Bills, receipts, brochures, etc have been taking up a lot of space in my home. I've been thinking of getting rid of those stuff but scared if somedays, I might need those info/doc. The only way to solve this is digital documentation. But the Umax 2000 scanner which I've been using for past 10 years is really "pita" in terms of speed. Turn it on and scan a document takes few minutes. It'll be a uphill task to scan > 10 years worth of documents.
After researching for the best scanner, I've shortlisted to:
Fujitsu Scansnap 300 (RM1000 and above)
But its a problem to find the scanner and see how it performed.
Further research bring me to Canon Canoscan LiDE 600f and CS 8800f. 600F is small (newer version 700f have higher resolution) and can scan vertically (save desktop space). 8800f is bigger and must be lay flat on the surface to scan. Different is 600f use CIS while 8800f is using CCD. CIS only can scan stuff near the glass. Anything further away from the glass, it'll be blur/out of focus.
While wondering which one is the best, I also come to learn that LiDE 200 is also comparable to 600f. Price for 600f is RM638 while 8800f is RM725 in Penang.
Over the last weekend, I've gone out to check computer shops in Penang and to try out certain scanner. First scanner I manage to test is LiDE 70. I'm very happy to see such an improvement in scanning speed. It's so blazingly fast. This is tested in SenHeng store in Sunway Carnival in Prai. Price is around RM350. No new stock available. I guess its old model.
Then after a few computer shops and contemplating on LiDE 100 also due to cheaper price (RM265), I stumble upon LiDE 90 in GadgetZone. After comparing spec, (14second to scan A4 size compare to 24s for LiDE 100), I'm kinda sold. Price is cheap too (RM275). I was thinking if I need 600f and 8800f to scan film. In the end, I bought the scanner.
When I reached home, I saw the brochure and the retail price is RM498. I feel good getting it cheap. Not sure it'll be cheaper else where. Probably because this is old model. That's why its cheaper.
After set it up and running, I'm shocked by the speed. It manage to scan document and convert to PDF in seconds. And I can search the letter in the PDF document which I anticipated when testing the LiDE 70.
I feel I've should've gotten a scanner earlier. I won't having such a messy documentation. Now, start to digitize all my documents and throw them away... hehehe
I would not be so hardworking and documenting them in pdf format. So a scanner is not going to help, in my case. :p
ReplyDeleteprobably you have good paper documentation and throw most of your stuff. But I'm kinda person who scared to throw away stuff just in case something important crops up. Haha... so need to do this pdf thing and then throw away the hardcopy... of course not the Tax receipt :P
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