Howdy Tor,
I appreciate you accepting this as an answer.
As you know, the choices for a large flatbed scanner, expecially with a
firewire connection, are either expensive, or more expensive. In the "just
under $1,100" category, these appear to be the two choices.
There is the Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL, priced at $1048.57, from PROVANTAGE.
http://www.provantage.com/buy-7MTEK841-microtek-scanners-accessories-scanmaker-9800xl-large-format-12x17-48-bit-color-1108-03-360072-shopping.htm
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Features Include
Interface
USB, FireWire, & SCSI-2
Included Hardware
FireWire card (PC); FireWire & USB cables
Included Accessories
Kodak Q-60R1 Reflective Calibration Target
Included Software
Adobe Photoshop Elements (PC/Mac)
Microtek ScanWizard Pro (PC/Mac) with LANShare networking utility (PC)
Microtek ICC Profiler (PC/Mac)
Kodak Color Management software (PC/Mac)
ABBYY FineReader Sprint OCR (PC/Mac)
Ulead Photo Explorer (PC/Mac)
Adobe Acrobat Reader (PC/Mac)
..."
If you shop around, you can get it for closer to $1000.
Otherwise, a lease is the closest I can find to a rental arrangement.
Here is an example for the Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL, from Zones.
http://www.zones.com/cgi-bin/zones/site/product/index.html?id=000570581
"Lease Price $36.01/Mo"
There is also the Epson GT 15000, on the Zones website.
http://www.zones.com/cgi-bin/zones/site/product/index.html?id=000887569
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Product Description Epson GT 15000 - flatbed scanner
Device Type Flatbed scanner
Max Supported Media Size 11.7 in x 17 in
...
Price: $1,398.98
Lease Price $43.62/Mo.
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Least expensive purchase price I could find was $1,075.15, on YesMicro.
http://www.yesmicro.com/Item.aspx?sku=923505TD&sgd=330d313d316d313d319
I think finding a place to rent one will be tough, but you might want to call
some of the office, computer or camera places near you and see if they rent
these. Maybe you could lease one and then rent it out to large format
photographers.
If you need any clarification, please feel free to ask.
Search strategy:
Google Froogle search on: scanner "large format"
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?price1=750&price2=1%2C100.00&&q=scanner+%22large+format%22
I limited the above search to a price range of between $750 and $1100.
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