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Xerox DocuMate 510

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from: Xerox


Jeez, where to start here. First of all, the price is ridiculously high, even for an item like this that actually works. This one doesn't work, unfortunately.
A. No Mac drivers available anywhere on the internet, even though it has been out around 4 years now. I have a PC also so I used it on that.
B. First 7-8 scans O.K., and then several lines down the middle of all the rest.
I put it back in the box and took it back to the store. End of saga. It's hard to believe that this is such a total pile of junk considering the price, but as others have said this isn't made by Xerox. It's a re-badged Visioneer model, and a crappy one at that.
Don't waste your time or money.

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Nikon Super CoolScan 5000 ED Film Scanner

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from: Nikon

February 15, 2004
I'm a fairly accomplished amateur photographer. I've got film from Africa, National Parks and other places, and have now put around 500 slides and negatives through this scanner.
It's *great*.
The dynamic range is fantastic. 'Dark' images come through wonderfully. If it was unintentionally underexposed, the 16-bit color depth gives lots of room for adjustment. I was able to rescue many previously useless images and get decent digital files.
Speaking of rescues, many old family photos have rolled through my scanner, and the pleasure of saving and restoring old memories has been of great worth.
The negative strip feeder struggles with strips less than two frames long; some of my old negatives were strangely cut, and I ended up ... Read More:

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HP L1910A#B1H Scanjet 5590 Digital Flatbed Scanner

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from: Hewlett Packard


This was a big disappointment to us. We've always insisted on HP printers in my company, and thought that their scanners would match the printers quality, but that hasn't been the case for us. This scanner is used on a daily basis for numerous small multipage jobs. It randomly stops communicating with the computer it is connected to, requiring IT support to visit on an almost daily basis. It is far too unreliable for us to continue using it. We are in the process of replacing it with another brand.

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HP ScanJet 7650 Flatbed Scanner with Auto Document Feeder (L1940A#B1H)

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from: Hewlett Packard


I've been using this device for about 12 months now and I'm happy enough with it. Perhaps in the future, I might try this product which seems to get stellar reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000YA1XVG/ref=nosim/gizmodo-20

Yes, it does seem to jam a lot, and when it does, it does seem to be a pain to get it out, depending on where it is. But for the hundreds of documents I scan in, mainly office papers, it does the work well enough.

It creates searchable PDFs, and I simply scan in a document through the ADF, and it creates a file, subbed by the month, and I'm able to later search the documents by the month.

I also use the flat bed for documents that are strangely shaped, or look as though they won't ... Read More:

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Visioneer OneTouch 7300 USB Ultra-Slimline Flatbed Scanner

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from: Visioneer


I only ordered this product because I absolutely needed one and did not have a lot of cash at the time. What it does scan shows up nice and clearly, but the bottom inch or so of the scan area doesn't seem to want to scan usually. I end up having to push the paper up over the top and leave an inch of blank space at the bottom so that I actually get the bottom portion of the paper to scan. It didn't do this the first couple times, so I'm not sure what the problem is. However, It was pretty cheap as far as scanners go, and it's thin and lightweight and very simple to use. It should be noted that I only scan assignments for class, all in black and white and not any photos. I'm not sure how well it operates for those conditions.

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Planon Docupen R700 B&W Pen Scanner (DPENR700)

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from: Planon


My first Docupen R700 was defective out of the box. Thank goodness I purchased it from DataVision through Amazon. Planon's tech support was at the ready to help me download all new software, etc. to determine why my scans were severely distorted. They concluded that the product was defective and recommended replacement. Planon's RMA department (a disaster) took 1 1/2 weeks to generate a return number and could only promise a 3-4 week turn around for replacement. The retailer, DataVision, came to my rescue with a new pen and it worked splendily on the first try.
The pen produces adequate scans to help me view historical documents outside of their storage archives. Copies, while not beautiful, are adequate and permit copies without damage to bindings. The scans ... Read More:

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HP ScanJet 8250 Document Scanner

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from: Hewlett Packard

July 04, 2003
I got this scanner because I wanted the duplex ADF so I could archive a couple shelves worth of documents. Has been working great. I was actually quite impressed with the software and the options available. The searchable PDF for a document form is perfect - It automatically adjusts for landscape documents and inserts them in the PDF appropriately. The majority of typed text is recognized and converted to copy and pastable text which was a huge bonus. I bought mine as a used/off lease machine and haven't seen any downsides to that yet. My only beef is that when using duplex mode it takes 3-4 times longer to do a double sided document vs two single sided documents (but this sure beats having to manually flip the pages)

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Epson Expression 10000XL Large-Format Flatbed Photo Scanner

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from: Epson


This scanner is wonderful! I work for my local historical society and this is the scanner that we use to do all of our digital preservation. We use it to scan large format negatives and it works like a dream.

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HP ScanJet 3970 Digital Flatbed Scanner

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from: Hewlett Packard

August 23, 2003
I bought this scanner some years ago. I have never had any problem with it. It scans well and as a bonus it also scans slides plus negatives. I have been very happy with this unit. I have used it a lot for scanning slides. The only cons are it's slow scanning speed and it's rather quirky software. But for the price you are getting more than your monies worth.

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Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB Flatbed Scanner

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from: Mustek


Not exactly the best quality scans I've seen. In fact, I always run the scans through a filter in photoshop. No biggy. I don't regret buying it, but I'm not sure if I'd buy it again. Then again, for the price, you can't really complain.