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Posted By: runscott

After owning a crap HP for several years, I searched extensively before buying a replacement. Ended up getting an Epson 1660 "photo" model. I don't remember the price, but it was equitable to the HP and I was told at several places that it was much more reliable. Result was that I have had no problems whatsoever, and it is set up for slides if I wish to add that attachment. The old HP went down constantly - I had to re-load software several times, add patches, etc. I finally simply threw it in the trash can.

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Regarding "scan collecting", the most important thing is to envision up front how you want your folders to look...design your folder set-up very carefully because it can be a bit of a pain to re-arrange/move scans later. Mine is broken up into folders for each issue, with "current" and "sold" and "details" sub-folders. Most scans are at the same resolution, while "details" contains just that. I also have folders for photos, premiums, equipment,etc. Equipment, for example, has sub-folders for gloves, bats, uniforms, etc. "Photos" has sub-folders for "team" and "individual".

Name your scans according to standard conventions, rather than giving them long names that some software packages (Net 54) won't recognize. For t206's, I begin the file name with the number from Lipset's book.

Even if you set up a nice web-site like JC and Hal (and others) have, it is still important to have them saved on your p.c. I also back mine up to cd's occasionally, and distribute sub-sets of scans when board members request them. I've sent out several cd's of my t206s.