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Anyone know where I can rent an Epson FastFoto scanner?

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Jan 19th, 2023 6:50 pm
Traian2003 [OP]
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Jan 19th, 2023 6:50 pm

Anyone know where I can rent an Epson FastFoto scanner?

My parents have a thousand prints and I would like to scan them, and digitize them. Problem is that my parents don’t feel comfortable leaving or shipping them in case something happens. I also don’t think it’s worth buying it outright since this is a one time job. That’s why I am looking at finding a place that would rent it out for a few days. Does anyone know of such places?

I will not do scummy things like buying and returning it. I don’t think thats morally correct.
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Jan 19th, 2023 6:57 pm
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Jan 19th, 2023 6:57 pm

How about buy new, use it, then resell or keep it?
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Jan 19th, 2023 6:59 pm
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Jan 19th, 2023 6:59 pm

Visatek ?

Try asking in the photo forum
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Jan 20th, 2023 1:47 pm
Traian2003 [OP]
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Jan 20th, 2023 1:47 pm

teoconca wrote: ↑How about buy new, use it, then resell or keep it?
Problem is that I will scan my photos in a day or two, and then probably never use it again. The selling value is pretty bad as well. This is my current option if I cannot find somewhere to rent it.
Gee wrote: ↑Thousands of photos eh?

Will take you more than a few days
The feeder holds 38 photos, and takes 1 second per picture.
ROYinTO wrote: ↑ I've got a HP ScanJet 5370C that you or anyone else is welcome to have.

You will need an old computer with the right drivers to run it.
Or HP says some 3rd party software may run it: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03479564

I checked and vuescan does: https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/hp_scan ... nformation
I already have a scanner, but the problem is that it is too slow to scan, save, each picture individually. I want something faster.
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Jan 20th, 2023 2:54 pm
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Jan 20th, 2023 2:54 pm

Traian2003 wrote: ↑ Problem is that I will scan my photos in a day or two, and then probably never use it again. The selling value is pretty bad as well. This is my current option if I cannot find somewhere to rent it.

The feeder holds 38 photos, and takes 1 second per picture.

I already have a scanner, but the problem is that it is too slow to scan, save, each picture individually. I want something faster.
My apologies, I didn't read the title close enough to recognize you were looking for a specific scanner.

OTOH, after reading your response, I did search "photo scanning service Toronto" and found a number of them. Given the # of photos you want scanned, Staples seems reasonable @ $229 for up to 1500 photos. Their prices can be found here: https://www.staplescopyandprint.ca/Phot ... vices.aspx
Jan 20th, 2023 3:31 pm
Traian2003 [OP]
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Jan 20th, 2023 3:31 pm

ROYinTO wrote: ↑ My apologies, I didn't read the title close enough to recognize you were looking for a specific scanner.

OTOH, after reading your response, I did search "photo scanning service Toronto" and found a number of them. Given the # of photos you want scanned, Staples seems reasonable @ $229 for up to 1500 photos. Their prices can be found here: https://www.staplescopyandprint.ca/Phot ... vices.aspx
There are cheaper services, but my parents don't feel comfortable leaving the photos with a random person or business. They are worried the photos may get lost or destroyed.
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Jan 20th, 2023 4:20 pm

Traian2003 wrote: ↑ There are cheaper services, but my parents don't feel comfortable leaving the photos with a random person or business. They are worried the photos may get lost or destroyed.
This will be the last of my suggestions.
A good son would offer to stand guard & watch that the family heirlooms don't go astray.
Good luck in your quest.
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Jan 20th, 2023 6:04 pm
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Jan 20th, 2023 6:04 pm

^^^ this ^^^

Pictures are priceless! Can’t go back in time!
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Jan 21st, 2023 8:52 am
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Jan 21st, 2023 8:52 am

As @l69norm mentioned, Vistek or other photography rental places (Henry's, probably). The photography rental places usually have a ton of different photo-related equipment to rent besides lenses and cameras. Been years since I looked at it, but I'm pretty sure they rented out scanners as well.
Jan 21st, 2023 9:01 am
Traian2003 [OP]
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Jan 21st, 2023 9:01 am

I inquired with Vistek, and they don’t have scanners. I’ll ask Henry’s now too. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Jan 26th, 2023 11:28 am
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Jan 26th, 2023 11:28 am

would it be possible for FOUR people to buy in at ~$200.00 each. Each would use the scanner for 3 months and ship/pass it to the next person. Is there enough trust among us to do this? If OP and I were 2 of 4 ... are there 2 more?
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