I use the CanoScan LiDE 80 its not that expensive and do the work.
Cind'a like the extra programs that followed it, espesially the OCR program to do the overview
(but that maybe comming with any scanner nowdays?)

For whatever it's worth, I use an HP4670 scanner, with Adobe Photoshop and Pantone Color Calibration System. I scan at 800DPI, using HP's Software which I save as a Tiff, this minimizes artifacting when I resize. I do all my cleanup and editing in Adobe Photoshop, I then progressively resize the image in stages from it's starting point of approximately 4000 Pixels wide, this also helps to minimize artifacting. My ultimate file size is 800 pixels wide. At this point I save it for my permanent image converting it to JPEG at "NO" compression.


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I step down in 500 pixel intervals.

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I then progressively resize the image in stages from it's starting point of approximately 4000 Pixels wide, this also helps to minimize artifacting. My ultimate file size is 800 pixels wide. At this point I save it for my permanent image converting it to JPEG at "NO" compression.


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If your original source is an uncompressed lossless format, tiff, why would you need to progressively resize the image to minimize artifacting? Artifacting only occurs when working with compressed formats such as jpeg

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I then progressively resize the image in stages from it's starting point of approximately 4000 Pixels wide, this also helps to minimize artifacting. My ultimate file size is 800 pixels wide. At this point I save it for my permanent image converting it to JPEG at "NO" compression.


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If your original source is an uncompressed lossless format, tiff, why would you need to progressively resize the image to minimize artifacting? Artifacting only occurs when working with compressed formats such as jpeg

Playing it safe, 8Ball, really that simple.

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For whatever it's worth, I use an HP4670 scanner, with Adobe Photoshop and Pantone Color Calibration System. I scan at 800DPI, using HP's Software which I save as a Tiff, this minimizes artifacting when I resize. I do all my cleanup and editing in Adobe Photoshop, I then progressively resize the image in stages from it's starting point of approximately 4000 Pixels wide, this also helps to minimize artifacting. My ultimate file size is 800 pixels wide. At this point I save it for my permanent image converting it to JPEG at "NO" compression.


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I'll have to give that a shot as well.  Though Photshop is a little rich for my blood.  I alternate between Paint.net or Gimp, whichever my mood is at the time.

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I have a hp psc 2410 photosmart & CanoScan 4400F

I have also that photosmart and use it on my scans, but its really bad with bright red (at least mine is).

"...but its really bad with bright red ..."  Yes, used to correct it in ACDSee Editor but the main reason for replacing it was that the HP’s glass got cloudy\dirty and there was no way I could open it to clean the bottom. 

Went on a hunt for a removable glass scanner with no luck so in the end got a Cannon because the ‘support’ guy wasn’t snooty or rude like HP & Epson or Microtek who didn’t even bother to respond to my email…