UMAX Astra 5400

...I bought. I purchased a Umax Astra 5400 scanner. The first thing that struck me when it was delivered was the sheer size of it. I know most flat bed scanners are quite a good size but this one seemed quite a bit bigger measuring 16 ½ inches by 12 ¼ inches. This as you can imagine takes up a goodly proportion of my desk. It was light and dark grey in colour with four buttons on the front. One is to turn off the lamp for saving the power; one is for ...
...some kind of workshop program first. All in all the Umax Astra 5400 scanner is big and bulky, sloooow and doesn’t work very well. Would I buy another? No. Would I recommend it to anyone? No. Thank you for reading I hope this is of use to you. ...

kimking 29.09.2003 · Read full review
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Sure this scanner does its job, but it is probably the worst 1200 x 2400 dpi available. And I know, - I have tested many manufacturers out. The first thing you notice about this scanner, which you cannot possibly detect from any pictures, is that the footprint of this scanner (the space it takes up on you desk) is absolutely massive for an A4 Scanner! It consumes about half as much area again as an A4 piece of paper in both directions. Now having ...
...N650U that takes up only a little more area than A4 size whilst performing better, this size is absolutely unacceptable. What’s more, the maximum resolution of this scanner might be 1200 x 2400 dpi, but this is a software-interpolated result. The maximum *optical* resolution of this scanner is still only 600 x 1200 dpi; unlike the superior Epson Perfection 1240U which can actually achieve an *optical* resolution of 1200 x 2400 dpi. The software ...

Jehaz 22.08.2001 (23.08.2001) · Read full review
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