My mom passed away recently and I found a small carry-on suitcase and large plastic tote full of childhood photos and memorabilia. I have a cheap HP printer and scanner combo I’d been using, but after several hours of scanning them one by one and having to crop them, rotate and save them, I became fed up and new there was a faster solution.
There are companies that specialize in this - one being LegacyBox. But it can get pricey and worst of all, I worry about them losing or misplacing photos.
So, I’d rather do them on my own. According to Reddit, the best scanner for this is the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Photo Scanner. It’s perfect for scenarios like this.
However, the only issues I can think of is:
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There are several larger school photo sizes than I’m not sure if it can fit to scan. Does any know the largest size it will scan?
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I’d also like to find a printer/scanner hybrid. I have to print a lot for various legal matters. I currently can’t print on the cheapo HP printer I have now.
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I’d also like the ability to scan documents in the legal size format. I’ve been receiving a lot of official mail in legal size that is too large for my current printer to scan.
I’m just trying to avoid buying a separate high tech scanner and printer. If I can find one that will do both (but bulk scanning photos), that would be ideal. Any ideas?