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Yeah you are probably right about that. I guess there is a reason photoghraphy is a profession. I take the round tomorrow and if nothing surprise me I go for UncleBens modern one! Thanks a lot for helping out! Bob

Thanks a lot for the replies! But that Spawn #1 is exactly what I meant; there is not really any gloss and I can't imagine that it looks like that live? Also to add a note "book is glossy" I think most people will just ignore unless it's people that trust you. The same way Pedigreecomics always say that it SHOULD be a 9.8 and not a 9.6. A wild idea that just crossed my mind was to take a memory stick and just take a walk in the big office building and try different scanners. Like Spawnfreak wrote I think that sometimes the old scanners might be just as good. If nothing works than simply go for the modern one UncleBen linked to.

Does the filetype like .jpg or .bnp have anything to say or am I just a dinosaur? What is the normal/expected size of each picture?

Thanks a lot Uncle Ben! Never seen that before looked really cool. Littledoom: I agree that imperfections should be shown. But on the flip side the nice things, like good gloss should be shown to. I have had Pacific Coasts where the superhero pop out of the cover but the scan look like it's Victorian age. What trike me with the new scanner was that it is quick so it probably makes sense to take 4-5 scans of each book instead of the normal 2? Thanks again, Bob

Hi All, I have a MOUNTAIN of raw books that I need to scan. Searched through the forum but didn’t really find as much info as I expected. Found a lot for slabs but this is for raw books only. The goal is to only scan one time and get it right the 1st time. Questions: 1. Scanner I want a high-speed flatbed scanner. Since its only scanning front and back of a comic I guess it can be overkill to use too much money but buying the cheapest might give bad results. Anyone have a model with good experience on RAW comics? End Result: The tests give very different results. Some scanners seem to TOTALLY remove all gloss and even the smallest imperfection stick out. The goal is to get a FAIR scan, as close to reality as possible. I do not want to manipulate the picture after it is scanned. 2. DPI The factors here is to find a mix of something that is detailed enough but make sure there is no problems with files being to big (can’t use on ebay, can’t mail etc.). Have seen recommendations on anything from 72 to 600 but have no idea. 3. Filetype What is the most common filetype? Is it .jpeg? I know nothing about this. 4. Automatic filename Something that really take time is to enter filename. Is there any software that does this automatically? With automatically I than mean that if you save something as 00001, the next file will be called 00002. 5. Multiple Scanners There is so many people on the boards with experience and I am wondering if it is any idea to scan with 2-3 scanners at the same time for 1 person? I thought about it and obviously it will save time. Possible negative outcome from it might be stress or saving wrong filenames. Very curious what experience you guys have! Thanks, Bob