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From: - on 9 Jan 2008 09:44
If you are only going to be doing reflective scanning of printed pictures,
the 4490 will do as well as the 700/750.

Doug
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From: Robert Jasiek on 9 Jan 2008 10:08
On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 09:44:31 -0500, " -" <xvvvz(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>If you are only going to be doing reflective scanning of printed pictures,
>the 4490 will do as well as the 700/750.

I wonder if the V10 will do as well instead of the 4490?
From: rumblings on 9 Jan 2008 18:25
- wrote:
> If you are only going to be doing reflective scanning of printed pictures,
> the 4490 will do as well as the 700/750.
>
> Doug


Thanks for your reply. Looking at some of your past postings I get the
impression you know what you are talking about. There was a suggestion
in one thread that the V700 is cleaner on the underside of the glass and
also easier to clean there - Can you comment on this??
From: Barry Watzman on 9 Jan 2008 19:09
Re: "I know that the mirrors become dusty over time and was wondering if
over a period of say 3 years, I'd get better results than the V750 by
buying a cheaper model (eg the 4490) and replacing it after say 18
months (to overcome the problems of dust in the light path)"

Mirrors can be cleaned. It's not that difficult to do.

rumblings wrote:
> I hope to buy an Epson scanner soon to use mainly for scanning old photos.
>
> Should I buy the expensive V750? It has two features which the cheaper
> Epson scanners don't have. Is it worth paying the extra for these??
>
> The features I refer to are:
>
> 1. Hi Pass Optical System
> 2. Dmax of 4 instead of 3.2
>
>
> The hi pass optical system sounds a useful feature but I know that the
> mirrors become dusty over time and was wondering if over a period of say
> 3 years, I'd get better results than the V750 by buying a cheaper model
> (eg the 4490) and replacing it after say 18 months (to overcome the
> problems of dust in the light path)
>
> I suppose I'm asking, Does the V750 have noticable advantages over the
> 4490 for print scanning?
From: rumblings on 10 Jan 2008 06:44
Barry Watzman wrote:
> Re: "I know that the mirrors become dusty over time and was wondering if
> over a period of say 3 years, I'd get better results than the V750 by
> buying a cheaper model (eg the 4490) and replacing it after say 18
> months (to overcome the problems of dust in the light path)"
>
> Mirrors can be cleaned. It's not that difficult to do.

I clean the glass regularly but have not been successful with the
mirrors. I've tried using compressed air but as the tin was tipped up,
fluid came out and has left a residue on the mirror. The other problem
is that as they are mirrors and facing each other it is extremely
difficult to distinguish reflections from what is real. I don't think I
could clean them properly without dismantling them and haven't had the
courage to try that. In any case, I doubt I could restore them to mint
condition. My current scanner is an Espon 3200. On which scanner do you
find the mirrors "not that difficult to do"???
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