All-in-one printer good at photo scanning?

[JudyM]

Hi - I'm about to get Epson's xp-820 and wanted to 1st hear if anyone who's been looking at printers lately might have any advice about a better printer in the same general price range ($150ish). Features I want are:

automatic feeder
duplex printing
memory card slot
wireless
very good quality photo scans (photo printing isn't important)

Thanks!!

[ManiacJoe]

1. I doubt that you can go wrong with the hardware for scanners.

The question should probably be, what software are you using to handle the scanned photos?

I have an HP Photosmart Premium printer/fax/scanner. Don't recall the price as it's been years, but probably over $150.

[friendly_iconoclast]

2. I have Windows 7, use VueScan and FastStone Image Viewer, and like them both

[JudyM]

4. I'll check those out - now if only I could scan Kodachrome slides on without any blueing!

[ManiacJoe]

5. How many slides do you have?

You might be better off farming out the job.
http://www.DigMyPics.com
http://www.ScanCafe.com

Some scanners come with special attachments for slides as placing the slides directly no the glass usually does not work that well.

[JudyM]

6. About 30 boxes.

Both of the linked companies you sent look good - I'll check them out - thanks!

[Fumesucker]

7. Scanning services tend to be expensive and dedicated slide scanners are slow

I think you'll get sticker shock from the scanning services on 30 boxes of slides..

I've had good success copying slides with a digital camera/macro lens, once you get it set up it's much faster than a scanner and the images can be quite good..

You can even do it with a smart phone..

[JudyM]

3. Figured I'd just use Picassa... open to any rec's! nt

[Michael_wood]

8. HP Officejet Pro

HP Officejet Pro makes quality printing on a budget easy for any business.