Microtek ScanMaker i320 High-Resolution Flatbed Scanner
Microtek ScanMaker i320 - As with other flatbed scanners, the i320 lets you capture your family photos to digital files that will last a lifetime! But unlike other scanners, the i320 has built-in Digital ICE & ColoRescue technology. These technological achievements automatically retouch and restore your photos for you!! It will repair cracks, tears & rips; as well as bring faded colors back to life! Connects to a PC or Mac via USB 2.0 Included Hardware - USB 2.0, Power Adapter, & 35mm Slide & Filmstrip Adapter Included Software - Microtek ScanWizard 5 (PC/Mac), Adobe Photoshop Album SE (PC), Ulead DVD PictureShow (Mac), Adobe Acrobat Reader (PC/Mac), Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 (PC/Mac), ABBYY FineReader Sprint OCR (PC/Mac), Ulead PhotoExplorer (PC/Mac), Kodak DCMS Color Management (PC/Mac), Microtek Scan, Copy, E-Mail OCR, & Scan-to-Web utilities
Microtek's ScanMaker i320 builds on the popular ScanMaker i300, offering exclusive PictuRescue photo reconstruction and restoration software, 6,400 x 3,200 dpi resolution, and true 48-bit color. USB 2.0 connectivity and seven Smart-Touch buttons (plus a convenient Power button) on the front panel make setup a snap and operation simple. PictuRescue incorporates Kodak's DigitalIce photo print technology and Microtek's ColoRescue. With DigitalIce, physically damaged and blemished photo prints that are torn, creased, cracked, and scratched are restored to like-new condition. The ColoRescue system restores faded, dull photos and film to their original hues, saturation, and brilliance in an automatic, one-click process that involves no steep learning curve or hassles. Microtek's Slim EDGE design offers a more efficient form factor, producing a 25-percent smaller scanner without sacrificing scan quality. Its modern metal finish fits into any home or office decor. Buttons for Scan, Copy, PDF/OCR, Email, Scan-to-Web, Setup/Cancel, and Custom automate everyday tasks. You can scan images and send them directly to an application of your choice. Email images at the click of a button, and upload images to a photo-sharing site to share them with friends and family. Buttons can be customized quickly to fit your needs.
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Microtek?s exclusive PictuRescue System features fast and easy photo reconstruction powered by DIGITAL ICE Photo Print Technology. |
The i320 includes the LightLid 35 that is used for scanning 35mm slides and filmstrips. | This scanner comes with the ABBYY FineReader Sprint OCR software package, which can easily handle documents with embedded full-color images and complex formatting. You can edit text from books and documents in Microsoft Word, Excel, and in HTML. Other software titles include Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 (Mac/PC), Adobe Photoshop Album SE (PC), Kodak Digital Science Color Management, Ulead Photo Explorer, and Ulead DVD PictureShow. The ScanMaker i320 is compatible with Microsoft XP, ME, 2000 and 98SE, as well as with Mac 10.1.3 and later operating systems. What's in the Box
ScanMaker i320 scanner, USB cable, power adapter, Adobe software CD-ROM, Microtek software CD-ROM, and LightLid 35 slide and film adapter |
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Microtek ScanMaker i320 High-Resolution Flatbed Scanner Reviews
I'm a professional web site designer and as such I do a lot of scanning. The software has a standard mode and an advanced mode. This has proven to be a great scanner for this type of work. The scanner's software cleans and restores color well enough to save me a considerable amount of time. If you invest a little time learning how to enhance the scans, you will be amazed at the results you can get. If you really need high end scans, you wouldn't be looking in this price range anyway.
This isn't the scanner I'd pick if I did a lot of slide or negative work, but for general purpose scanning, it works fine. While I don't need real high resolution scans, the image quality must be such that they can be reduced and yet remain sharp. I am a Photoshop professional, but it takes time to correct each picture. Most of the scans I do are reduced in size and optimized for the web.
However, it rarely worked. If you want a flatbed scanner in the $250 to $550 range you should look elsewhere. Please Note: I purchased a somewhat different model - 6100 Pro - over 1 year ago. Eventually, I convinced Microtek to replace the scanner however, the same problem recurred. The Microtek took very good scans from photos and film (35 mm slides). In addition their customer technical service department is courteous, but they are almost impossible to contact. I tossed the Microtek and bought a Canon.
I was unhappy with the purchase from the onset and have subsequently purchased a Canon 8400F. It failed to recognize my computer and when I finally achieved a good scan it just stopped. a great scanner. I could not recommend Microtek for a mid level flatbed scanner.
This seems a little counterintuitive. 2) By default, the scan is oriented so that the top of the page is on the side opposite the lid hinge. Two minor quibbles:. So far I haven't found a way to save some key preferences from session to session. I purchased this primarily for quick document scans for our office.
I've had no issues at all with the scan quality. It would save a lot of time if I didn't have to reset the resolution, color depth, and file type every time I relaunched the program. 1) The noise is more high-pitched (and annoying) than other scanners I've used. The scan speed is a little on the slow side but is still tolerable. The scanner still does a great job for the price with some tradeoffs in efficiency.
However, the software (at least for Mac OS X) seems very unpolished.
Just remember to quit the software and turn the scanner off when you're done, to save the scanner bulb from excess wear (otherwise it would never power off). The software does lock up in OSX sometimes, but you can eliminate this problem by turning off the auto power save option in the Scanner Control setting (from the main scanning window). This scanner takes really good quality scans, especially for LineArt.
This scanner is just a waste of your time and money. I installed this scanner and had it working maybe a month. Something in the scanner itself, tried many computers and the USB port on the scanner is totally dead. Fortunately I don't have to go into much detail on that because this scanner just quit working for no reason. Had the scanner kept working I'd be telling you that you would get better clearer scans from something else and also that the software and installation is really out of date. The light on the machine does come on though.
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