Scanners - help me make sense please.  26 posts What with
Christmas coming up and all I thought I'd ask the parents for a
scanner. I'm at the point where short of a car or a house and
school there's really nothing they can get me. I pay for most of
my living. So I'm fixin to just ask for a nice scanner this year
and I'm having trouble making sense of it all. Some scanners are
600x1200 and then 9600x9600 enhanced and then others look not as
good. What the hell is enhanced and why isn't it just always
scanning at 9600? To get really high quality scans what am I
looking for? I think I'd be looking for USB in whichever scanner
I get. I figured I'd start here and then go diggin for more
info. I'm willing to go as high as $400. So suggestions and
explanations are welcome! Thanks. The enhanced is like digital
"zoom"... it's just magnification, really. You should only be
looking at the actual (optical) resolution. 600x600 is decent.
1200x1200 is better. USB helps a lot. I tend to prefer Canon and
HP scanners, myself.