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Old 08-01-2010, 11:01 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by pholy View Post
From the pictures I found, it looks like the Canon has about a 12 mm wide frame at its narrowest. The OpticBook frame, on the other hand, has a width of about 4 mm, so it can scan much closer to the spine than the Canon LiDE 700F.

I have the OpticBook 3600, and I have been quite happy with it, except for having to boot Windows to use it...
Well, I can go to a store and measure the frame on the Canon, to see if it is really so much more then on the Plustek.

I just took a random hardcover book, opened it and measured how much empty space there is between the spine and the text. I measured about 16 mm. So if the Canon really has a 12 mm frame, it would be very close ...

So maybe I should save some money and go for the Plustek.

However - are there other scanners that are good for books ?
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