The back is white, it is the lid that is transparent. The difference is
that you can see what you are scanning. The scanner automatically scans to
size, you put a 3X5 picture in, or a bar code, and it only scans that,
without having to preview it and then crop. It also comes with stitching
software for large scans that need to be put together. Here is a PCMAG
review http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1306984,00.asp

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At 02:05 AM 3/20/2004, you wrote:
>I use "auto-cropping" a lot and I don't see how a transparent
>lid would allow the scanner to do that properly...
>On mine, the background around the document must be pure
>white for this feature to work properly. Otherwise it just selects
>the entire page, (which defeats the entire purpose...)
>
>                                                Rick Glazier

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