I second the Lide, but all I've ever scanned in are pencil drawings. Honestly, scanning pencil drawings...is not rocket science. :p Just give your drawing enough of a margin to avoid parts getting cropped off. I just use the grayscale scan at 300 dpi and tweak the levels in Photoshop.
I'm looking for a new scanner. one that has decent quality and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. My last scanner was one i bought on ebay for $15, including shipping. Didn't have the greatest quality but was quite usefull anyway. The motor in it seems to be busted as it sometimes the light seems to be getting stuck. I did a…