A Scanner (for a) Darkie

On Sunday, October 20, we finally bought a flatbed scanner - a Canon CanoScan 4400F. It connects via hi-speed USB, has a scanning area of 8.5" x 11.7", and can scan either six negatives or four slides in one pass. The maximum color resolution is 4800 x 9600 pixels.

This is actually the second flatbed scanner I have owned. The first was a UMAX Astra 1200S model that I bought back in the mid-'90s. It connected via SCSI and still works pretty well, so it is probably a candidate for Craigslist or eBay. Unfortunately, the UMAX doesn't scan negatives or slides. (So, whatcha think, ask for 50 smackers?)

Jena had been wanting a flatbed scanner so that she could do some work at home. And I had been wanting one so that I could scan in new Brenda Monarch comic strips. Brenda's web site is still down, but hopefully I will be able to put her back online soon. In the meantime, here is a quick pic of Brenda with the new scanner. I tried to be as graphically correct as possible (but it's not too easy to do at .03 mm with a Pigma Micron).

Oh, and could this be some more ammunition for the argument that Brenda is 5'8" and not some dwarf?