mjames — Sun, 17 Mar 2002 16:24:40 +0000

I have a Microtek scanner and it is okay, but the software it uses freezes often when I'm using it like water in a Canadian pond in January.

I'm not really sure what to say besides checking HP's support web site or calling them. You get what you pay for, at least in this case.

Megan — Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:36:58 +0000

Mine is a ScanJet 4300C

Any other ideas??

taff — Fri, 15 Mar 2002 23:02:09 +0000

I have an HP ScanJet 3300C and have been quite happy with it. I don't know where it falls on the cheap scale but it was under CAN$200 about 2 years ago.

Megan — Fri, 15 Mar 2002 21:02:15 +0000

It was on sale for $85 (Canadian). I shouldn't have bought an HP in the first place since I've had bad experiences with them before but it was on sale so...

mairving — Fri, 15 Mar 2002 20:28:40 +0000

How much is cheap, Megan? I bought an Astra Firewire Scanner a few months ago. It is tremendously fast and gives good scans. I paid around $149US for it.

Busy — Fri, 15 Mar 2002 20:22:51 +0000

could be the scanner, something you could try.
scan your images at the biggest setting there is (if there is one)which should be about 3mb (bmp) and then resample (or resize) to size and this should cut out more grainyness