Looking to buy a scanner

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:09:02 am

Hey guys,
I'm looking to buy a scanner so I can scan art and comics, any suggestions?
I'd like to spend under $100.
What do you guys have and how are they treating you?
thanks

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:21:08 am

dino wrote:Hey guys,
I'm looking to buy a scanner so I can scan art and comics, any suggestions?
I'd like to spend under $100.
What do you guys have and how are they treating you?
thanks

You will not be able to find a scanner that will be large enough to scan 11 x 17 artwork for under $100.00. The cheapest you will find for 11 x 17 would be at least $200 to $300. I use a Mustek A3 USB. It was about $350. It is only 600 DPI but that is plenty for 11 x 17 B&W artwork. It is also fine for color scanning for posting online. If you need higher quality for color you can get "normal" size color scanners under $50.00 that are really good and have 1800 to 2400 DPI.

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:27:53 am

I was thinking of either getting a really old second hand 'large scanner' or a new 'small scanner' and scanning the art piece by piece and putting it together in photoshop. Any suggestions for the smaller scanners?

chimchim · Post by **chimchim** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:26:50 am

The Mustek A3 usb goes for about $150 now.

I think I got it from Provantage.com. Good for scanning Large Comic art, not good for much else

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:39:04 am

chimchim wrote:The Mustek A3 usb goes for about $150 now.

I think I got it from Provantage.com. Good for scanning Large Comic art, not good for much else

Wow the price has really come down on it. I got mine 2 years ago and most 11 x 17 scanners were at least 600+ and good ones 1000+. I have been really happy with mine. 600 dpi is high enough to scan B&W artwork for printing but not so for color.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:54:48 am

chimchim wrote:The Mustek A3 usb goes for about $150 now.

I think I got it from Provantage.com. Good for scanning Large Comic art, not good for much else

This is a good scanner.

As for using PS to assemble the page after the fact; it's a major pain in the arse.

qrnd · Post by **qrnd** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:43:20 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:As for using PS to assemble the page after the fact; it's a major pain in the arse.

I completely agree with that statement and encourage anyone looking to buy a scanner for scanning full size art to avoid the smaller models.
Piecing a paneled page together is annoying enough, putting together a full page splash is a joke.

loyloyola · Post by **loyloyola** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:54:41 pm

I have an Epson scanner. Pretty good but NOT 11x17 I think they are in the $100+ range now, used to be like $200+ or something.

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 12:39:58 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:
chimchim wrote:The Mustek A3 usb goes for about $150 now.

I think I got it from Provantage.com. Good for scanning Large Comic art, not good for much else

This is a good scanner. As for using PS to assemble the page after the fact; it's a major pain in the arse.

Thanks for the tips guys, im gonna try and hunt one of these down.

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