Searching for a Decent Scanner?

Posted by Cliff on Friday September 9, 2005 @08:20AM from the what-would-you-recommend dept.

Stumped about Scanners asks: "My little sister's scanner is acting up, so she's in the market for a new one. However, the software she wishes to use it with (some funkadelic 'music OCR' thing that lets you scan sheet music and transforms it automagically into MIDI files) claims that it doesn't work too well with HP scanners. And, truth be told, I've never known much about which scanners are good and which are crap. So, which scanners lately are decent? Which are crap? I know that DPI matters very little (just like it does in printers)-- it's quality that matters. Could the SlashDot community provide some info on which scanners (some from HP and some not from HP) are decent? Are there any quasi-reputable sites (a la Tom's Hardware?) that have reviews on such things?"

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Scanner... by zoloto · 2005-09-09 08:24 · Score: 0, Offtopic

for a second there, I thought you meant frequency scanner. Not image scanner :P

Not on topic, but I can't be the only one!
What a coincidence! by Black+Perl · 2005-09-09 08:27 · Score: 0, Offtopic

My little sister is acting up, too. And I'm looking for a new one as well.

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Grousing about rejections... by tivoKlr · 2005-09-09 08:29 · Score: 0, Offtopic

So I submit an ask slashdot looking for a nice VPN/firewall/router appliance for work and I get rejected and someone looking for a scanner for their sister so they can scan pokemon cards or whatever gets accepted.
Mods and Editors. Driving /. into the ground, one day at a time...

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band camp? by Geekboy(Wizard) · 2005-09-09 08:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

did your sister go to band camp? what instrument does she play? flute?

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