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Photo scanner/printer question

by nanllyn Feb 14, 2009 1:53PM PST

I have a ton of old family photos to scan into my computer. Very few have negatives but a few do. Most are just the photos. My question is. Is there a scanner that has an auto feeder that will work with photos? I didn't know if they made one. I know they have document feeders but wasn't sure if it would damage photos.
Thanks for your time.
Nancy

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I'm going with no.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 14, 2009 10:21PM PST

The finish on these prints are too soft for automatic feeding.

If you have a Windows 2000, XP machine see if you can find a HP P1000 like http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hp+p1000+photosmart+Scanner&btnG=Google+Search&aq=0&oq=
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http://www.shopwiki.com/search/HP_Photo_Scanner_1000_%28C9907A%29?loose=t

If you find one, you may find that at under 15 seconds per scan you can scan in quite a few photos without much ado.
Bob

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No!

by Joliet Eddie Feb 15, 2009 2:12AM PST

Not only will photos be torn by trying to document feed them, photos unlike documents rarely can be batch scanned to get good results. A fast scanner will help, but you will spend time with each photo. I've scanned in many old family photos over the years with great success.

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