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Electronics Microtek ScanMaker S400 Flatbed Scanner

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- worth the money
So far the scanner has worked great. I have not used the light lid yet for negatives. the email feature integrates well with other programs and perfom without a hitch. the push buttons are well lit and easy to use.

It has a large footprint by today's standards, but makes up for it with quality. It copies and scans quickly and has some fairly comprehensive software to get started with. Picture quality is great. It is well worth the money for a mid level scanner.

Rating:

- Test of patience...and I lost.
I spent 6 hours yesterday trying to get this scanner working. I have a total of 5 photos scanned to show for it. The software that comes w/ it is buggy as hell. I got REPEATED "hanging application" errors. I even updated to the most recent drivers/software from Microtek's website. NOTHING fixed it. I was so ready to throw the damn thing out the window you have no idea!! I'm a network administrator and I work on computers day in and day out. I have endless patience for these things but this one tested my limits. After serious digging I've found a couple others that said to ditch their software/driver package entirely and use something else. Either Silverfast ($50) or Vue Scan. I'm willing to try since I'm on a serious timeline here to get some photos scanned. But honestly, pass this item up!! It will only cause you headaches.

Rating:

- Hunk of garbage
I wish I could give this heap of trash 0 stars. The software is buggy, it installs applications that run every time you log in (Mac OS X) and they took extra time to make it unbelievably difficult to disable.

The documentation is written in Chinglish, and fails to cover common problems. And get a load of their support web site's "knowledge base"

I suffered with this waste of time for a couple of months, but it just stopped bothering to show up on my USB bus. What a mistake I made buying this loser.

Since this scanner died, I've replaced it with a Canon CanoScan 8400F, which is much faster and is bundled with software of much better quality. The documentation for the 8400F also seems to be written by people who speak English. The image quality from the CanoScan is also fantastic, much nicer than I'd been able to get out of the S400 (while it worked).

Rating:

- Microtek Flatbed Scanners
Please Note: I purchased a somewhat different model - 6100 Pro - over 1 year ago. I was unhappy with the purchase from the onset and have subsequently purchased a Canon 8400F ... a great scanner.

The Microtek took very good scans from photos and film (35 mm slides). However, it rarely worked. It failed to recognize my computer and when I finally achieved a good scan it just stopped. Eventually, I convinced Microtek to replace the scanner however, the same problem recurred. I tossed the Microtek and bought a Canon.

I could not recommend Microtek for a mid level flatbed scanner. In addition their customer technical service department is courteous, but they are almost impossible to contact.

If you want a flatbed scanner in the $250 to $550 range you should look elsewhere.

Rating:

- reveiws are great ,product for me not great
I was in need of a scanner and after reading reviews in pcworld,pc mag and others decided on the s400. bought it locally and followed the install instructions that came with the product. First install software,then connect scanner to power and usb it to computer. I was ready for my first scan. Unfortunatly the driver for the scanner that is included did not recognize the scanner. So i called support up on my dime and was on the phone with them for over 30 minutes and they told me to download the updated driver which is on the web site. I did,uninstalled the driver that came with it and installed the new driver. It worked for about 20 min and then the scanner would not activate. So unstead of calling support again i returned it. To pay for support during the installation process is not for me. I am sure this is a fine unit,but for me it did not work.

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