I haven't tried this (yet) - but any change has to be an improvement. Overall Review: Maybe by plugging this into a Linux box and using their generic software one can bypass the toy software that one is expected to use. Basically frustrating to use vs other scanners I've used over the last 3 decades. Can't easily set save as filename - most scanner sw distinguishes btwn save to folder and filename - here they're the same. Can't produce other then jp2000 or bmp's - no other formats supported. It has the look/feel of what I'd expect in a 4th grade classroom.ģ) software won't let you do the simplest things: like the set the resolution to a dpi value - only choices are normal, fine and super fine.

It seems they spent most of their time making it cute (controls have to float to their final positions, and have to dance etc). Have tried different USB ports, different cables, but no improvement - besides, everything else works nicely on the same PC.Ģ) the software is bad, really bad. Have to reboot the machine to get it back. Seems to be sufficiently rugged, I've got it sitting on top of a tower computer, which isn't ideal, but only place with enough room - it balances well.Ĭons: 1) for no clear reason it'll lock up the XPpro PC it's tied to at the beginning of a scan. This includes a very old version of PhotoShop, the Scanning software that is a part of Office Professional 2003 - which I am using most, it is a nice balance between complexity and ability.Īnother special ability is ability to 'whiten' the background on a line image scan so that wrinkles and slight coloration of the (sometimes quite old) original does not show - leading to a higher print quality. The TWAIN32 output from this scanner gets picked up by every other scanning application I have that isn't locked to a particular scanner. I needed to be able to make work copies of (legally purchased) music for my use - they are a bit larger than 8.5x11. Overall Review: After reading some of the reviews on other sites trashing this scanner - mostly about software. Generates a 'Network' scan output, but absolutely no info available on how to make it work. Included scan rendering applications are not the best (but I can buy lots of apps for the difference in price) No larger physically than some letter size scanners I've had. Scans those pages larger than letter or legal size Pros: About 600 dollars cheaper than other 11x17 scanners.

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