Brother had one that size for $300... or so I saw at Staples 2 years ago...

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ERRRGH that's a bit too much. >.> But I'm gonna keep lookin'.

well that was $300 CND.. things are a bit more expensive up here...

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A scanner that size might be prohibitively expensive, simply because they are not mass-produced like smaller scanners.

Two alternatives spring to mind:

1) Get a good high-resolution digital camera, one that can take professional lenses, and put together a jig to hold it perpendicular to a flat surface, with some supplemental lighting, you should get good results from the 'photoscaning.'

2) Get a normal-sized scanner that can detach the scanning head from the document bed, these typically come with software for 'stitching' an image together from a 'mosaic' of smaller images.

Hope this helps, dear.

I suggested to her something along these lines during out chat earlier, she really likes and wants a scanner. As for the hunt for a scanner, Mia? Check your G-mail. I left you some tips on how and what to shop for and what I found out trying to hunt your Sub $350 large format scanner. Some good and bad news mixed together - but the overall good is, the tips I listed and items to look for in a scanner will be extremely beneficial in the long term. There too is no reason to shop used or scratch & dent - but a CCD scanner "Dented" took a hard enough knock to blow it sideways and you'll have chromatic aberrations as a result. :P Close contact scanners will work in a pinch and excel at black and white scanning, but anything color or textured will run into problems - they are good for archival and scan -> FAX only. :(

The majority of GOOD, CCD based scanners in the size you want (16" and up) *start* at $500, typically.

Fully professional, artistic/professional/photography scanners in CCD and large formats exceeding 16" start pushing 4 figures, easily.

*IF* All you do is perfectly flat, small grain paper scans of pencils - hell, pick one. You really cannot go wrong. If you scan colors with any desire for clarity, presentation and textured surfaces (I.E. Oil paints, collages) look into a CCD, they can scan sharp up to 2" away from the glass plate.

If you desire to work with anything larger than 17" however, start to look into a decent "Prosumer" compact digital camera or a camera body/lens combo and a small tripod. Photographing with a decent rig at that point will be more cost effective than a large format, glass bedded scanner...

Good luck, and cheers, loveliest. ;D

Ah, sorry to hear about your scanner problems. Wish I could help, but I dunno much about all that at all. Especially Apple Products.

Well, they do make USB<->SCSI adapters. If it's a 25-pin one you might be able to get away with a USB<->Parallel Port adapter instead.

Looking at Mustek right now. But they're still a bit pricey and I'd rather have an Epson or UMAX or Canon...Gotta do more and more research.

An 11"x17" scanner is more expensive than an 11"x17" all-in-one printer, which is what I ended up getting, even though I already have a (more expensive) 13"x19" photo printer.

Right now, Amazon has the one I've got for $179.99: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006Y7WZG0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B006Y7WZG0&linkCode=as2&tag=bljp-20

Or, if you want to ship things over to Phoenix, I could certainly scan things in for you, so long as you have a nice, sturdy mailer.

Actually, you just made me realize something else. I DON'T have a working printer on this machine...So I might actually look into an All-In-One. :) IF it can scan art decently...it might work out. Although I hate combining everything. If one thing breaks..the whole thing is in the shitter...

Well, that's the scanner I used to capture the drawing Nynaeve did for my at FC 2013, though the levels have been changed some in PhotoShop. It seems the AIOs are a lot cheaper than trying to buy the scanner individually by a large margin, though. At least when you're looking for 11" x 17" size.