Advantages: Cheap, good image quality, excellent bundled software Disadvantages: Short USB cable
...caught my eye – the Umax 3400 USB. It had recently been awarded a PC Format Gold Award, and was in the right price range for both my father, and my sister (around the £55 mark). After clearing the price with them, I ordered two.
After a shockingly short amount of time waiting (i.e. less than 24 hours from order to delivery) I had some new toys to play with… erm I mean, find out if they were in fully working order…
The Umax quick ... ...as pdf files!)
The UMAX has four buttons on the front three of which are for supposedly quick scanning, but for the life of me, I can’t get these to work (Did someone say “instruction manual”?) but they supposedly do everything automatically once you press one of the buttons – scan, copy and custom. (The last is a power off feature for saving the scan head)
For those of you who have used parallel port scanners before, well, ...
TheDuke 16.07.2001
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of UMAX Astra 3400
Advantages: Simple interface. easy to set up Disadvantages: flimsy lid
The Umax 3400 is a good solid scanner that is excellent value for money. It is simple to set up with 1 lead connecting to the USB port on your PC and the other to the mains supply. It comes complete with software that allows you to create calendars, posters, business cards etc. It is simple to use with scanning being possible with just the touch of a button. It is possible to copy a document, scan a document to disk or to a web based destination. ...
kevinhanson1 16.03.2001
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of UMAX Astra 3400
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