Hi John,

Those are both good machines, I doubt that you will find any difference
while scanning documents. I also doubt that you could tell the
difference between 24 bit color and 36 bit, in fact very few
applications will handle anything over 32 bit until you get into the
professional software, like Photoshop.

The Microtek is undoubtedly a 300x600 resolution scanner though, it
should do all right on photos if you don't try to enlarge them. The
Visioneer would then be a better choice for photos. Remember though,
that when you scan at 600x1200 and 36 bit color, the files will be huge
and you will need a lot of free space on your machine to handle that.

Best wishes,
Rick
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>  I have a choice of two scanners at a good price. Software is NOT
>  an issue.
>  The first is a Microtek ScanMaker E3, which is a 24 bit color, I
>  cannot find the optical resolution and the maximum resolution
>  appears to be 4800 dpi.
>  The second is a Visioneer PaperPort 6100B, which is a 36 bit
>  color, 600 x 1200 dpi optical resolution and 2400 x 2400 maximum
>  resolution.
>
>  The use will be low volume scanning of photographs (some to be
>  printed), text scanning to Word Processor and scanning to
>  decrease the amount of paper documents.
>
>  I'll take any opinions good or bad.
>
>  John Collins
>
>

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