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Originally Posted by Renate
A4 is pretty cheap at 91 € (for instance Canon LiDE 400).
You might consider "stitching" as that will be cheaper than A3.
Are most of your designs A3 or A4? |
A lot of them are A3 or slightly smaller. I have a couple of smaller kits where it's A4 or letter sized.
My previous printer had a scanner and I tried to get a good scan but after several hours of trying I couldn't get it done. Mostly due to the fact that the hinge was on the long side of the lid, so I had to fold the pattern. A stand alone scanner usually has the hinge on the short side, so I can more easily move the pattern in the right position. I have some freeware apps where I can edit (crop, rotate, merge) pdf, but I would be so afraid of messing up; removing a line or column of symbols or having a line/column in twice. That would mess up my stitching project possibly beyond repair if I notice it too late.
So yes, an A3 scanner is expensive and there isn't much choice, but it would save me a lot of time and reduce the chance of messing up a patterns. I need to think about it. I already asked for advice on a Facebook cross stitch group.
I wish company printed their patterns on A4 paper, with not so tiny symbols. Eg instead of 4 A3 pages with tiny symbols have 16 A4 pages with bigger, easier to read (and scan) symbols. Even better; give a code with each kit which stitchers can use to download a pdf file of the pattern.