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Good luck.

If you must get a flatbed scanner, get one that is geared for film scanning (like an epson 700 or something similar).

Or if you only shoot film once in a while, why not just have it scanned at the time of developing?

I would say that dedicated film scanners still provide a better solution for large volume processing of negatives and transparencies.

But high quality flatbed scanners with good processing engines can now produce comparable quality images although they may not be as fast. They also provide a big advantage in flexibility since they can handle a much wider array of materials and can cost significantly less.

I personally use an Epson V700 scanner that comes with various adapters for scanning strips of negatives (or individual negatives @ 4×5 & 8×10 inch sizes), 35mm slides in batches of about 20 and other unmounted transparencies in larger sizes.

My results in scanning slides and color negatives have been very good.

Here is a link to a few images scanned from 35mm slides and/or negatives more than 30 years old ~

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robs-photo-memory/sets/72157617690586928/

HTH.

By the way…I compared scans from my epson v750 to what they were doing at a local lab with a fuji frontier. The epson scans were better although a 35mm frame with digital ice on the epson at 2400 dpi takes around 5 minutes…on the frontier a couple of seconds.

I’ve never tried one of those dedicated cheapo film scanners that you see sold all over the place now so I can’t make a judgment on those…my guess is that they should be avoided because they likely have stripped downed simplified software missing out on some important options but who know..they might be worth a look.

if you were going to scan drawing text files, ocr text, and other larger documents, then you would want a larger flat bed scanner,

if you were going to use scanner for faxing, then you may want a 3in1 multipurpose scanner /fax printer,

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When you print from your applications, you will have to choose it on the fly if you want to print with that particular printer. Otherwise, your flatbed printer will take priority.

If you choose to print on that new printer, it will not affect your default which will always be the flatbed since YOU specified it as so.

First, you need to get the titles to both from your Grandfather’s estate. Then you need to bring the will & title to the DMV, the executor might have to give you a notorized statement. You’ll need to pay for a new title for each, and registration. The registrations will cost A LOT.

Plus, you’ll need insurance for them. For hauling long distance, expect liability only to cost you $6,000 a year. If you want to insure your cargo, it’s a way lot more. Last time I quoted a guy wanting to haul cars on a flatbed, the cargo coverage was about $7,000 a year with a $5,000 deductible, but that was a couple years ago.

But your first battle is with the title transfer.

Ff = U*N = U*m*g

The force to decelerate the crate is:

Fd = m*A

where “A” is the deceleration.

The maximum deceleration possible (without sliding) occurs when the friction force just equals (or is just very slightly greater than) the deceleration force.

U*m*g = m*A

Notice that the “m”s cancel.

A = U*g = 0.76g = .76*9.8 = 7.45m/sec^2