Which Scanner?

I just wondered which flatbed scanner you would choose out of the
following:

Canon Lide 4400F
Epson Perfection V100
HP Scanjet 4370

I'm mainly going to be using it to scan a4 documents. I will use it
also to scan a few old photos and one or two slides as well though.

I only have about £70 to spend for a scanner and those three are all
about that price.

If anyone has any of the models above or similar model of scanner, I
just wondered how long it takes to scan a document, and also how long
it takes to scan a photo or slide etc if you use the Qare/Ice it comes
with and scan in the best mode?

I am just trying to find out which brand if any is faster at scanning.
I also just wondered if HP have a basic level of Infrared Qare/Ice
technology in their scanners? I never seem to see anything like this
mentioned for their budget scanners.

Cheers

John

 

I have the Epson Perfection 3490. I haven't timed scans,
but in most cases ythe scan time seems to be determined by
the data transfer rate to the computer. The scanner and my
computer both use USB2 technology. The exception is copying
to the printer, which take longer when I use the software to
change the enlargement frim 100%. OTOH, when I scan slides,
software for fade restoration doesn't seem to slow things
down ay=t all.

When I scan multiple pages, the software updates the file
name without my intervention, and that does speed things up
nicely.

For scanning multiple pages, an automatic sheet feeder
speeds things up nicely, and saves you a lot of time because
you don't have to supervise the process. My Epson scanner
doesn;t have a sheet feeded, but my inexpensive HP Office
Jet 4215 does.