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GACollectibles

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On 9/21/2022 at 8:22 AM, ak47po said:

https://us.amazon.com/dp/B01MZXE0OV/?coliid=I33TI8KGA7W146&colid=QV5V1KHM52CZ&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Anyone heard or had experience with this large format scanner? Great price $349.00

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The OpticPro A320E or OpticPro A320L should work as they are the correct CCD Image Sensor

REMEMBER: The proper Image Sensor to scan slabs is CCD, not CIS!

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On 9/21/2022 at 8:22 AM, ak47po said:

Anyone heard or had experience with this large format scanner? Great price $349.00

The PLUSTEK OPTICPRO A320 models are already confirmed, the OpticSlim 1180 & OpticSlim 1680 in your link are CIS and will not be suitable for slabs.

UPDATED LIST:

REMEMBER: The proper Image Sensor to scan slabs is CCD, not CIS

New Additions:

ScanSnap SV600 Overhead Scanner https://www.fujitsu.com/global/products/computing/peripheral/scanners/soho/sv600/
CZUR Aura X Pro w/Side Light (and other models) https://shop.czur.com/collections/all (though some people are reporting issues with setup)


EPSON DS-50000

Epson GT-15000

Epson GT-20000

HP 7310

HP 7400 (7710 is the actual number for a search)

HP 7400C

HP 7410 All-in-one.

HP 7780 AIO

HP Scanjet 8200

HP 8250

HP 8300

HP 8350

HP 8390 (according to HP specs)

Microtek Scanmaker i800 plus

Microtek i900 (added)

Microtek V6UPL

Microtek 9600-9700-9800 (9800XL added)

PLUSTEK OPTICPRO A320 (confirmed)

 

PLEASE NOTE: List does not account for operating system compatibility

 

Vuescan software for scanning/editing is recommended as well.

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On 9/26/2022 at 8:02 PM, Kevin76 said:

Can someone recommend me a quality scanner that I don't have to use Vuescan for?  

I believe that the a320e is the one that people have had success with on the boards it’s more expensive but have seen some good results with it. Mine is coming tomorrow I will try to upload a few pictures of it doesn’t arrive to late. 

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On 9/26/2022 at 10:28 PM, TomDehnert said:

I believe that the a320e is the one that people have had success with on the boards it’s more expensive but have seen some good results with it. Mine is coming tomorrow I will try to upload a few pictures of it doesn’t arrive to late. 

IMHO the a320e is worth every cent it costs.

I use it for slabs and art. I do have mine purposely set a bit on the "dull" side as I prefer it that way.

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On 9/26/2022 at 9:48 PM, MAR1979 said:

Same back cover with my a320e. I use the DocuAction bundled with the scanner and an version of Photoshop I've had since 2008.

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Awesome mine comes tomorrow I’m hoping I don’t need photoshop since I don’t have it. I could get the photoshop lite white h I believe is the elements version. I’m really hoping whatever included software will work for me.

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On 9/26/2022 at 11:00 PM, Kevin76 said:

What's it look like without Photoshop?  

Scanning utility has many options/settings but here is my raw untouched scan of the same book - note that I scan slabs in 600pi and the invision forum software will compress that quite bit in this post.

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On 9/27/2022 at 6:33 AM, MAR1979 said:

Scanning utility has many options/settings but here is my raw untouched scan of the same book - note that I scan slabs in 600pi and the invision forum software will compress that quite bit in this post.

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How much memory does a 600pi image take?

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On 9/26/2022 at 10:55 PM, TomDehnert said:

Awesome mine comes tomorrow I’m hoping I don’t need photoshop since I don’t have it. I could get the photoshop lite white h I believe is the elements version. I’m really hoping whatever included software will work for me.

I use photoshop primarily to crop and rotate images rather than have to get items perfect on scanner. I do have a photoshop --script/batch to adjust exposure just slightly although I could very well do that on the scanner end.

  

On 9/27/2022 at 7:35 AM, TomDehnert said:

How much memory does a 600pi image take?

That image which has a lot of plain white background was 7.5MB the average comic cover is 9-10MB.   My opinion is disc is cheap, my time (spent on scanning) is not, so I save everything. I also have multiple redundant backups on and offsite.

 

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On 9/27/2022 at 7:33 AM, MAR1979 said:

Scanning utility has many options/settings but here is my raw untouched scan of the same book - note that I scan slabs in 600pi and the invision forum software will compress that quite bit in this post.

image.thumb.jpeg.c924616a7603dcad75ec6333bf297d57.jpeg

 

That looks good to me  

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Got my scanner tonite I don’t have time to upload any images but will do so over the weekend and to my eye it’s great. A 600pi image takes about 30-45 sec and a 300pi image takes about 10sec 

The 300 poi is really a good image depending on how close you really need to get I find colors to be pretty accurate out of the box with out adjustments. 
 

I plan on playing around with it this weekend and will upload pics. 

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On 9/27/2022 at 9:13 PM, TomDehnert said:

Got my scanner tonite I don’t have time to upload any images but will do so over the weekend and to my eye it’s great. A 600pi image takes about 30-45 sec and a 300pi image takes about 10sec 

The 300 poi is really a good image depending on how close you really need to get I find colors to be pretty accurate out of the box with out adjustments. 
 

I plan on playing around with it this weekend and will upload pics. 

What was the cost? And or link?

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On 9/30/2022 at 12:23 AM, Wisconsin Comics said:

My A320E is the perfect solution. 

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Hello Wisconsin do you have the link to the guide for the scanner, I tried a link earlier in this thread that didn't work.

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