Message-Id: <199803202321.QAA45604@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 15:14:36 -0800 From: James Otto <mailto:jotto@ROCKY.CLAREMONT.EDU> Subject: Overhead scanner choice To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Greetings,Our institution is considering the purchase of an overhead scanner soon. To my knowledge there are only three makers of overhead scanners: Minolta, Zeutschel, and Image Access. We have been particularly interested in the Minolta EPIC 3000. The Zeutschel Omniscan is far more expensive (too expensive for us) and I only recently learned of the Image Access Bookeye scanner, which does not have the curvature correction software that the Minolta does (though Image Access says this is coming soon).
Does anyone on this list have experience with any of these scanners? In particular, has anyone used the Image Access Bookeye scanner? It is the one about which I know the least. Any recommendations or cautions? Considering that any of these constitutes a substantial investment, any advise would be greatly appreciated.
--James A. Otto Digital Projects Specialist / ERes Manager The Libraries of The Claremont Colleges 800 Dartmouth Claremont, CA 91711 (909) 607-7530 (Special Collections) mailto:jotto@rocky.claremont.edu
"In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before." --Terence, Eunuchus: The Prologue, v.41.