Advantages: Cheap and cheerful Disadvantages: Slow, noisy, bad driver, bulky...
The Umax Astra 1220P is a low-budget flatbed scanner. I picked mine up on a special offer for £35. Using the product, I have many qualms about it: the driver application software which comes with it is sub-standard, in fact the driver is terrible, and you must install a commercial program to get any decent response from the thing. Also, althought the scanner is light, is is quite bulky in comparison to today's modern scanners. It also takes ages to ...
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Advantages: Good resolution, good build quality, good drivers, price Disadvantages: A little slow
I bought this scanner for about £90 December 2000.
The scanner is quite a big machine in comparison to others like Canon but at least it's sturdy and well built. The quality of the scans are very good although the scanner is very slow. The parallel interface is partly the problem but the scanner head moves slowly anyway. Fortunately, speed isn't much of an issue here but because of the interface you can't do anything else with the computer while ...
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Umax are generally the cheapest scanners you can get. When buying a scanner, the main features to look for and pay for is:
a) Resolution
This is not too much of a problem because if the scanner can do over 600 dpi, then its more than enough for any user, barr the Multimillion pound publisher..!
b) Price
Don't go over board. Buy the scanner tha meets your needs not your budget.. scanners are very cheap, don't boterh spending more than about ...
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Advantages: Cheap and easy to install Disadvantages: Slow if you scanning many documents
The UMAX Astra 1220P is a parallel port scanner. The scanning quality is good for theprice that you pay but the speed is a little slow. If you only have to scan a few documents at low resolution then this is the scanner for you but if you want to use the scanner on a regular basis you need to invest more money. The software supplied is good although if you are altering photos Adobe Photoshop is better. The scanner also has a pass-through but I recommend ...
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Advantages: Cheap Disadvantages: parrallel port connection
I recently purchase a Umax Astra 1220P parrallel port scanner for only £40! While the image quality isn't brilliant when using the software supplied, when using a graphics package such as Paint Shop Pro the quality can rival scanners that cost 5 times the price! The scanner is very simple to install, just make sure you take the scanning head lock off first. The front of the scanner just has one green LED to indicate power. The lamp in the scanner's ...
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Since more than 90 percent of scanners at Totemham Court Road's computers shops were made in Taiwan. As an overseas student from that place, I am quite familiar with them. I knew most of the manufactories and their assembly lines. ( Some of them, labeled with different brands, even came form the same assembly line.)
I bought it because it's valuable for money, fast and light weighted.
The soft ware programme is also the reason that I chose it. ...
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