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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2147953, member: 15929&quot;]Ugh!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have two scanners. A pre-Windows Vista HP Scanner and a Epson Perfection V33 scanner.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ONLY reason I have the Epson is because the HP scanner was not supported by Windows Vista and later operating systems. The drivers simply would NOT load.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, since it wasn&#039;t broken and I still loved what it could do, I loaded a copy of Windows XP onto an older laptop and continue to use the scanner on the system</p><p><br /></p><p>When shopping for scanners, I was told to get one that had 3-D capability because if it did not have that ability, then it would focus only on the &quot;bet&quot; of the scanner. Not &quot;beyond the bed&quot; which is where graded coins reside. Perhaps 3/16&quot; above the bed of the scanner?</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, the Epson worked well except that I did not care for what it did to the coins and the software it uses is not intuitive to my abilities.</p><p><br /></p><p>HPSCAN - (No scanner adjustments other than 1200 DPI)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]411713[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Epson V33 Scan (IMG adjusted to lighten)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]411717[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1st thing which struck me with the V33, were the reflective artifacts of the scanning bar. It creates what appears to be an artificial cartwheel effect on virtually every coin that gets scanned. I have no idea how to eliminate these artifacts.</p><p><br /></p><p>The very 1st time, I saw a coin scanned on a V33 and presented for sale on eBay, I registered a complaint for artificial luster. Only later did I find that its a by product of the &quot;Perfection&quot; scanner.</p><p><br /></p><p>The HP scan, on the other hand, does not have this and I expect it is directly related to the scanning bar.</p><p><br /></p><p>The HP has a solid bar which lights up during the scan while the V33 has a series of individual lights which run across the bar.</p><p><br /></p><p>The HP is slowing losing its capabilities as scans have been coming out with what appears to be vertical lines but all in all, it still does a better job than the Epson for obvious reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hesitate to invest money into a larger Epson scanner such as a V500, V600, V550, or V800 simply because, for me, they are difficult to work with and, even though they do have 3D capability, they add artificial artifacts to the scans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if anybody out there has any pointers or can present unretouched scans for some other scanner, I&#039;d appreciate it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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