The third thing I was looking for was a scanner that didn't take up 2-3 square feet on my desktop. The PageScan Color Parallel from Logitech was everything I was looking for. It's a great scanner for the home or small office. Quality of scanning is good for anything from home-made greeting cards to images ready for the Web. The scanner comes in three parts.
Assembly is quite simple.
Just attach the ADF to the base, snap the scanner in place, and you're just about ready to go. Don't worry about other devices, such as a printer or Parallel Zip Drive, 'cause the power supply for the scanner also doubles as a very basic port replicator, giving you a 2nd parallel port to plug in one of those other devices. I had no difficulties using my printer while the scanner was plugged in. After connecting the scanner, you then install the software and, following the instructions in the manual, perform the scanner calibration. This is very important.