ISO: inexpensive scanner (bonus if includes printer)

[juldea]

Another solution to my banking woes is to just get a scanner. However, the cheapest one at the Staples next door to work is $70, and that's not worth it to me. Does anyone have an old scanner they don't use much anymore or for other reasons are looking to offload? I can either pay or barter with knitting. :) Also, if it's somehow both a scanner and a printer (do those exist?) my household technically could use either. Thanks. (Now, off to Craigslist to look.)

Comments

[zrealm.livejournal.com]

Yes, Scanner\Printers exist - often called Office Units, or 5-in-ones and with fax functionality too.

The HP OfficeJet line is these, and Epson and Canon also have lines :)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I have a feeling that those, being made for offices and whatnot, will run higher than the $30-40 I want to spend on such a machine. :P

[zrealm.livejournal.com]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5192506

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5280837


Because they're printers you get some of the subsidy castoff, where companies are willing to undercharge you for it because they will eventually get you on ink. Both of these printers probably come with a color cart and not a black one, and no cable :)

If you dislike walmart you can find similar deals elsewhere ;-)

The thing about running LARPs is I know a *LOT* about printers... (we destroy ~500-1000 dollars a year in printers, ugh!)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Hmm, thanks. I don't have much against Walmart, but there's not one nearby, really. However, I bet Target has similar deals, and there's one of those....

[zrealm.livejournal.com]

Yea - pretty much any of these kinds of places should.

We go to walmart at 3am when the printer we think we're printing a larp on finally breaks and dies, and we need another one, which is why we know it so well :)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Hah! Yeah, 24hr stores are great.

[nightskyre.livejournal.com]

We have a scanner we almost never use. I don't see any reason you can't borrow it.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not looking to borrow one. It is how I would deposit my paychecks, essentially, so it's something I'm looking to actually own, or at least have until this job gives me direct deposit or I switch jobs again. That could be a long time, and I don't know if that's what you're offering.

[hakamadare.livejournal.com]

do you have any hardware that can talk to a SCSI-1 interface? if so, I have a big ol’ flatbed scanner to which you’re welcome. it’s sufficiently large that you might be able to scan a whole year’s worth of checks in one pass (or at least six months’ worth!).

-steve

p.s. i probably have a PCI SCSI card lying around somewhere as well. :)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly certain I don't have hardware to support SCSI, and I probably don't have the space in the house for a scanner that large. ;) I might follow up with you on that later, though, and change my mind! I'll let you know.

[zrealm.livejournal.com]

A SCSI card is likely to be more expensive than a scanner these days :)

[tkitch.livejournal.com]

Please, skip out on cheap all-in-ones.

you WILL spend more keeping it running than it's worth. (Honestly, they screw you on the cheap ones.)

I think I have a scanner I can part with, let me do some digging. (Not new, but it's USB and works well enough, last I knew.)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info on the all-in-ones... maybe I'll not go with them, then.

Do your digging and let me know. :) Thanks!

[juldea.livejournal.com]

So, are you able to find one or should I follow up on Craigslist ads? :)

[tkitch.livejournal.com]

I was going to mention it to you this weekend, but was horridly busy all weekend.

I've got one sitting in my room right now you can have!

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Sweeeeeet. You in Cambridge often?

[tkitch.livejournal.com]

I am going to be in camberville tonight, it seems.

Thoughts?

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Ooh, good for me! What time, where? I will probably be leaving work at 5 or 6, can be flexible to meet you wherever.

[tkitch.livejournal.com]

prolly 7-8ish in the Davis Sq. area, but since I'll be in my cah, I could easily bring it to you, too.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Well, if you were cool with driving to Central Sq, that would work for me. I need to make a run to the Harvest superarket on Mass Ave anyway, so I can do that and meet you somewhere on Mass.

[tkitch.livejournal.com]

I think I can deal with central sq/mass ave.

call me tonight and I can set something up.

857-829-sixteen hundred

(don't reply to this post ;)

[tkitch.livejournal.com]

eh, whichever, I thought your LJ was screening posts still ;)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Nah, I turned that off for this entry. I don't think anyone on my flist is gonna prank you. ;)

I'll call you when I get out of work to set things up. Thanks so much!

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

How are you at scanner repair? kestrell has a just-barely-broken one that she recently replaced. I have no idea if it's fixable or not, but I'm sure you'd be welcome to try :)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

I would not have the slightest clue where to start.

[doompuppy.livejournal.com]

man... if you'd asked like 2 weeks ago I could have totally hooked you up.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

bah!

[goldbug.livejournal.com]

I got a printer/scanner/copier for xmas. I like it a lot.
http://www.amazon.com/Photosmart-C3180-Printer-Scanner-Copier/dp/B000FJLBU4/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-2340878-1653700?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1177031351&sr=8-1

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's a big huge discount on that, there. Thanks for pointing it out. I might have to go for that.

[oddharmonic.livejournal.com]

I've got a spare ScanMaker 5900 that's been sitting unused for 3+ years. I can check to see if it's still working this weekend; if it is, you're welcome to it.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Well, since a lot of people who wouldn't have to pay shipping costs also seem willing to help out, I will thank you but it's probably not necessary. But -- yes, thanks for offering! I appreciate it. :)