Scan directly to a memory card ?

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Hi,

I am looking for any available scanners on the market that will scan
directly to some type of memory card. It would need to be a flatbed
scanner. A film scanner will not work. Is there anything like this out
on the market ? I would like to be able to scan documents directly to a
memory card with no computer intervention required. Any ideas?

Thanks!
 
Hi,

I am looking for any available scanners on the market that will scan
directly to some type of memory card. It would need to be a flatbed
scanner. A film scanner will not work. Is there anything like this out
on the market ? I would like to be able to scan documents directly to a
memory card with no computer intervention required. Any ideas?

Thanks!
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None that I know of.

The minimum equipment needed is a laptop computer and a Canon LiDE scanner.
 
None that I know of. The minimum equipment needed is a laptop
computer and a Canon LiDE scanner.
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Back in late 1999/early 2000, I saw a standalone scanner that could
write JPEGs to floppies or ZIP disks. Thing is, the market for those
types of machines is pretty small. I saw no results on pricewatch.com
when I grepped for keywords "compactflash", "memory card", "disk", or
"standalone" in category "scanners". This is a bad sign, usually. Or
I'm using the wrong keywords....

OTOH, if you had an older machine with USB ports, and you bought a USB
scanner that had a SANE backend, you'd have another option. In that
case, a reasonably talented programmer could gin up a kiosk-style "only
do scanning" app for you without too much trouble.
 
I would like to be able to scan documents directly to a
memory card with no computer intervention required. Any ideas?
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None other than using a digital camera for that purpose.
A decent one is a good scanner as far as resolution goes.

Marc
 
Marc said:
None other than using a digital camera for that purpose.
A decent one is a good scanner as far as resolution goes.

Marc
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Actually the HP Photosmart 3300 series does exactly what I wanted :)
 
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