Socket In-Hand Scan Card-Imager Full Configuration

Advantages: Store your Slide collection, Ease of Use. SCSI Interface, Price
Disadvantages: Only works on Win 3.x, Win 95/98, NT and Mac. Noise Volume, SCSI Interface

...and positives) (6 transparency images at a time) and APS images, but you have to buy an optional carrier, which might be hard to get hold of nowadays. The scanner comes with a Twain driver, so should work with any graphics package, with Photoshop being the one we use. The down side is that you have to close the Twain window to pass control back to Photoshop. I think this isn't a problem on some graphics programs such as Paint Shop Pro. The actual driver software is very easy to use, with big buttons at the top to choose what type of image is to be scanned. There is a large preview window, but I don't personally use it as the scans come out fine without having to do a prescan which saves time if you are doing a lot of scans. You have the option of setting the colour type of the file, with the options being full colour, 256 colours or Greyscale... Read review

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Advantages: No dongles to loose or break, quality, speed
Disadvantages: Takes up both PCMCIA slots

...on - its like there was a normal socket there. They only problem is that it will take up both slots to make space for the full sized socket. The card its self is of a very high quality. It supports all sorts of special features like SNMP network management, BatterySave (tm) for increased battery life, and of course full 10/100mbps speeds (because this card uses the CardBus feature of the more recent laptops you really can get 100mbps, just make sure your laptop can support it). Another neat feature is the network status lights are integrated into the socket - when they are on it illuminated the actual plug so you know what is going on. Even just the feel of it in your hands suggest quality - its very solid and well put together unlike some PCMCIA cards I have seen. I've found the card to be absolutely faultless and of great quality. I got... Read review

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Advantages: looks
Disadvantages: no colour screen

...either scan to computer image, scan to email or you can even copy without the use of the computer, this is great if you want to save a bit of time scanning something and you don't want to wait for the computer to load up. Scanning is really fast too, id say it takes just about 20 seconds to scan to image or email, and it takes about 1 minute to scan a photo and print it off using the scanner without a computer. Underneath the top section is a very simple function panel, this also has a lcd panel, which has a backlight too, this is good however I would have liked to see Lexmark add a colour screen panel onto here so that you could view photos and other things before you print them off. Why I say this colour screen would be nice to see photos is because to the right hand side of this are 2 memory card slots, also there is a usb port... Read review

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