# Scanners **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [December 29, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314 "2002-12-29T07:35:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chibi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Chibi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Chibi)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/1 "2002-12-29T07:35:34Z")
Anyone know if scanners get any bigger of a scan area then 8.5 x 11ish? Or am I gonna have to hit up a Kinkos :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/2 "2002-12-29T07:44:07Z")
My scanner is 11x17" … but it is a few years old… I’m sure they still make larger scanners… Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/3 "2002-12-29T07:54:44Z")
Hehe, I need a big one. I just started using drawing paper at 14 x 17, instead of that small kind, cause it’s well, small. Lol, I’ll probably end up just going to Kinko’s, I havn’t seen a scanner bigger then normal size in the stores lately. Of course, only stores that I do look at Electronic stuff is Wal-Mart and Best Buy, mainly Wal-Mart _laughs_ And it’s a sucky one too… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/4 "2002-12-29T17:05:32Z")
look for something called “legal size scanner” online… maybe [bestbuy.com](http://bestbuy.com)… or go to Kinko’s… :beam: Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/5 "2002-12-30T05:27:44Z")
i dont think legal paper is 14". its long, but its still 11" wide… i dont know if they have such scanners that you are lookin for man. i think the closest thing would be one of those beastly kinkos one, which would be hella expensive ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/6 "2002-12-30T13:21:13Z")
Lol, yea, I’ll just walk into Kinko’s and gank a machine _nods_ They won’t notice. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/7 "2002-12-30T20:55:35Z")
Or you could do what I had to do… My good friend is quite the artist, and she had a painting she wanted scanned. There is a program out there that will allow you to scan tiles of the image and it will assemble them into one image. It worked pretty well for me, all I had to do was a little touch up work in Corel Paint. I think a Tabloid (11 x 17) is the largest scanner you will be able to find for a reasonable price. The larger format ones, like they use at printing shops are very expensive. I am not sure how much they would charge to scan something though. My HP is only 8.5 x 14 Legal size. =) Cheers! -Niann ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/8 "2002-12-30T21:01:48Z")
niann: legal size is 11x17… Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/9 "2002-12-31T17:19:01Z")
You sure you aren’t thinking about Ledger size? Legal is 8.5 x 11 Ledger is 11 x 17 =) [http://desktoppub.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.papershops.com%2Fpapershops%2Fmaterials%2Fcommonpapersizes.htm](http://desktoppub.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.papershops.com%2Fpapershops%2Fmaterials%2Fcommonpapersizes.htm) Cheers! -Niann BTW: Chibi I like the Skuld Avatar 😉 You a fan of the series? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/10 "2002-12-31T17:23:09Z")
I stand corrected… my scanner is \ledger \size… thanks Niann… Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/11 "2002-12-31T17:24:18Z")
Big scanners are very expensive we have one here at work that does some of our poster size stuff. It is made by 3m I believe or is it cannon. I think it is cannon but it is very expensive. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/12 "2002-12-31T17:32:38Z")
It seems that the cheapest way to do this is by tile-scanning, as mentioned by Niann. It’s a real pain in the neck, but with a little Photoshopping, it should work out fine. I had to do this for work once (I had to scan this giant map), it wasn’t pretty. This Ledger size shouldn’t be too hard though. Avoid Kinkos as much as you can… they’ll rip you a new one. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/13 "2002-12-31T17:34:11Z")
there are several Phot-stitching proggies out there with trial downloads for you to try… they make it pretty easy to match up the edges… just an idea… Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/14 "2002-12-31T17:44:01Z")
my local kinkos only had a scanner that was 8 x 11… i was pissed… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/15 "2002-12-31T17:47:53Z")
I wasn’t trying to be a snot Rev, hope you didn’t take offense. =) Cheers! -Niann ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scanners/10314/16 "2002-12-31T17:50:03Z")
No offense taken, I apreciate the info… [SIZE=1]:: there is usually no doubt when I take offense at something :: _wink wink_[/SIZE] I had been calling it \legal\ all along… now I know… thanks again, Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif)