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Summary: Not what I'd hoped for.
Review: After 1 week of trying to get it to work correctly with my printers I finally returned it to Best Buy who accepted it with no questions asked. It seemed to work fine with documents but not with photos. Not much HELPFUL documentation, tech support answered my E-mails quickly but kept referring me elsewhere. One-touch buttons are fine for simple documents but if you need to change the printer settings for better quality it takes awhile. This was a replacement for my HP4200 which gave me much nicer photos. The Visioneer OneTouch 8700 would probably be fine for some scans but not photo quality.
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Summary: Poor Windows XP support
Review: Don't buy this scanner if you are using Windows XP or if you want to do custom scans. The OneTouch feature works well, but I've had bad luck with the TWAIN driver locking up software. It also doesn't work with the Windows XP "switch user" feature because it will crash the scanner driver and the scanner itself goes crazy. Visioneer tech support confirmed that they don't support the "switch user" feature.
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Summary: Read the Manual First
Review: I almost canceled my order after reading some of the reviews. Glad I didn't. My operating system is Win XP. I read the manual BEFORE installing, and also removed all traces of the previous HP scanner.The software installed on the first attempt, and I was up and scanning in no time. I do believe the only problem with this excellent scanner and software package, is that the included software offers way too much for the novice. If you are not familiar with using a scanner and have no knowledge of using a graphics program, then you had better Read the Manual beforehand to avoid installation problems, and to better understand how to utilize this product. Excellent product and an outstanding value.
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Summary: Great scan for a great price!
Review: I bought this scanner in time for Christmas in order to create gifts that could utilize pictures that were taken when I was a kid. Setup was easy (I have Windows XP) though I did have to restart my computer twice before it even recognized the CD installation disk. Otherwise, installation was a breeze and I was scanning family photos in a snap. Quality of the scanning was more than adequate for my needs. It's not the quietest scanner but it's also relatively compact and is extremely snazzy in it's black shell. I have not tried the other buttons/features on the scanner such as email, ocr or fax. I used to have a UMAX scanner and that was a nightmare that liked to crash my computers down to a blue screen. My new Visioneer scanner makes up for these headaches and I'm completely happy with what you get for the price.
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Summary: AWESOME!!!
Review: I bought this scanner new at Best Buy for 69 dollars after first buying (and returning!) two HP scanners. While I found the HP scanners to be slow, noisy, bulky things, this one was a pleasant surprise! It's compact, VERY quiet, VERY fast, the lid comes off completely for larger scans and wide paper and because it opens from the side, it fits will in small places and is easy to access. I will never have another scanner. Visoneer makes fantastic scanners. They've been making scanners for years and they know what they're doing. I trust them implicitly!
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Summary: Great Scanner!!
Review: I bought this with the 30.00 rebate, only cost me 24.95!! It works great. I have Windows 98SE and had it out of the box and up and running in 10 minutes! It was easy to install. I noticed that the scan selection defaults to 200 DPI which is too low so I right click and set it to 1200 DPI for family pics and it comes out so crisp clear. I use PaintShop Pro to decrease the size of the picture so it doesn't take up so much space. I really like this scanner and for the price, I'm very please with it!
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Summary: Mr. Disappointment
Review: I did not receive my rebate information.
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Summary: mediocre quality scans but scans relatively quickly
Review: I didn't have difficulty installing the thing, though the cd-rom didn't autoload correctly (but instead went to a submenu for installing other programs like Acrobat and Internet Explorer). Still, installation for anyone with some computer savvy is a breeze. The manual is very abbreviated, so those who are novices may have difficulty if they need to troubleshoot. Update: I removed the remainder of my original review. I still think that this machine produces so-so quality scans, but it is better than I originally thought. The scans, even at the highest dpi, are snowy/grainy looking. My previous scanner produced different (but also flawed) images at the same resolution. Where my other scanner (an Acer) produced scans with a coarse texture (larger dots/scan lines were visible), the Visioneer reduces this "noise" to a finer level. What initially seemed like inferior scans to me are simply different. I suppose that one would need to buy a high priced/high quality machine (and have the requisite computing power for it to run) to get truly photo-quality scans. This scanner is okay for casual work, just like an inexpensive digital camera is okay for candid shots of friends and family.
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Summary: Could not do OCR for me
Review: I got one of these for Optical Character Recognition (OCR). The box advertises OCR abilities and there is an 'OCR' button on the scanner body. Setup was easy and the scanner speed seemed very good. It looks like a fairly nice scanner for photos.. After going through all the setting options, I never got OCR output with better than about 60% accuracy (most settings produced no OCR output at all). The Canon N656U is much slower, but produces acceptable OCR results.
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Summary: Could not do OCR for me
Review: I got one of these for Optical Character Recognition (OCR). The box advertises OCR abilities and there is an 'OCR' button on the scanner body. Setup was easy and the scanner speed seemed very good. It looks like a fairly nice scanner for photos.. After going through all the setting options, I never got OCR output with better than about 60% accuracy (most settings produced no OCR output at all). The Canon N656U is much slower, but produces acceptable OCR results.
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