Joe wrote:

>                 Can someone here recommend a good Flatbed Scanner for about $100? Any
>
> warnings of models to keep away from? Any help appreciated.

Joe, I ran into the Same problem with Kinko's. I need a bunch of pictures scanned. They
wanted like $110 for the job. I went next door to CompUSA and found a parallel
interface UMAX Astra scanner for $79. You can probably bet a USB interface unit for the
same money nowadays.

It's sitting on my desk now and works great. It is plain and simple. No whistles and
bells. No scan button on the front. Everything is software actuated. But it gets the
job done. If I want it to, it scans with a resolution far greater than any that I will
ever use unless I want to have an image published. Most color scans that I work with
are done at 300 dpi and that is plenty. For black and white scanned records 150 dpi is
plenty.

Anything you want to publish on the Net works best at 72 to 96 pixels because of the
speed of loading. Any greater resolution, while nice, takes forever to load. But for
faxing purposes, if you scan at 150 dpi the records should be fine.

Good luck.

John Rodgers
88 Gl Driver