scanner do you use?

[cntryislandboy]

i've always just taken pictures of my cards, but after looking at lots of buckets, ebay listings, inventory pics on here, i think i am going to start scanning. i figure maybe little more time consuming, but at the same time not cropping, transfer to cpu, etc. now to my point

i currently have a HP F4280 and i think it's TOTAL GARBAGE, i can scan some they scan perfect, some i have to crop, some half chopped off, put it this way, on lunch today took me about an hour to get 11 scanned in, oh yeah and it scans very slow.

so what do you guys use, a dedicated scanner, or all in one device

any advice appreciated, thank you in advance

[sandlotcards]

From what I understand there are two types of scanning technology; CCD & CSI. CCD is supposed to be better for scanning baseball cards. I used to own a csi scanner and I was not happy with the scans. I switched to an Epson v330 last year and the results were much better. After scanning I still need to go and widen the cropping area so the whole card shows but that seems to be common with a lot of scans, in the end I get the whole card in the scan.
If you look at the second entry in my blog at http://sandlotcards.blogspot.com titled What's Wrong With These Cards you will see a sample scan (note the freehan cards is off center, it didn't get cut off).
Good luck.

[bangsportscards]

Good question.

I've thought HP were the top line brand.

I know the DPI setting determines the picture size. And 75 DPI is about the actual size of a standard card.

I'm too on the lookout for a nice scanner. One with manual DPI would be great.

What I've done is catch a good scan when browsing and contact the person for details.

Brian

[cntryislandboy]

hey guys thanks for the responses

sandlotcards- that is one of the scanners i'm looking at, going to check out the article now

uscgamecocks- that's a good idea, i don't think it's so much as hp is bad, i've just had bad luck with a few of there products, and the scanner i'm using is just a $50 all in one machine, next time i'm going to spend a little more, so you might have better luck if you go hp,it's just my expierence that's all

[jdawg]

i use a lexmark x2600...its a cheapo..paid like 45 on sale..i have had it for close to 2-3 years and have printed over 1000 pp postage labels and scanned around 2000 times and its still running strong...the ink is mid rang cost wise...35 for a pair of black and color ink...but its not all that bad

[andrewhoya]

Brother MFC. 600 bucks for garbage.

[patriotsguy]

I have a HP 3 in one scanner/copier/printer and never had a problem. I can adjust the DPI to whatever I want ( I use 75) the higher the DPI the larger the file size.

Can fit about about 9 cards and crop them all to fit and it will all save in seperate files.

[twinsfan48]

I have a HP 3 in one scanner/copier/printer and never had a problem. I can adjust the DPI to whatever I want ( I use 75) the higher the DPI the larger the file size.

Can fit about about 9 cards and crop them all to fit and it will all save in seperate files.

I just got a brand new HP OfiiceJet 6500 E710N-z copier, scanner, printer, fax, etc. for Christmas. Does anyone else have this one??

What's this DPI thing you guys are talking about?? I would like my scanner to automatically crop down to the actual card size when I lay it on the scanner.

Maybe I could even learn to do 9 of them at once...please explain.

Thanks,
Brady

[bangsportscards]

DPI determines the size of the images!!!

150 is around twice the size of a standard card while 75 is about right on actual size!

Brian

[SingleDaddyof2]

...Maybe I could even learn to do 9 of them at once...please explain.

Thanks,
Brady

Scanning multiple items at once so that they result in separate image files is called "batch scanning" and it's a great feature. I found a pdf file of the machine's user manual on the HP website and unfortunately, it doesn't look like your machine's software has the "batch scanning" feature. However, their is free batch scanning software available online. Just google "batch scanning software free". Hope that helps.