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Portable wand scanners

By arpman

8 years ago


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    #32 8 years ago

    That Epson V39 that flashinstinct mentioned looks like a great option. Assuming the bezel isn't too tall and cause blur. I just ordered one to try out. $60 on Amazon right now. flashinstinct--do you have any problems with blur due to the bezel not allowing direct glass contact?

    Mike

    #37 8 years ago
    Quoted from vid1900:

    You would need to adjust the focal point of the optics.

    Or belt sand down the bezel. You laugh. As cheap as this scanner is I might try that. We'll see how bad it is first.

    Mike

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    #50 8 years ago

    Started working with the Epson V39 this weekend. Nice little scanner. There is a slight blur due to the glass not being in direct contact with the playfield, but for what I'm doing it is fine. I attempted to disassemble the scanner, which is pretty easy: 5 screws and some double-sided tape holding the side trim pieces to the glass. Once the trim pieces are removed the glass is free to fall out. My plan was to use some electrical tape to secure the glass to the remaining frame and try a scan so that the glass is in direct contact with the PF. Couple of problems doing this. First off the scanner would throw an error every time it was powered on without the trim piece located at the scan head "home" position, which when installed raised the glass about 2mm. On this particular trim piece (the one that covers the buttons) there is a white piece of plastic that somehow is needed for the scanner to clear it's initial power on test. I tricked it by temporarily holding this piece in place while powering on and this cleared the error and I was able to scan with the glass directly on the PF-- However the scans after this point looked like crap. Multiple streaks and a bit over exposed. I cold not figure out why this was happening. No binding parts or light sneaking in from the sides. So not sure why the crappy scans. Bottom line is this scanner does not work well if you attempt to get the glass directly on the PF. After putting it all back together it scanned fine, but with a slight blur. I just wanted these scans as reference as I'm recreating some of the text from scratch, so not a big deal in this case. Picture is from the scanner right out of the box--glass about 2mm above the PF. Just thought I'd let everyone know my experiences with this scanner.

    Mike

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    #52 8 years ago
    Quoted from Gryphun:

    Papazit,
    What dpi did you initially scan with?
    I used my V39 this week in order to scan my backbox art and everything came out really nice and clear without removing the bezel.
    I scanned at 1200 dpi (used professional mode - 1 scan, all options off).

    I think I used 800 on the sample scan. I'll double-check my settings, try it again and report back. Thanks

    Mike

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