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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!npeer.as286.net!dummy01.as286.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: Flatbed scanner ... pros/cons Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 14:06:49 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 63 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2024 23:06:50 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4153c92d506f1932ef361f98492f73e1"; logging-data="1019541"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Tu9AclnE9aagJOZ+EF6YZoAkLhPhc5Sg=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:xSo7SxfvQJ1mhgohbKUKwvrMlVk= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-CA Bytes: 3222 On 2024-09-06 13:28, -hh wrote: > On 9/6/24 4:21 PM, Alan wrote: >> On 2024-09-01 16:25, -hh wrote: >>> Looking at replacing an old Canon 'CanoScan LiDE 110' that seems to >>> be fading away (bulb's going yellow). >>> >>> Its USB connected; I use it quite a bit w/MacOS's "Image Capture" >>> app, and documents to PDF. >>> >>> Looking around at equivalents, I think I've narrowed it down to two: >>> >>> * Canon CanoScan LiDE 400 >>> >>> * Epson Perfection V39 II >>> >>> It looks like both are currently supported in MacOS Sonoma 14.x >>> >>> Any particular plus/minus or other observations?  Cost difference is >>> negligible ($80 vs $90). >>> >>> A couple of things that I've found: >>> >>> * Epson is USB-2 (disappointing) & has separate power supply >>> * Canon claims USB-C but not which flavor/version thereof. >>> >>> * Documentation isn't clear if the Epson supports scan-to-PDF. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> >>> -hh >> >> I did a little more digging for you, and I'm leaning towards the Canon >> because while both can scan PDFs from buttons on the front, the Canon >> seems to have better support for multi-page PDFs. > > Well, OBE now because I picked up the Epson. Ah... ...no worries. > > >> You click to start a PDF scan, and then you can keep adding pages >> until you click the "Stop" button. >> >> PCMag seems to rate them both nearly the same (although the Epson was >> the one they recommended in their composite "Best scanners of 2024), >> but if you are planning to scan longer documents, it might make a >> simpler workflow. > > Typically, the stuff I'm doing is a single page, with folding from being > mailed.  If there's a multi-page need, that's easy enough to combine > into a single file in MacOS Preview. Then no worries! And while it looks like you can't initiate a push scan using the PDF button, Epson's software will certainly let you do a multiple page PDF in one operation. I can't say that with absolute certainty of course, but it's pretty much universal functionality these days.