I scan mine on a V700 in four scans and then merge in PS.
A downside to my Epson V850 (as well as, I suspect, its sibling and their predecessors) is an apparently complete lack of attention to dissipating static electricity. The plastic case builds and retains a charge that is then transferred to its glass surfaces as well as negatives/transparencies being scanned. I intend to open it up and tape some cut up pieces of anti-static bags onto the interior surfaces to mitigate this issue, but haven't gotten around to doing that yet. I'm anxious to avoid extensive work on image files cleaning up dust.
Does anyone here own a 12000XL? If so, did Epson design anything into it to control static? Thanks in advance for whatever feedback you can share.
Epson 12000XL is perfect for that.
I like Bryan's advice. Check for a local university (or maybe even a public library) that might let you use a scanner. Otherwise, if you have a good digital camera, then making a scanner isn't that hard. Once setup, scanning that way would be much faster than a traditional scanner.
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Last edited by Joseph Kashi; 20-Feb-2023 at 01:12.
I live in a small Alaska town 150 mountain highway miles from Anchorage. No one has a transparency scanner that big within driving distance - it's the sort of thing that I had to forego when I moved from Washington DC to the Kenai Peninsula. That and spending much of my weekend dealing with TMS - Too Much Snow. Buying a used 10000XL was the only ultimately practical approach.
Although I am contact printing the 11x14, I do have a large Epson 7590 printer at my office and the ability to make big digital prints if and when needed. No sense wasting any of that big negative.
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