For the past few years, I have done all of my scanning on my Espon Acculaser at work. The machine was very nice and did a terrific job. I have really enjoyed the scanner, although I had periodic problems with dark purples and bright colors had to be muted a bit. A few weeks ago, it went kaput. I just replaced it with a Brother MFC 9440CN. Epson appears to have abandoned the multi-function color laser market. I really like the machine. I have tried out the scanner, but, so far I have found it difficult to use for scanning off of the flatbed (and not out of the automatic document feeder). I can't figure out (it may not be possible) to change scan size (dpi's) or even to limit the area that is scanned before the final scan. I am used to a preview function, manual control, then the final scan. Here, I can't even figure out how to send scans to particular folders. I will be getting a separate scanner (an Epson Precision Office), but that won't be for another month or so. If anyone has experience with Brother scanners, let me know. I can use the help. In the meantime, I have managed to get the following scans (including the swizzle below, from a great trade with Texas Chipper, Michael Downey), by editing in a separate program. It is a slow process, and I have to rotate the chips with a program and cannot do it manually before the final scan. Not a process I prefer.

That combination of brown color and the stars is not listed in Pollack's guide, by the way.

See, I can't set the scan for a uniform size. I have tested it on neon pinks and oranges, dark purples and standard reds, as well as these chips, by the way. It does a great job capturing the true colors.

This next chip - dealer button actually - is a souvenir of my trip to the Borgata last week. No, I didn't harvest it (sorry Barry). I asked for it, and much to my surprise, the dealer flipped it to me.

You can see some distortion from the rotation if you look closely enough.

Michael Siskin