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Portable photo scanner that saves to flashdrive?

6 years ago

Am hoping that someone makes a portable photo scanner which saves to a flashdrive, rather than my computer. Does anyone have one? If so, are you happy with it? I have way too many (paper) pictures to scan on a flatbed...and I want something fast, easy, and performs well. Maybe that's asking for too much....:)

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Elizabeth

6 years ago

I have a hand held wand that saves to an SD card. I think it might be this one:

https://www.amazon.com/VuPoint-Solutions-Handheld-Portable-Document/dp/B01I438LWS/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=portable+scanner+wand&qid=1582538846&sr=8-9

I don't like it. It is very tricky to use and unless you have a level surface, a steady hand and a firm hold on the photo, you get distortions. Some models to allow a flashdrive to be plugged into them. Bit of a learning curve.

I scan old photos on my flatbed scanner but I do about 6 at a time at a high resolution and save the scans that way for preservation. I edit the sheets in Photoshop and cut out the ones that I want for editing and printing.

A flatbed scanner can be set to save to any drive you choose.

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woodrose77
6 years ago
I don't know of any that will save photos to a flash drive. Doxie Flip and Flip-Pal are supposed to be good photo scanners, but both save them to an SD card.
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marylmi
6 years ago
I have a Pandigital scanner but it uses a memory card. Or you can plug it directly into the computer. It works well and quite handy although it doesn't use a flash drive..
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
6 years ago
If it has a USB port to connect it to your pc then it probably will work with a flash drive in the USB port. I have never looked for one however.
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marylmi
6 years ago
If I want older pictures on a flash drive, I first scan to the computer using the scanner, then transfer to a flash drive.
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Lars
6 years ago
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I can scan a4-6 photos at a time on my flatbed scanner, and it saves them as separate files.
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Elizabeth
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
I think you can find an easy way to scan these photos but it is not going to be fast. No matter which device you choose, a large number of photos is going to be tedious.

Have you considered sending them out to a service to be digitized?

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2000199/the-best-and-worst-services-for-digitizing-your-photos.html
maddielee
6 years ago
Why do you want to save them? Are they interesting to anyone other then yourself? Do you look at them often?

you might like the Photomyne App if you need to scan many photos at once.
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Katy
Original Author
6 years ago
Thanks to all who responded. Elizabeth:: Looked online at handheld, but it would take too long to scan my scads of pics. Woodrose: I will check out the 2 you mentioned. Marylmi: I may have to go the route of a memory card. Scanning on any of my flatbeds is too time-consuming. Ravencajun: Humm, have not considered that potential option. Lars: Have tried that, but too way too much time. Elizabeth: No, I would not want to send them out. Maddielee: Because they are pictures of my children, etc. I do look at them and my big family likes to see them.

I appreciate all of you taking time to read and answer my post. Kay

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