>
> The downside is that they have a very narrow depth of field and any curved
> object, say an open book won't scan well.  Basically these scanners will
> only
> work with very flat copy.  CCD scanners work better with 3D opjects.  Try
> your watch or a leaf sometime.


Good to know.  Thanks Carl.  I haven't scanned anything but 1 page (B/W)
lineart.  I'll have to test a couple things with more depth and post the
pics.
-Ben