Received the Scanjet 8300 yesterday and scanned a few slabs. Works much better than the Epson. Much less glare, scans are not blurry and you can actually read the fine print lettering on the slab, as well as the book.
Here is a question for those who know a bit about the 8300:
Do you find that you still have to use photo software to "enhance" the scan to look clean? For example, I have scanned about 7 books so far and in every case I had to use "Auto Correct" in my photo software to make the scans look bright. I'm just using free ABBYY Fine Reader scanner software to scan.
If, in the end, you do have to "enhance" the scan do you feel this would be misleading to potential buyers? Or, are they taking some risk by buying a book based on scans alone? I recently bought a book from heritage and I feel my scan presents a true representation of the book, when compared to the heritage scan. Do you think I am good to go?
Here is an example of my scan...auto-corrected.
Here is the scan that I based my purchase on from Heritage.