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I use my scanner pretty much exclusively for making CD covers. You'll find most covers don't have all that high a resolution. If you scan them at much higher than about 300 dpi they'll be of no use to you.
I swear by a cover printing program I learned of in a forum like this one. With a 3 ish meg scan, printed on photo paper on my 3 year old HP 300 dpi inkjet you'd be hardpressed to distinguish the output from the original.
Anyway, resolution capabilities keep rising as new models supplant last year's models. That can't be avoided even though you won't need it.
I suggest you determine which scanning program out there is the one of choice, and look for a scanner that comes bundled with it. Even though I have Photoshop, I always use the basic program that came with my scanner.
Like inkjets, scanners these days are pretty much "disposable". If it dies, you just get a new one.
OTOH, I'd want to know what brand of scanner is less likely to die an early death on me. Mine is 4 years old, a co-worker's Brand X scanner ran a mere week beyond it's one year warranty. Sure they're inexpensive, but I have any number of things I'd rather blow my money on.
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