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Summary: Best Scanner for your Money
Review: This is the second scanner I've owned. The first was a cheap Mustek scanner that I bought because it was "middle of the line", not because it was great. That was a mistake. Scanning took forever, and the quality was only average. There also was a bug in the scanner software which caused crashing...Luckily my old scanner broke after a year or two and I was forced to look to the market again for another one. This time I was fed up with looking for a "deal", and proceeded to look for quality. I bought a well known PC magazine and looked at the ratings. The #1 scanner on the list was the Epson 1200U. At the time it was a little pricey, but I went ahead and said 'what the heck' -- I dealt with a crummy scanner for so long, I wanted to treat myself. THIS scanner is fantastic. The USB port is much more convenient than a "pass-through" parallel port. (I have a printer already hooked up to the parallel port, and have had memory problems with such pass-through ports in the past.) The price is fantastic. I bought this scanner from Amazon.com 6 months ago. Now the price has dropped $100 more. The speed is great. The "One touch" button brings up a menu that allows scanning at the touch of another button (so it is really "2 touch"). Pages (or photos) scan very quickly, and are very easy to touch-up and edit. The software is great. You get Presto Page Manager and Adobe Photoshop Business Edition (this is not the full Adobe "paint and design" program, just one to be used for photos and editing). The scanner's quality is VERY HIGH. I've taken 2" X 3" B/W crumpled Vietnam photos from 20 years back, scanned them, BLOWN THEM UP to 5" X 7", and used the bundled software to erase scratches and fix imperfections. When printed out (on a NICE printer, such as the HP Deskjet 970 CXI), they are absolutely amazing. The results are equivalent to professionally restored photos. If you are into this, you can't find a better scanner for the price. I highly recommend this scanner, but I cannot stress more that without an equivalent printer, you won't see the full value behind it.
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Summary: Just Buy IT and don't look back!
Review: This made my third purchase from Amazon.com and a very smooth transaction it was! Thanks guys/gals. The Epson 1200 works great right out of the box, I'm used to an HP scanner at work and feel that, personally, the Epson does a better job. A little more money for this one but the features and the scan quality are tops. My wife asked why I keep grinning the whole time I was scanning and all I could say was "I'm Happy....{:~> "
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Summary: This Gadget IS Perfection!
Review: This scanner is far superior that some higher priced models. First it has true 1200dpi. I had a 300dpi HP scanner and this one is so much better. The software that is included is very easy to use. You don't have to go through several scans to get the results you want. The Abode Photo Deluxe has more features that other software programs and is easier to use. You just scan it once then you can make your changes to size, resolution and other changes. I looked at the HP scanners that are $300-400 and they are not worth the price. For the price of the Epson you get far more features. The USB version just plugs into one of the slots on your computer. You don't have to install a separate card as with a SCSI version. Your Windows software installs the components needed to run the scanner and the other software. For clarity and ease of use this scanner is the best.
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Summary: Works on win 2000
Review: Works great on windows 2000. took me few days to actually get the driver from the epson web site. but when I installed it. i have to complains, easy to use. and fast.
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