Microtek ScanMaker 3600

Advantages: Affordable, solid, good quality and you can rest cups of tea on top!
Disadvantages: Sometimes slow to scan and other scanners do have better quality

...We have had out Microtek Scanmaker 3600 for well over 5 years now and it is still going strong and doing the job for our entire family. I'm not sure how much we paid for it, but it was not a lot because we just wanted a basic scanner that could scan in documents. It is very reliable, easy to use, with a suitable range of features but has the tendency to be a bit slow occasionally. 1. Looks, Design and Size The scanner is fairly good looking, quite elegant and fairly compact. It measures approximately 17" long, 10" across and 4" high so can fit into most desktop areas. It has a solid build to it and rather funky curve on the lid that gives it some added style. Furthermore, the main surface is flat and you can easily rest your cup of tea, lunch or bits of paper on top! The white colour is easy on the eye and fits in to most rooms...

sbutler1 26.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Microtek ScanMaker 3600

Inexpensive Veteran Scanner, a Household's Friend

Advantages: Durable, Programmable, Easy to Set
Disadvantages: Too Slow for Offices, Quality Pictures Require Changing Settings

...The Microtec ScanMaker 4850 flatbed scanner might seem obsolete due to its quality, being half of what more modern scanners can offer, and the fact it is not a part of a multi-functional copier, but you should not be assumptuous about this device. Instead of reviewing the mechanics and energy consumption of the scanner, this summary will provide you practical information about the technology in question. The scanner came with an USB wire and power cord, instruction manual (it was unnecessary, as all you have to do is plug it in and install the software), installation CDs (multi-lingual, one for Max, one for Windows) with plenty of software including Microtek's scanner applications and an OCR application, which is gold, as it turns your scanned material available for editing in Word. Value for Money I've gotten this...

Lord_Kelvin 14.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Microtek ScanMaker 4850

Cheap and not so cheerful

Advantages: Spec for price
Disadvantages: Its apparent design fault

...decision to replace it was forced because Mac OSX does not support a driver for the X6. My first 5900 arrived with the glass smashed to smithereens. This could have happened to any scanner, naturally, in transit. GHQ reimbursed me and I tried a French company, Computerbench. The cost here was 230 Euros all inc.. They delivered very promptly; unfortunately the glass was not stuck to the plastic housing all the way around, meaning that the camera arm complained loudly as it passed over that section and produced a jittery image at that end. After a seemingly-interminable wait, calls (to no avail) to Microtek themselves, and some expense on my part, Computerbench replaced the scanner. Installation was quite straightforward; the instructions were pretty clear, although - again a Mac problem, though I'm not sure if some Microsoft OS's may be...

amason27 07.07.2005 (10.08.2005) · Read review
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Review of Microtek ScanMaker 5900

Might be bought at Tescos but still the best

Advantages: easy to set up, easy to use, and very fast
Disadvantages: see below for this

...You would never believe that you could buy a brilliant scanner in a supermarket would you. Well I have! If you want a brilliant scanner at a brilliant price then go for Microtek Scanner 3600. I bought this one for £39.99 in Tescos. So I even had points added to our tesco club card! For this price you not only get the scanner but installation software plus Adobd Photo Deluxe, Ulead photo impact 5 and OCR software. Setting it up is pretty straightforward but the installation guide tells you to put the installation CD Rom in and then connect the scanner after the software has been installed. Although this does work you will get a message saying that it cannot of course find the scanner! This could be of putting but just ignore this and carry on. Anyway once it is up and running its very simple to use, you can even go...

JAllen194 06.08.2001 · Read review
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Review of Microtek Scanmaker III

New Life to Old Photo's

Advantages: Cheap as chips
Disadvantages: Family ask you to Scan their old photos too

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gizmoregis 09.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of Microtek FilmScan 2700

Best buy, Absolutely

Advantages: Price
Disadvantages: Case colour

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darkteckno 21.12.2000 · Read review
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Review of Microtek Scanmaker III

Windows XP - Make sure you need it

Advantages: Latest Version, Unites NT & Dos based Architectures
Disadvantages: Very unforgiving to older software

...of money) Imagine my surprise when I saw RT2 - Platinum edition (runs under XP). Be very sure that you need the features that XP offers you, otherwise you should probably remain with W95,98,ME (or at least have a dual boot machine. Additionally I had a hell of a job getting my old Microtek scanner to have its drivers recognised. Again Microsoft and Microtek were of little use, and I have had to buy a new scanner . Check with the Microsoft web site for details on compatibility and make sure your fave software is listed before upgrading....

P_S_Price 11.02.2002 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition w/SP2 Complete package

Good site, very bad service

Advantages: Good site, good stock range
Disadvantages: Very, very poor delivery rate and customer support

...the software, and more annoyingly, I didn't hear a word from them about the dispatch being delayed. It just turned up a week late. Oh well, I thought, obviously just a freak, as I had been very pleased with their service before. So let the saga of the scanner commence. My next purchase from them was a Microtek Scanmaker 8700, a couple of months later. I had to pay for this one by cheque, unlike my previous orders, which were by credit card, and was told that once my cheque had cleared, which would take three working days, the scanner would be dispatched immediately. So taking into account postage time, I would have it in about a week. More than a month later, and I still don't have it, even after several assurances that I'd have it in a few days. So what was going on? I know the cheque cleared fine - no problems. After a couple of weeks...

digitalburn 10.03.2001 (24.10.2001) · Read review
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Review of jungle.com

This is about Omnipage 11 Actually...

Advantages: See Opinion
Disadvantages: See Opinion

..., Swedish and Portugese. It can read any type of font, you see as soon as it encounters a font it does not understand, the product builds up info on the style and adds it to the database for future reference. RELIABILITY... OK, sorry to have to say it, but it does tend to crash a lot more on slower Processors, you need at least a 133MhZ processor to run on. Any trouble can be reported to them by contacting the company via www.scansoft.com. MY OPINION... In my opinion this software is very useful for manipulating already typed pages, aswell as written ones. The amount of extras is great and what is best is that it works with many scanners including Acer, Agfa, Brother, Canon, Compaq, Epson, Fujitsu, HP, Lexmark, Microtek, Mustek, Plustek, Ricoh, UMAX, Visioneer, and Xerox. The only let down is you need a generally fast processor to...

mark.collins 06.05.2002 · Read review
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Review of OmniPage Pro X 10 Complete package

Jungle and the FlatBed Scanner

Advantages: Quick to log on to - instant stock information
Disadvantages: pages are cluttered and cannot print off just the one item

...I have recently come across Jungle for all my hardware supplies. I cannot rate them highly enough. Last week I saw a reccommendation for a flat bed A4 scanner in Windows Made Easy Magazine. As I was already looking for a scanner this article was a great help, it gave fairly all the pros and cons, it reccommended the Microtek 370. I went direct to Jungle they had the item in stock and less than the RRP, not only that they appeared to have identical scanners but different prices, the one at a lower price included a light lid for scanning negatives and slides, and this was something I required. I ordered online at 6.30pm on Tuesday and on Thursday 9.40 am it was being delivered. Now thats what I call service!! I am at this time looking for a complete system for my father in law who at 71 has decided it is time to keep up with modern...

Alikerry 12.02.2001 · Read review
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