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Epson scanner goes deep

by Lori Grunin

Epson Perfection V300

Epson Perfection V300

(Credit: Epson America)

There hasn't been a lot of scanner innovation in the past few years (and "hasn't been a lot" is my way of saying "none" without having to verify it); even prices seem to have stopped dropping. Nevertheless, there's been a mini-surge in demand from the growing scrapbooker crowd after several lull years, so manufacturers continue to tweak the designs and software features.

Bet you thought that was leading up to an announcement of some cool new scanner technology from Epson. Nope. Sorry. Just a new $99 scanner with a nifty lid--though not unique for its purpose--designed for easier scanning of oversize and objects up to slightly less than an inch thick. The Epson Perfection V300 replaces the V200 with the new lid, which can flip completely open to support the nonscanned side of a book, and a solid black chassis instead of the two-tone black and silver. It also incorporates the ReadyScan LED found in other Epson models for fast start-up.

Senior Editor Lori Grunin has been covering digital imaging for two decades, but her memory's kind of sketchy on the details. You can hear about it every week on Indecent Exposure, the podcast she co-hosts with Matt Fitzgerald.
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