[Leica] OT--technical question for a friend

[robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)]

If no one has a specific suggestion you might tell him to try (a)
calling the repair people to see if they actually disposed of his old
unit or just stuck it in a back room (guess how I know), or (b) just
go to a Best Buy or Office Depot or such that will have a number of
models and tell the sales person what he needs and they may have
something that will work.

--Bob

===On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> 
wrote:
> Who scans vintage records (78s) for an annual auction list.
> Any recommendations for a scanner/printer/fax with a flush-mount glass?
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> I was just about to contact you with a question. My old scanner, I think
> an HP Officejet Pro 7600 (or 7650 ... or something like that) died over
> the summer. I replaced it with an 8600. Everything works well, including
> the scanner for letter sized items. However, it's now impossible to make
> clear pictures of record labels as the printer glass plate is situated
> about a quarter inch below the plastic surface of the scanner. Records
> beyond 7" in size won't lie flush on the plate. I used to just lie the
> record on the glass plate and then make the label copy without problems
> but now the prints are fuzzy (as the focus is directed directly toward the
> plate).
>
> Have you any suggestions as to what I might get as a replacement
> combination printer-scanner (and fax machine)?  If not, any suggestion as
> to another scanning unit would be greatly appreciated. I should have kept
> the old machine just for scanning (the printer portion died) but I left it
> with the repair people when they advised that fixing it would cost more
> than a new unit.
>
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