Good scanner?

[KHHQ]

Have you looked into Kodak iQSmart Scanners? I know they have replaced a lot of drum scanners.

[prepresscolor]

Ryan, unless you are stuck on a new scanner, you might look to find a Heidelberg Topaz II or Nexscan that uses LinoColor software on an older OS 9.2 Mac. The optics are great, the scans are perfect, the software is strong, and the files can be sent to PC or Mac with Photoshop via .tiff files. The cost of one of these great machines, working well, is amazingly low for the quality you get.

[J_Lindgren]

Another great second-hand solution would be Lanovia Quattro from FFEI. It is a 350 x 420 mm device, connects to a Mac G4 and G5 via Firewire, the ColourKit software runs fine on OS X 10.4.11 (as for 10.5 - dunno. I even think someone got it running on Intel Mac but don't quote me on that...)
In the US it is also know it by the name Finescan 5000.

The scanner produces ICC-profiled RGB Tiffs, 8 or 16 bit deep, that can be processed on ColourKit to CMYK through your own press ICC profiles. The same application will also process any and all your digital shots, RGB scans from any third-party scanner and even re-purpose print-ready CMYK Tiffs - all through the same conversion engine, assuring consistent quality from any source.

They were sold in great numbers a couple of years back, so it shouldn't be difficult to locate one for sale.

[rtelhan]

Hi,

We have recently bought an Epson Perfection V750 Pro (scan size: A4/Letter) and totally switched our Crosfield/FFEI Celsis 6250 drum scanner off. The software package contains a good profiling software (Monaco EZ Color, complete with 5" x 7" reflection and 4" x 5" transmission targets) and a good scanning software (Silverfast AI 6).

This scanner also has an optional fluid mount attachment for scanning heavily scratched tranparencies.

Below are the links for the device and optional fluid mount accessory.

http://www.epson.co.uk/scanners/Epso...to-Scanner.htm

http://www.epson-store.de/cd/ld/cont...typo3_epson_de

http://knoware.epson.com/library/Ref...luid_mount.pdf


Refik Telhan
OFSET YAPIMEVi

[johnnyba]

We used the Epson Expression 1640XL-Graph Arts scanner (precursor to the 10000XL). Firewire and\or USB PC or Mac.
If your intersested in a slightly used scanner, it is for sale for a very reasonable price.

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/c...oType=Overview

[Colin Gilham]

The V750 Pro was reviewed by Print Week two years ago here in the UK and touted as a possible competitor to the heavyweights:
[http://www.printweek.com/news/652126...ion-V750-Pro/]

They put it down as a "good all-rounder with a film capability that's acceptable for medium-quality print work, digital copier or inkjets" but suggested that "if you can spend more, a combination of an A3 flatbed plus a 35mm film scanner might give you an ideal combination of size and quality."

The fact Print Week reviewed it at all means it must be a pretty good bit of kit. Well under £500 for a scanner with the spec of the V750 is amazing and the quality looks the same, I'm certainly tempted to buy one to replace our departed Tango drum scanner.

Another thorough review here:
[http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/int...50/page_1.htm]

Edited by: Colin Gilham on May 15, 2008 10:30 AM