SnapScan 1236s is ideal for both home and office use. Designed for both PC and Macintosh platforms, SnapScan 1236s is a high-performance, SCSI-port color scanner, with a remarkably... more
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Max Document Size: 210 mm x 297 mm, 216 mm x 297 mm
Supported Media Type: Plain paper, bulk objects (such as books), Transparencies, plain paper, bulk objects (such as books)
Media Feeder Type: Manual load
Expansion / connectivity
Connections: 1 x Fast SCSI - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25), 1 x Fast SCSI, 2 x Fast SCSI - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25)
Interfaces: 1 x Fast SCSI - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25)
Miscellaneous
Cables Included: 1 x SCSI cable - 1.5 m
Included Accessories: SCSI controller
Power
Power Device: Power supply - internal, Power supply - integrated
Voltage Required: AC 110/220 V ± 10% ( 50/60 Hz ), AC 100/240 V ± 10% ( 47/63 Hz ), AC 110/220 V ± 20% ( 50/60 Hz )
Power Consumption Operational ( Standby ): 45 Watt
Compliant Standards: EPA Energy Star
Manufacturer's product description
SnapScan 1236s is ideal for both home and office use. Designed for both PC and Macintosh platforms, SnapScan 1236s is a high-performance, SCSI-port color scanner, with a remarkably low price tag. It captures razor-sharp images up to 8.5" x 11.7" (A4) and can register more than 60 billion colors! This amazing color sensitivity extracts every last detail from your originals. And the optional transparency scanning module and automatic document feeder give you full flexibility and high productivity. SnapScan 1236s captures the detail and color depth you'd expect from a scanner of twice the price. Its true optical resolution of 1200 x 600 ppi gives impressively sharp images from photos, artwork, magazines or books up to 11.7" x 8.5". The optional transparency module scans slides and film up to 8" x 10". With its unusually high 36-bit sensitivity, SnapScan 1236s can register more than 60 billion colors. That's 4000 times the number used in any desktop publishing application! FotoLook's intelligent processing of this 'super-sampled' data results in rich images that retain important but subtle color changes, like skin tones and shadow details. For the dare-devils among you, AGFA has created a dusky-gray version called the SnapScan 1236s Art line. An additional range of image manipulation software from MetaTools is included in the package: Kai's Power Tools SE, Bryce 2.0 SE, Convolver Full and Soap SE. Both the standard and Art Line models are equipped for direct connection to PC or Macintosh.
OS Required: Apple MacOS 7.1 or later, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98, Apple MacOS, Apple MacOS 7.1 or later, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 3.11/95, Apple MacOS 7.1
Advantages: Cheap, scans come out pretty well too Disadvantages: Not compatible with Windows 2000
...I've had the AGFASnapScan 1212p for a few years now. I would agree that it's not exactly a slimline scanner, but then again, compare it with other scanners that are a few years old and it's nothing out of the ordinary.
It's very easy to install in Windows 95 and Windows 98. Upgrading from Windows 98 to ME didn't make a difference, it quite happily continued working without needing to be installed again.
I tend to use the TWAIN import feature in my paint package though, instead of using the software that came with the scanner. It's slow by todays standards but then I did pick it up for £20 on the bargain rail in PC World about three years ago!
The speed is not a problem unless you're scanning lots of items, I am a fairly light scanner user so it doesn't matter to me. The resolution is fine as well, colour reproduction is pretty...
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Advantages: USB, Looks good, simple to use Disadvantages: Yet another product with poor documentation
...The AgfaSnapScan 1212u is a USB flatbed scanner. It is mostly recommended for home use and maybe small business. The first thing you notice when you open the box is the dual Macintosh and Windows 98 support. Nothing mentionned about earlier versions of Windows. This is interesting if you own a PC besides your Mac and need to scan images to use on a PC. Agfa claims that its color capture is 36-bit and reaches over 68 billion colors. Its plate takes up to 600 (horizontal) x 1200 (vertical) in resolution and scans up to 9600 DPI. It ships with ScanWise, the Color It! image editor, and OmniPage LE. The latter is for text recognition, which I don't use very often, but a mate told me it is quite adequate.
Installation
This scanner is easy to install. First, you plug the USB cable from the scanner to the USB port of the hub. Second, plug...
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Advantages: Cheap, parallel port, fast and friendly service, good software included. Disadvantages: Erm, haven't found any yet, except the OCR (text editing) software was hard to setup properly.
...and easily and within minutes I was scanning a photograph. There are plenty of options for the type of media you are scanning so that you get the best results such as newspaper, magazine, photo, glossy or matt and other options. You can easily change the size of the scanned image and choose how to manage it, such as saving it to a file, printing it immediately, (like a photocopier) or dealing with it in some other way, such as the text editing sofware options.
I was very impressed by the results, as my friends scanners, that came with their PC's and cost a lot of money, which are good makes such as HP and Epson, could not produce images as good as mine in my opinion and were not as easy to use. I was able to edit the photo and the print it very easily.
Newspapers tend to have lines and marks left in the image, but not with the Agfa Snapscan...
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