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July 2000
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FireWire Scanners Flawed Software Mars Epson, Umax Offerings   |
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February 4, 2009
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Pacific Image Electronics Memor-ease Digital Film Converter For quick-and-dirty scans, the Pacific Image Electronics Memor-ease Digital Film Converter is impressively fast and easy to use. |
Macworld
December 2000
Bruce Fraser |
Reviews of 9 USB Flatbed Scanners If someone had told me five years ago that I'd be really impressed by the output from a $200 flatbed scanner, I would have been skeptical. But technology sometimes progresses much faster than we expect, and flatbed scanners are a case in point. |
PC World
April 2004
Rebecca Freed |
Put Your Film Into Your PC Want to take your transparencies digital? We look at five scanners--three flatbeds with adapters and two slide-and-film units--to make Editor's Picks. |
Macworld
April 2002
Tony A. Bojorquez |
New Models Provide Higher Resolution, Great Value Picking from the crowded desktop-scanner market, Macworld Lab looked at four USB flatbed scanners that had an optical resolution of at least 1,200 dpi and could handle scanning 35mm slides and film... |
PC Magazine
May 23, 2007
M. David Stone |
Canon CanoScan 8600F The Canon CanoScan 8600F offers reasonably high-quality photo and film scans in a relatively inexpensive unit. |
Macworld
August 2004
Jackie Dove & James Galbraith |
Midrange Flatbed Scanners If you're willing to fork over more than $200 for a scanner, you're likely looking for exceptional image quality. These advanced models generate good, not spectacular, images. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2002
Ronny Richardson |
Educator's Review: Pacific Image Electronics' PrimeFilm 1800AFL Unlike most film scanners, which can be expensive, the PrimeFilm 1800AFL from Pacific Image Electronics is inexpensive at $399 and, more important, it does a good job. |
PC World
April 2004 |
Scanners That Handle Transparencies Want to take your transparencies digital? We look at five scanners--three flatbeds with adapters and two slide-and-film units--to make Editor's Picks. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2013
Glenn Zorpette |
Review: Slide Scanner Digitize your high-quality photo slides with the Plustek 8200i Ai |
PC World
August 2002
Richard Jantz |
Souped-Up Scanners With USB 2.0 support and advanced features like automated image retouching, today's scanners have sharpened their skills. |
PC Magazine
January 7, 2004
Sally Wiener Grotta |
Epson's (Almost) Perfection With top-notch technology, the Epson Perfection 4870 Photo challenges even professional scanners. |
PC Magazine
September 29, 2005
M. David Stone |
Epson Perfection 4490 Photo If you have a large store of 35-mm and 2.25-inch film you want to digitize, it's one of your better flatbed choices right now. |
PC Magazine
June 23, 2009
M. David Stone |
Epson Perfection V300 Photo The Epson Perfection V300 Photo scanner concentrates on photos but offers optical character recognition, and even some document management features. |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2004
M. David Stone |
Scanning Slides I have accumulated several thousand slides and 35-mm negatives that I'd like to digitize. |
PC Magazine
January 3, 2007
M. David Stone |
HP Scanjet G4050 Photo Scanner The HP Scanjet G4050 delivers better scan color by scanning with six colors instead of the usual three. |
PC Magazine
August 27, 2008
M. David Stone |
Canon CanoScan 8800F The Canon CanoScan 8800F flatbed scanner works well on both prints and film. |
PC Magazine
April 30, 2004
M. David Stone |
Microtek ScanMaker 6100 Pro In addition to the usual assortment of document types you'd expect for a flatbed scanner, the ScanMaker 6100 Pro handles slides surprisingly well. |
PC Magazine
October 2, 2005
M. David Stone |
Epson Perfection 3490 Photo The Epson Perfection 3490 Photo flatbed scanner produces high-quality photo print scans and reasonable-quality film scans at a record low price. |
Macworld
May 29, 2007
James Galbraith |
Canon CanoScan 8600F scanner A good all-around scanner and should definitely be considered if you are looking for a high-quality photo and document scanner. |
Macworld
April 3, 2007
James Galbraith |
HP Scanjet G4010 Photo Scanner Flatbed scanner delivers scans in six colors. |
PC World
April 2003
Richard Jantz |
Three Serious Scanners New models from Epson, HP, and Microtek provide nice images and extras. |
PC World
August 1, 2000
Richard Jantz |
Fantastic Flatbeds You get what you pay for. At least that's what scanner vendors tell you when you belly up to the glass counter to buy one. Over the past couple of years, scanners haven't dropped much in price, but they now include many capabilities and features that you once paid big bucks for. |
Macworld
September 16, 2005
James Galbraith |
Epson Perfection 4490 Photo scanner The Epson Perfection 4490 Photo scanner is fast, easy-to-use and capable of high-resolution scans of both reflective and transparent media. |
PC Magazine
February 14, 2006
M. David Stone |
HP Scanjet 4890 Photo Scanner The HP Scanjet 4890 Photo Scanner: Easy film and photo scanning, but low-quality results. |
PC Magazine
January 18, 2007
M. David Stone |
Epson Stylus Photo 1400 The Epson Stylus Photo 1400 prints high-quality photos at sizes ranging from 4 by 6 inches to an impressively large 13 by 44 inches... HP Scanjet G4050... Epson Perfection V750-M Pro... |
PC Magazine
July 15, 2004
M. David Stone |
HP Scanjet 5590 This is a good choice for basic office scanning, but it also handles photos well enough to be a good choice as an all-purpose scanner. |
PC Magazine
June 2, 2008
Edward Mendelson |
Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended Adobe's PDF juggernaut not only gets more powerful, but also smarter and easier to use in this public beta. |
Macworld
March 15, 2007
James Galbraith |
Epson Perfection V350 Photo scanner This swift flatbed scanner that makes it easy to output colorful and pleasing images. And its ability to load and scan filmstrips automatically is a great no-hassle feature for digitizing older photos. |
PC Magazine
March 28, 2007
M. David Stone |
Epson Perfection V350 Photo The Epson Perfection V350 Photo is a general-purpose scanner that's best for photographic prints, but it can handle slides, strips of film, and documents, too. |
| AskMen.com |
Top 5 Photo Scanners We rounded up five popular scanner models with the right specs to take on film and slides: a rated optical density of at least 3.8 D and a resolution of at least 2,700 ppi. |
Macworld
July 6, 2006
James Galbraith |
Epson Perfection V700 Photo scanner The Epson Perfection V700 Photo scanner is a fine choice for those looking for a mid-range scanner for both photos and high-resolution transparencies. |
PC Magazine
April 20, 2005
M. David Stone |
Scanning for Business Law offices, real estate agencies, and other paper-pushing businesses benefit immensely from fast document scanners that not only digitize pages but also organize them and make them searchable. Canon DR-3080CII... Fujitsu fi-4120C2... Plustek OpticBook 3600... etc. |
Macworld
October 7, 2005
James Galbraith |
Epson Perfection 3590 Photo scanner Entry-level scanner does the trick for reflective and transparent media. |
PC World
September 2004
Richard Jantz |
Epson's Hands-Free Scanner New flatbed is a great choice for home shutterbugs with an undigitized film archive. |
Macworld
March 25, 2005
James Galbraith |
Epson Perfection 4990 Photo The Epson Perfection 4990 Photo has lots of great included retouching software, as well as the ability to scan many sizes of transparencies. |
PC Magazine
October 16, 2007
M. David Stone |
Business Scanners Get Personal Office scanners don't have to be enormous machines that need a desk to themselves. A personal scanner might fit your workplace better. |
PC Magazine
October 28, 2003
Daniel Grotta |
Midrange Scanners, Pro Functions Find out how Canon, Epson, HP, and Microtek are keeping the market alive with innovation and performance. |
Macworld
May 5, 2005
James Galbraith |
Umax Astra 6700 The Astra 6700 is an inexpensive, 2400-dpi, flatbed scanner that does a good job of scanning photos and other reflective media, but film and slide scans were noisy. Mac compatibility comes through the included light (SE) version of SilverFast 6 software. |
PC Magazine
March 2, 2004
Grotta & Grotta |
ICE Flows Downstream We've come to appreciate scanners equipped with Applied Science Fiction's Digital ICE technology, which can correct damaged prints with surface defects such as dust, rips, scratches, and creases. And we're happy to see it appearing in midrange scanners such as the Microtek ScanMaker i300. |
PC Magazine
September 16, 2003
Jeremy A. Kaplan |
Shoot, Scan, Print: Get the Most out of Your Digital-imaging Gear Digital-imaging experts compile their top tips for scanners, cameras, and printers. Some of the suggestions may surprise you. If you've ever been frustrated with your digital-imaging gadgets, take heart: There's always an answer. |
Macworld
February 22, 2005
James Galbraith |
CanoScan LiDE 500F Flexible scanner has its quirks |
PC Magazine
May 10, 2010
M. David Stone |
Canon imageFormula P-150 Scan-tini The Canon imageFormula P-150 Scan-tini offers desktop-caliber features in a portable package.... HP Scanjet Professional 1000 Mobile scanner... Plustek MobileOffice AD450... |
PC World
May 2005
Richard Jantz |
Epson Makes Small Pics Big The Perfection 4990 Photo scanner generates impressive images suitable for high-quality enlargements. |
PC World
January 2004
Richard Jantz |
New Scanners Give Old Photos New Life Epson, HP, and Microtek offer photo-fixing models. |
PC Magazine
June 11, 2010
M. David Stone |
Canon imageFormula DR-2020U The Canon imageFormula DR-2020U offers fast scans with extraordinarily fast text recognition. |
PC Magazine
September 2, 2003
Richard Fisco |
Truth in Scanning Even though your scanner's specs tout 48-bit color, most images are output at 24 bits. Here's why. |
PC Magazine
March 12, 2010
M. David Stone |
Visioneer Strobe 500 The Visioneer Strobe 500 scanner is both portable and a good choice as a desktop document scanner. |
PC Magazine
November 21, 2005
M. David Stone |
Canon DR-2580C The Canon DR-2580C is the fastest document scanner we've tested for scanning and saving in searchable PDF format, but those who need software for document management or indexing to help organize scanned files must buy that separately. |
PC Magazine
November 21, 2005
M. David Stone |
Canon DR-2050C The Canon DR-2050C is the fastest scanner in its price class for scanning, recognizing text, and saving files in a searchable PDF format. |
