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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Flatbed scanner ... pros/cons
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 14:06:49 -0700
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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.