Visioneer StrobeProNT Scanner

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Visioneer StrobeProNT Scanner

Manufacturer: Visioneer
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Handheld | Scanners | Office Electronics | Categories | Electronics
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Product Features:

Color sheet-fed scanner

300 x 600 dpi

30-bit color depth, over 1 billion colors

USB, serial, or parallel interface

Software bundle for editing, fax, e-mail, and more

ASIN: B00004U8QH

Product Description

Visioneer Strobe Pro NT integrates the most advanced paper management software with unique compact sheetfed color scanner. The result is the ideal solution for streamlining information that makes it easy to find what you're looking for - even if you don't remember where you put it. With Visioneer?s Paper-driven technology, you just feed in your color or black and white documents or images; Visioneer Strobe Pro NT automatically launches the PaperPort Deluxe software, and places your documents and images on the PaperPort desktop.

Amazon.com Review

The Visioneer Strobe Pro NT is a compact 300 x 600 dpi sheet-fed 30-bit color scanner compatible with Windows 95, 98, and NT. With the same slim design that Visioneer made popular with previous scanners, the Strobe Pro NT can fit neatly on your desktop between your keyboard and monitor.

To accommodate all the possible connection types for the Windows 95/98 and NT operating systems, the Strobe Pro NT comes with separate parallel, serial, and USB cables. The documentation package includes separate quick-install cards for each operating system and shows clearly how to set up the unit for each one. We tested this scanner using Windows NT 4.0, and we attached the parallel cable to our PC and then attached our laser printer to the scanner's parallel pass-through port. We plugged the AC adapter into the pass-through hub, leaving only a single cable running to the scanner. We installed the software CD-ROM by following a user-friendly onscreen instructions that let us select the software modules we desired.

We tested the Strobe Pro NT by scanning several text documents, photos, newspaper articles, and even business cards. The scanner's PaperPort Deluxe software handled this diverse collection of media deftly, automatically determining document sizes and straightening the images. We scanned ordinary business letters in about 4 seconds per page, and 4-by-6-inch 24-bit color photos at 200 dpi in 15 seconds. We especially liked the scanner's edge-detection feature, which warned us of crooked feeds before the paper jammed. We tested the hardware and software under both Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0, finding the Windows 98 version was a bit more stable.

The PaperPort Deluxe Desktop serves as a great central hub for managing all your scanned documents. This program provides folder-based file management as well as quick drag-and-drop access to word processing, image editing, faxing, and printing applications. The software bundle also includes MGI PhotoSuite II SE for photo management, TextBridge Pro 8 for optical character recognition, and PictureWorks PhotoEnhancer 3.1 for image manipulation.

With a well-rounded software package, universal Windows connectivity, and fast scanning, the Strobe Pro NT is a perfect fit for almost any small-volume Windows user.

Pros:

Compact design
USB, serial, and parallel interfaces
Good software bundle

Cons:

Can't scan thick documents
Feeds only one page at a time

Amazon.com Product Description

The Visioneer Strobe ProNT scanner integrates advanced paper management software with a compact sheet-fed color scanner. It scans up to 8.5 by 30 inches of paper so you can accommodate business cards to full-length news columns. You can also scan color or black-and-white photographs. The software bundle will help you organize documents, fax instantly, copy items, or e-mail documents.

You'll be able to manage all your files with thumbnails for 38 file types. The software bundle includes PaperPort Deluxe, MGI PhotoSuite II SE, PaperPort Links, and PictureWorks PhotoEnhancer. The Paperport Deluxe software gives you crisp onscreen images and helps you manage all your documents and images. MGI PhotoSuite II SE provides high-quality templates to create calendars, business stationery, and more. PaperPort Links let you drag and drop documents and images instantly onto linked applications. PictureWorks PhotoEnhancer fully edits photos quickly and easily. TextBridge Pro 8 OCR automatically converts scanned documents into editable text. It converts tabular data into word processing documents, cell tables, or Microsoft Excel and Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets. The Visioneer Strobe ProNT is compatible with PC systems with a USB, serial, or parallel cable.

Customer Reviews:

auditor.......2003-01-31

I have used this scanner for over a year at work and had no problems. It allows to scan page by page anything up to 8.5" wide. It also allows to add comments to both text and pictures. Cut/copy and paste function allows to reproduce portions of the document, including both comments and the scanned 'picture'. And not only in the document itself. You can paste into Word, Excel or PaintBrush, if you wish, as a picture (it comes out big, but can be easily resized).
The text recognition feature that comes with the software allows to convert the document into either Word or Excel, if you had a table, for example.
You can also use the software to fill in blanks in a form, just drag your document into the 'typewriter' (or 'ABC') icon on the bottom of the screen.
Very compact, about 10"x3"x4", it's an excellent tool if you travel with equipment. The "lid" has 2 positions, allowing for the sheet to either go towards the user (feeder side) or slide out of the back of the devise.

Use some common sense..........2002-03-12

GOOD review follows! First, this is NOT the best choice for PERFECT scans of photos or fragile documents. It does a perfectly adequate job with snapshots and newspaper clippings, an EXCEPTIONAL job with color or B/W letter-size material. It scans for fliing/fax, OCR or color images, up to 600 DPI.

If you are careful, you can easily feed sheets into this device without trouble. Be patient. It has an included software application that allows scanning multiple succesive sheets to one document, for convienence...but you can separate the pages later! Cool. Or you can group different scans to one document later. Cooler!

The image editing software is pretty darn good. Why? Because it has a decent selection of tools while not being overly complicated to use. You can use it as a desktop-type filing system too.

Some versions of the "Paperport" software export scans to PDF! If you understand what that means, you'll jump for joy...

But you know where the Strobe REALLY excels? You can quickly scan a document, drag it to Word and have about 95% immediately recognized as an editable Word file. Very little re-typing. How many times do you need some information IN your computer at school or work that exists only in a printed form? Wow! And you did this in about 30 seconds...

The Strobe is not perfect, but it does many jobs well enough to overlook that it is not the best solution of any ONE job. But it's the 90% solution for a TON of jobs! Buy it. You will not regret it.

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Manufacturer: Asus
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Great Scanner At A Low Price

Prints only small.

I love this scanner!

Don't buy this scanner!

No support for Windows NT (so far)

Agfa SnapScan 1212U Color Flatbed Scanner (Blue)

Manufacturer: Agfa
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

36-bit color capture

600 x 1,200 optical resolution, 9,600 dpi enhanced

Complete software bundle, including FotoSnap

Windows 98 and Mac OS drivers, software, and documentation

USB connection

ASIN: B00000JBI0

Product Description

Agfa's latest innovation - the SnapScan 1212u - is a high-quality USB scanner. The Universal Serial Bus is an exciting development in PC interfacing. It's fast, it allows "hot plugging" without rebooting, and it supports up to 127 peripheral devices! These significant advantages mean that USB-interface PCs are becoming very popular. So if you buy one, and then want to scan images, the SnapScan 1212u is ideal for the job! SnapScan 1212u is also available in a stylish, translucent green design ("Bondi blue" in the U.S.) a perfect complement to Apple's popular iMac computer.Expanding the award winning SnapScan range, the 1212u is a high-performance 36-bit color scanner for reflective originals. It captures razor-sharp images up to A4 format and can register more than 60 billion colors! SnapScan 1212u introduces the concept of multi-user scanning. The ease and speed with which SnapScan 1212u can be moved between USB PCs makes it practical to share a single scanner between multiple users. This minimizes your costs and ensures your scanner never sits idle. Use SnapScan 1212u at home, take it to the office, share it with your colleagues - wherever there's a USB interface, just plug in and scan away!

Amazon.com Review

Add a colorful splash to your desktop with the blue-green translucent SnapScan. With true 600 by 1,200 dpi and 36-bit color capture, the SnapScan scans beautiful photos, artwork, magazines, or text into your image editor or word processor. Plus, Agfa's intelligent ScanWise software and USB connection make scanning quick, easy, and fun.

To setup the 1212U, we unlocked the scanner, plugged in the AC power, inserted the CD-ROM into our PC, and followed the setup wizard to install the FotoSnap software. When we connected the USB cable (included) from the scanner to the PC, the Windows Add New Hardware wizard detected the scanner and requested the scanner driver, which we located in the root directory of the CD-ROM. Restarting Windows completed the setup process.

To test the scanner, we started our favorite image editing software and requested a new scan. The FotoSnap scanner driver software started automatically and presented us with a screen from which we could preview the color photo we had placed on the scanner bed. FotoSnap also presented options for changing the resolution and for image enhancement. During the preview scan, the 1212U was whisper quiet and the scanning time was only a few seconds.

Through FotoSnap, we specified the output from our scan as a 600 dpi printer. FotoSnap made the necessary adjustments, and we clicked the Scan button for a full scan, which took 40 seconds. We rescanned the photo using a magazine filter (to eliminate moiré patterns). The second scan took 75 seconds and looked beautiful. A third scan at 75 dpi for display on a color monitor took 73 seconds. The output to both the printer and the monitor looked warm, rich, and true to the original photograph.

We also installed and ran the Caere OmniPage LE software. Scanning a one-page text sample took 17 seconds plus another 5 seconds for OCR translation. We opened the translated document in Microsoft Word and found a few typographical and formatting errors, which is a common result even from high-end OCR software.

Overall, we were pleased with the SnapScan's performance. And you won't find a more delightful-looking scanner than the blue-green SnapScan 1212U.

Pros

Mac and PC compatible
Fun, attractive case
Very quiet operation

Cons

None

Customer Reviews:

Great Scanner At A Low Price.......2005-05-11

I thought I'd write this review as a counter punch to those who wrote bad reviews about the scanner. I purchased mine when I bought my first iMac back in 1998. Here it is 2005 and the scanner is still working as good as it did from day one. I have used it on every Macintosh I have purchased since my original iMac and it has worked flawlessly under Mac OS 9 all the way up to Mac OS X v10.3.9. I am finally replacing it because I bought an all in one printer (printer/scanner/copier) to replace a printer that quit on me today. But the scanner will be given to someone who can appreciate its ease of use and great quality scans. I was looking for a source of information on the scanner so I could send it to the person I want to give the scanner to and this link came up first in my Google search. Perhaps people who are using Windows are having issues with the scanner but this scanner works great with a Mac.

Prints only small........2004-04-22

I have the AGFA 1212U, and it has worked very well until the other day when it will print only one size (small). The only way I can get a different size is to send it through the E-Mail back to my self. Could you give me a hint as to what I am doing wrong? I have tried every thing I know.

I love this scanner!.......2001-05-17

I've had mine for over a year now and one similar to it before. It's very easy to operate and the scans come out great. It's also very quite and did I mention cheap? Buy this scanner!!

Don't buy this scanner!.......2000-03-28

I have had an Agfa SnapScan 1212U Color Scanner for just a little over six months, and it died for no apparent reason. I think the power switch on it stopped working. I noticed that the scanner did not shut off when I turned off my computer the last time I used it. My husband returned home from work yesterday and noticed that the scanner was making a lot of noise. He tried turning it off, but when he was unsuccessful, he unhooked the power supply. Now it's dead. I hear it making a slight noise when I power up my computer, but nothing happens. The Snapscan software doesn't even recognize that the scanner is powered on. I looked through my documentation and can find no information on a warranty, so I think I am stuck with a bum scanner. I didn't like it that much anyway. The software is hokey. Take my advice, and don't buy this scanner.

No support for Windows NT (so far).......2000-01-26

I have yet to get my scanner running. Maybe I shouldn't have taken it for granted that the product would run on a Windows NT OS. I could even live with the fact that it would use the drivers from Windows 98 and I would lose some performance. But the setup programs alerts me that it doesn't support NT, and then promptly quits.

Something, somewhere, whether on the Amazon.com website, or on the product package, or in the requirements listing, should let you know that it is not compatible with Windows NT. But it doesn't.

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