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Summary: A great scanner (and a perfect one in the price range)
Review: The ScanMaker 3700 is a fast scanner, and image quality is near perfect. The main utilities for copying and e-mailing documents at the touch of a button are great, however the default setting for one-button scanning often yeild results that are less adequate than going into PhotoImpact and scanning the image yourself.Set-up was painless and automatic. The bundled applications are a comprehensive set, and I myself usually don't step outside PhotoImpact and Caere PageKeeper (meaning, I've got all I need there). Even so, the software bundle has several more applications like ULead PhotoImpact Album and Caere's OCR software that you might find useful. The only area where the scanner is a bit lacking is on the negative film scanner adapter, since the scans don't show the proper color balance nor image quality and need to be tweaked. While this is a film scanner that you won't be used to scan your negatives and print from them, but it is more than adequate for previewing your pictures before deciding which ones to have printed at a professional lab (and considering that it's for an under-$100 scanner, it's a bargain). Overall, we're absolutely satisfied with the device. It's great for images and printed documents, and the film adapter is a welcome addition.
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Summary: Scanner lamp failed
Review: This is a follow-up to my earlier review. Since then my scanner lamp failed. Warranty repair was quick and successful, but like the other reviewer they forgot to lock down the scanner head! These lamps must be defective BIG TIME.
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Summary: A strong start, but a very weak finish....
Review: When we first got this scanner it was great- pictures and text scanned well & the software was easy to use. BUT, about 6 months into relatively light use, the scanner started making grinding noises & stopped working altogether. We sent it for repairs- it came back broken even worse (damaged in shipping). Sent it back again for more repairs. Just got it back & it is not responding to anything. Overall, the quality is poor. We're now in the process of sending it back for good. I hope ours was just a lemon!
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Summary: Worthless Warranty
Review: Within the 1 year warranty period the scanner lamp burned out. Not a surprise since it stays on all the time. Microtek took 2 weeks to respond to e-mail and 2 more to process info. They had the nerve to then say the warranty had lapsed!!! They quoted 100-150 for repair and 10 for a box if they didn't like the one you sent it in. All for a scanner ( almost half the price). I'm convinced that they never had any intention of honoring the warranty. And I have no intention of ever buying another product with the Microtek name.
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