Scanners > UMAX Technologies Scanners > 600 dpi x 1200 dpi

Advantages: reliable, durable and cheap
Disadvantages: Hand-writing recognition not that great.

...and finally decided on the UMAX Astraslim SE. At first I did not expect much from this scanner as it was less than £40 to buy but I must admit I was pleasantly surprised to find it was such a good investment. Along with it's scanning capabilities this piece of hardware also comes with a photocopier (direct image to printer), e-mail function which allows you to avoid the hassle of saving to the hard-drive in the correct format then having to find ...
...also comes with a handwriting recognition option and some limited recognition software. (textbridge and ABBYY) Other software included with the scanner is the Ulead photo express suite. This is a trial version but it has no time limit on it. It offers all of the basic features which are on the full version and it is actually quite good. Using this software you can edit photos with ease by cropping, rotating, changing the contrast and the brightness ... Read review

Advantages: Decent quality scanner, good price, great selection of software.
Disadvantages: Scanning speed is on the slow side.

My old UMAX died on me and it was a great scanner. I decided to stay with UMAX, so i bought the Umax Astra 2000P, because I thought the quality would be the same as my first scanner. but i was WRONG. They added more useless bells and whistles and made the actual scanning process take twice as long, but the scans weren't any better. Also the scanner hasn't worked since the second month after I bought it. which was a long time ago now. For some reason ...
...should have never gone with UMAX again. The first scanner although it made nice scans, also screwed up my computer's POST I kept aborting start ups for weeks. It took forever to find out that it was a patch file that was needed from the UMAX download site. Why didn't UMAX contact me if they knew this was a problem? Why the hell did I ever fill out the registration form if not to be notified of a known problem with the equipment. Will never buy their ... Read review

Advantages: Rather compact, excellent price, scanning positive image is very well
Disadvantages: Poor software, problems with USB, scanning of color negatives is bad

...of performance of the hardware Umax Astra 3450 have appeared much better on a comparison with the 2200 model. The scanner shown the excellent output results and good productivity. It is necessary to mark a high exactitude colors and balance on gray for scanning both in reflected, and in transparent light (for positive images). Essential defect of this model is the unsatisfactory quality of received images for scanning of color negatives owing to ... Read review

Advantages: Inexpensive, easy to install
Disadvantages: Quite bulky

I purchased this scanner to enable me to produce worksheets and leaflets for work and I have been very satisfied with its performance. This flat bed scanner is quite bulky but affordable. It has been very reliable and gives excellent quality output. The scanning process itself is quite slow, but reasonable for the price bracket it is in. The scanner is easy to install with a step by step CD to follow. There is quite a bit of software included with ... Read review

Advantages: Fast Scanning
Disadvantages: Software

I had my scanner for going on 2 years and had no problem with it at all. It has done everthing i wanted it to do and more. It has been like a good electronic friend thats always there. It has helped me on letter heading and putting personal pics onto my desktop with ease. Features Email button so that you can send your scanned document to anyone via internet Copy so that you can make juplicates of a document and scan button to edit you documents ...
...Brill at displaying the image With the sofware you can do just about anything to your image. Scan and edit document of your choise to what you want it to look like. And most of all a good price Very good for beginners and experts as well ... Read review