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Too good to be true

Advantages: Inexpensive, very fast, high resolution good quality output
Disadvantages: Unreliable and low quality construction

...minutes per full-resolution scan, the Plustek takes a minute. In fact I spent more time fiddling with the slides putting them into the mount than actually scanning. The resulting scans, while slightly noisier than other lower-resolution scanners I have used are wonderfully high resolution. Colours are also perhaps more subdued than the Canon, but of course, a few adjustments in Photoshop or Gimp soon fixes that. The bad news however is that it turned ...
...noises and something inside jamming (not sure what, but turning off the power usually fixed it) that became more frequent as time went on, eventually resulting in it being unusable. I returned it and got my money back in full. Would I recommend this scanner? At this price I probably would if you only want to scan a few of your favourite negatives or slides, but not if you are a professional. I am a very heavy user archiving my full back catalogue ...

AndrewPo 22.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Plustek OpticFilm 7200i

Portable Laptop Scanner - Plustek M12

Advantages: Lightweight, Portable, Compact, High Quality, Good Software & Bundled Stuff
Disadvantages: Can't Scan In Books/Booklets/Full Size Newspapers Direct

This scanner's intended purpose was to provide a portable scanner for my laptop - something that I could carry around without lugging a box that was bigger than my actual laptop! It had to meet 3 requirements: be portable, scan quickly and scan in detail - as I wanted to be able to scan in business cards for work and the occasional article. Anything else was a bonus. So, what did I actually make of the M12 scanner. Well after having this scanner ...
...have some bells and whistles. I was surprised when I opened the box as to just how small and light it was. It's about the size and weight of a toblerone bar, so if you are looking for a lightweight scanner, this one is great. It also proved to be highly portable - after you've downloaded the driver onto your laptop, you just plug it into a USB port and it is ready to scan. That's it - no power cords, no batteries that need re-charging, etc., all ...

caroline9 24.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Plustek OpticSlim M12

Scan away.

Advantages: Effective scanner with a wide range of options
Disadvantages: USB only may be an issue for older PCs

...with this in mind the Plustek UT12 is an absolutely top class scanner for its money and one that fits anyones requirements. Let me tell you about its performance and what it can do. Looks. Traditional Cream plastic ives it an old ashioned look now. Most of the newer style Scanners are finished in graphite or black but this is using an old idea. Bad marks for colouration. However, the rounded corners and rounded feet go some way to making up styling ...
...the scanner come to life. There are the functions to scan,email, fax and copy all in one quick press. These can prove very handy and save you opening several different programs from the start menu on your computer. Scan quality/speed. Quite a quick scanner even at tremendously high quality scan rates. The resolution it produces is excellent as is the balance and tone of the colours. The Scanning area covers 8.5" x 11.69" (216mm x 297mm) so it ...

andycharger 07.01.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Plustek OpticPro UT12

Plustek P12 - Good Value For Money

Advantages: price,
Disadvantages: noise

I bought the Plustek Optic Pro P12 for one reason - it was very cheap - only £45 from Comet. Although when I got it home and started to use it I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the output. It scans reasonably fast and is pretty good at OCR and images alike, the instructions are easy to use and so is the scanning software - although the software is pretty basic, enough for most users with a decent graphics application. The only bad point ...

f1.f2s 09.09.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Plustek OpticPro P12

CanoScan LiDE 100 - I Love My LiDE

Advantages: Fabulous quality for scanned documents, both colour and B&W
Disadvantages: Somewhat slow when scanning at highest resolutions

...include here. You also have Canon ScanGear included on the software CD which is a very basic utility for scanning your items if you don’t want all the additional features offered by the other software packages included. I find my scanner very reliable - not once have I had to rescan something because it got an error halfway through and it's barely audible, i.e. pretty silent compared to my previous home scanner (which was a Mustek something or other). ...
...100 is a flatbed scanner which uses a 3 colour (RGB) LED as its light source. * The optional resolution is 2400 x 4800 dpi and you can choose use anything from 25-19200 dpi as your resolution according to your needs. * Letter size is the maximum document size you can use on the glass platen which is 8.5 x 11 inches (or 216 x 279mm). * The scanner weighs about 1.6 kilos (3.5 pounds). * The dimensions of the scanner are 9.9 x 14.6 x 1.6 in or 250 ...

anonymili 24.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Canon CanoScan LiDE 100