- Lots of links to sources of information on every kind of scanner, especially for desktop publishing, in-house publishing, graphics design studios, and prepress. Covers scanner software such as LinoColor Elite from Heidelberg CPS and Silver Fast from LaserSoft Imaging. If you own a computer then one of your most important peripherals is a scanner. This site offers plenty of tips and helpful hints on how to select the best scanner for SOHO, photography studios, or other professional use. Entry level scanners for home use are not covered because there are already more than enough commercial sites what handle low-end flatbed scanners. To make it easier to navigate within this site here are enough internal links to keep you busy. Since the links automatically change colors as you visit their page, you can always tell which pages you have already visited (even if you visited them from elsewhere within the site).
A to Z INDEX of all internal links on this site
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3-dimensional scanning; scanning objects which are not flat with a "flatbed" scanne
Scanning funny little 3-D figures
3-D mascot on textile
Scanning 3-D objects on a Fuji C-550 Lanovia flatbed scanner; deep 3-D objects (horses)
Scanning Baby Blue in 3-D, so clear you can see the weave of the textile material.
A new flatbed scanner with impressive specs, a workhorse for prepress professionals.
35mm slide and film scanners including recommended scanner software, Silver Fast from LaserSoft Imaging.
Batch scanning of 35mm color slides (40 slides at a time in a single scan).
Negatives (best scanner software for color negatives, which are harder to scan than transparencies).
Nikon 35mm slide scanners.
Polaroid SprintScan 4000 slide scanner for 35mm slides and film
4x5 film scanners.
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AGFA flatbed scanners.
Agfascan XY-15, an excellent choice for a professional quality prepress flatbed scanner.
Same mechanics as Microtek flatbed scanners.
ACTion Imaging Colortrac Flatbed FB24120 new.
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Book reviews (on scanners or scanning).
"Color and Its Reproduction" 2nd ed, Gary Field, GATF Press.
"The GATF Practical Guide to Color Management,"
"Understanding Digital Color," 2nd edition, Phil Green, 1999, GATF Press.
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Cables (Ethernet, network, SCSI), BlackBox
CD burners, CD burner software
Cezanne flatbed scanner from Screen USA
Color management, Candela ColorSynergy color management software (now Pictographics), brief introduction.
Color management hardware (color measuring instruments, such as GretagMacbeth products).
Color management and ICC color profiles; books and articles on color management
Color negatives, the difficulty of scanning color negatives (scanners are made for slides, which are positives).
Contex scan to print.
Creo , iQsmart 2, iQsmart 3
Creo , EverSmart Supreme flatbed scanner
Creo , 35mm slides
Creo EverSmart Pro flatbed scanner makes good images for HP wide format printer
Creo , EverSmart Jazz , Jazz+, Pro II and EverSmart Supreme professional prepress flatbed scanners.
Ease of cleaning the scanner glass.
Scanning 35mm slides, 40 at a time.
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Databank media asset management.
Digital flip album CD Maker from e-book Systems.
Drum scanners
Directory of drum scanner manufacturers.
General comments on the advantages of drum scanners
Accessories for drum scanners, such as scanner wipes (Veratec Photex anti-static wipes)
ICG drum scanners
Used drum scanners
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Epson flatbed scanners, Epson expression, Epson perfection (warning, read this review before you buy one).
Exhibit quality prints from flatbed scans.
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Flatbed scanner reviews | flatbed scanner recommendations
Flatbed scanner wipes (to clean off fingerprints and finger oil).
Used flatbed scanners
FLAAR Digital Imaging Technology Center.
FLAAR, legal advisory.
Fluorescent lighting for digital photography with repro stand/copy stand overhead scanners.
Fuji C-550 Lanovia flatbed scanner.
Scanning 3D objects with the FujiFilm C-550 Lanovia flatbed scanner.
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Heidelberg, see LinoColor and Linotype-Hell (flatbed scanners).
Heidelberg Nexscan, a high-end prepress flatbed scanner with LinoColor scanning software
Howtek drum scanners, some models take ScanFast software; Howtek also sells ScanMate from ScanView.
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ICG, drum scanners.
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Kaiser Fototechnik, copy stands, repro stands, to make an overhead scanner
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Large format scanners: CST, Screen, and Colortrac
LinoColor (Heidelberg)
LinoColor Saphir Ultra2 (see entries below under Linotype-Hell).
LinoColor Circon
Linotype-Hell flatbed scanners from Heidelberg CPS (Germany), LinoColor CPS (USA).
Scanning 3-dimensional objects (horses).
Scanning Japanese dolls which are actually candy.
All kinds of 3-D objects can be easily scanned, how about a mushroom?
Scanning jewelry.
Scanning stamp collections.
Scanning gold coins and coin collections.
Teaching children to enjoy using a flatbed scanner.
Making your own designs (instead of copying stock photos or clip art).
Scans are good enough to allow enlarging image on wide format printer.
Using a flatbed scanner to create all kinds of graphic designs.
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Magazines (trade magazines on desktop publishing, graphics, etc.)
Macintosh PowerBook upgrades.
VST Zip drive and accessories for Mac PowerBooks.
10Base-T to 100Base-T (Fast) Ethernet
Microtek flatbed scanners, 9600XL
Monitors, Radius monitors for graphics and prepress
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Prepress scanners, Cezanne, Screen USA.
Prepress scanners, Creo , iQsmart.
Purup-Eskofot, copy dot scanners for prepress.
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Questions about what scanner to buy, via e-mail from readers of this site, with answers from FLAAR.
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Repro stand scanners (copy stand scanner systems).
Retouching old family photographs.
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Scanning collectibles
Scanning gold coin collections | silver coin collections
Scanning stamp collections.
Scan to print
Scanning for printing with a wide format (Hewlett-Packard 36" wide) printer.
Scan directly to a wide format printer (Vivid Image).
Scan to laser printer (directly from your QMS
Screen USA
Sheet fed scanners, roll fed scanners (large format scanners).
Silver Fast scanner software from LaserSoft Imaging.
Suggested printers to print scans in full color at any size.
Sponsors and corporate benefactors.
Storing digital images.
RAID systems
CD-R, CD-RW
Hard drives
DVD-RAM, DVD-RAM software
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Veratec, Graphic Arts Products (for drum scanners; scanner wipes for flatbed scanners).
Videssence fluorescent lighting for digital photography (overhead scanners on copy stands).
Vivid Image, scan-to-print systems.
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Wide format sheet fed roll scanners.
Wide format inkjet printers as good way to print scanned images.
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Last updated June 1, 2004