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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.   |
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. |
Macworld
May 2003
Bruce Fraser |
Film Scanners Compared Slide scanning becomes affordable |
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 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
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. |
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 World
April 13, 2001
Richard Jantz |
Epson Expression 1680 Professional This scanner is suitable for those who demand top-quality reflective and transparency scanning... |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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
May 11, 2009
M. David Stone |
Epson WorkForce Pro GT-S50 The Epson WorkForce Pro GT-S50 can scan both sides of a page simultaneously at a claimed 25 pages, or 50 images, per minute. |
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. |
Macworld
April 3, 2007
James Galbraith |
HP Scanjet G4010 Photo Scanner Flatbed scanner delivers scans in six colors. |
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
February 4, 2009
M. David Stone |
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. |
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 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 World
April 2003
Richard Jantz |
Three Serious Scanners New models from Epson, HP, and Microtek provide nice images and extras. |
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. |
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. |
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 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
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... |
Macworld
December 2004
James Galbraith |
Epson CX 4600 The CX4600 is a good, general purpose all-in-one printer that combines four-color, fade- and water-resistant printing and a 600-dpi scanner that can be used as a standalone copier and photo printer. |
Macworld
February 22, 2005
James Galbraith |
CanoScan LiDE 500F Flexible scanner has its quirks |
Macworld
May 2004
James Galbraith |
All-in-One Photo Printers Six-Color Photo Devices Print, Scan, and Copy Their Way into the Market |
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. |
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. |
PC World
May 2005
Richard Jantz |
Epson Makes Small Pics Big The Perfection 4990 Photo scanner generates impressive images suitable for high-quality enlargements. |
Macworld
October 7, 2005
James Galbraith |
Epson Perfection 3590 Photo scanner Entry-level scanner does the trick for reflective and transparent media. |
PC World
June 2006
Richard Jantz |
Epson Scanner Does Gallery-Size Enlargements The Flatbed Epson Perfection V700 scans film at high resolutions. |
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. |
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. |
Macworld
August 4, 2006
Jennifer Berger |
Epson GT-2500 document scanner The Epson GT-2500 document scanner is great if you need a combination of high-quality photo scans along with scans of regular text documents and the flat bed for specialized scanning, but it may be overkill for some normal business users |
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 7, 2004
Sally Wiener Grotta |
Epson's (Almost) Perfection With top-notch technology, the Epson Perfection 4870 Photo challenges even professional scanners. |
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. |
Macworld
November 2004
James Felici |
VueScan 8.0 Hamrick's VueScan 8.0.11 opens the door to professional-quality scanner control. And while it won't make you a pro overnight, it will give you the necessary tools at an amazingly low price. |
PC Magazine
August 27, 2008
M. David Stone |
Canon CanoScan 8800F The Canon CanoScan 8800F flatbed scanner works well on both prints and film. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2013
Glenn Zorpette |
Review: Slide Scanner Digitize your high-quality photo slides with the Plustek 8200i Ai |
| 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 14, 2006
James Galbraith |
Microtek ScanMaker i800 scanner Flatbed scanner goes long for legal scans |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
PC World
September 28, 2006
Richard Jantz |
High-Quality Scanners Offer Easy Image Fixes New models from Canon and Epson differ in price, features. |
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. |
