Microtek ScanMaker 4800 Scanner

Product Description
The ScanMaker 4800 is an entirely new, slim-design scanner with great image quality and scanning features from a 20-year veteran of digital imaging. Microtek's EDGE design retains all of the image quality associated with CCD scanners in a 25% smaller scanner. This scanner has integrated OCR, color copy, 35mm slide and negative filmstrip scanning - the best value in 1200-dpi scanning today.

Product Description:
The ScanMaker 4800 is an entirely new, slim-design scanner with great image quality and scanning features from a 20-year veteran of digital imaging. Microtek's EDGE design retains all of the image quality associated with CCD scanners in a 25% smaller scanner. This scanner has integrated OCR, color copy, 35mm slide and negative filmstrip scanning - the best value in 1200-dpi scanning today.

Average customer rating:

Works well
good but
Works great for me in Windows 2000 and xp
Scanner is great, support is just awful
Quit Working for no Reason...

Microtek ScanMaker 4800 Scanner

Manufacturer: Microtek
ProductGroup: CE
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5 Smart-Touch Buttons
True 48-bit input & output
2400 x 1200 dpi optical resolution
LightLid 35 adapter included for 35mm slides & filmstrips
USB interface

ASIN: B00005OL94

Product Description

The ScanMaker 4800 is an entirely new, slim-design scanner with great image quality and scanning features from a 20-year veteran of digital imaging. Microtek's EDGE design retains all of the image quality associated with CCD scanners in a 25% smaller scanner. This scanner has integrated OCR, color copy, 35mm slide and negative filmstrip scanning - the best value in 1200-dpi scanning today.

Customer Reviews:

Works well.......2005-07-04

The Microtek Scanmaker 4800 has done all I have ask it to do.

good but.......2004-02-05

The scanner has been good for everything I scanned except some photo's. Most photo's have spots on them after scanning that I can't seem to get rid of no matter what I do to try to adjust it. The picture they use to do adjustments is too small to see what you are doing. It will look good but then when you save it and go in to look at it, it still isn't right. It could be a little faster too. I don't understand why it will scan some photo's well and some are really bad. I cleaned it as directed and still it came out bad. Not my choice of scanner from now on. Will go to Cannon.

Works great for me in Windows 2000 and xp.......2004-01-28

Wish there is a power button on this model

Scanner is great, support is just awful.......2003-04-21

The Microtek 4800 scanner is a great buy, as long as it installs perfectly the first time. I have Windows XP, and one reason I chose this scanner is it's supposed to be compatible. Not hardly. Between two computer professionals, we couldn't get it to work. After several phone calls and numerous e-mails, we were told the problem was very complicated and we should use the premium (pay) support. This was before the 30 day free support period ended. We finally got into the registry and got it working. I do like the performance and features, just beware if you have XP or any unique setup...

Quit Working for no Reason..........2003-03-19

I had it less than 6 months and it quit working, for absolutely no reason. The prescan viewing area is terrible which makes it hard to fine-tune your graphics.

For some reason the scanner would make noises like it was going to scan something EVERY time I saved a file, no matter what type of file it was.

I also do not like programs that automatically start when Windows starts.... with no consumer's choice to do so. Of course, I disabled that.

The scans did not come out as good as I wanted them too.
For being 48 bit the final scan is not that great.

ScanMaker i800 Pro FB CLR 4800
Average customer rating:
ScanMaker i800 Pro FB CLR 4800

Manufacturer: Microtek
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Accessories:

Readiris Pro 11

Scansoft Omnipage 15 Professional

Product Features:

LaserSoft Silverfast Ai 6 software

8.5" x 14" Legal size scan bed

EZ-Lock film holders

Included 8' x 12" Transparency Adapter

Automatic Photo Reconstruction via Digital Ice for photo prints and film

ASIN: B000ETC09Q

Product Description

The ScanMaker i800 Pro Design flatbed scanner comes fully loaded with the PictuRescue total photo and film restoration system, plus SilverFast Ai scanning software.

Microtek ScanMaker 4900 - Flatbed scanner - 8.5 in x 11.7 in - 2400 dpi x 4800 dpi - USB

Average customer rating:

WARNING!!! Danger of fire!
Nifty Scanner Makes My Life Swell!
piece of junk!
Works for me!
Good Product, No Service

Microtek ScanMaker 4900 - Flatbed scanner - 8.5 in x 11.7 in - 2400 dpi x 4800 dpi - USB

Manufacturer: Microtek
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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ASIN: B000066TOQ

Product Description

Microtek's ScanMaker 4900 is an affordable dual-platform multimedia scanner featuring the new slim EDGE Design. It has a high 4800 x 2400-dpi optical resolution and scans at true 48-bit color depth. The ScanMaker 4900 has a Sigma-6 CCD sensor, which features six rows of sensors (instead of the usual three) for enhanced accuracy, clarity, and resolution. The scanner also features 7 Smart-Touch buttons for Scan, Copy, Email, PDF/OCR, Scan-to-Web, Setup/Cancel, and Custom.

Customer Reviews:

WARNING!!! Danger of fire!.......2007-06-14

My Microtek 4900 Scanner overheated for no apparent reason and started spewing a considerable amount of smoke from its inside. Luckily I caught this in time to avoid a fire, but I did inhale the toxic fumes!

A real piece of junk, cheaply built with inferior parts, poor quality control and also prone to break down in a catastrophic manner!

Do dot leave it unattended while plugged! It may set your house on fire or poison your family!

It may be good for a product liability lawyer, though!

Nifty Scanner Makes My Life Swell!.......2006-03-11

I bought this scanner several years ago, at the time, USB 2.0 scanners were not available. While I never bothered to try using the film/slide attachment, I knew it wasn't intended for serious scanning of such things...I have a film scanner for that. For the things it IS intended for, it does a bang-up job. I sure as hell couldn't find anything as good for anywhere near the money at the time.

piece of junk!.......2003-12-12

I purchased this scanner 16 months ago. I thought I would use it to scan in pictures of my son and print out Christmas cards, etc. Since I don't have as much free time as I would like I probably used it 3 times to scan in photos and 2 times to scan in documents that I needed a second copy of. I recently tried to scan in a family picture for a friend at work and the photo had horizontal lines all over the left side of the picture. I went to microtek support online and tried the two procedures they suggested in their FAQ's. When that did not work I emailed them with my problem. After 3 days I received their response. I seems that after spending $120.00 on a scanner and using it 6 times that my scanner has to be repaired. Their repair facilities are located in Southern California or Canada (since I am in Michigan that does me alot of good). Oh, and since I am beyond the 1 year warranty period I will be charged $80.00 per hour. What a joke! I would recommend never buying this product.

Works for me!.......2003-08-18

I've been using the ScanMaker 4900 for half a year on a 400 mHz Pentium II running XP. The scanner has more than lived up to expectations. The hardware seems well engineered, and the software is powerful. Low resolution scans are satisfyingly quick. At the other extreme, you can have as much color depth and pixel density you could ever hope with scan times appropriate to the accomplishment. (One operation that does really seem to slow things down is descreening.) It is unrealistic to expect an inexpensive scanner to accomplish perfect color fidelity, but our scans have done a good job of matching the originals. We haven't tried 35mm slides, partly because of the inconvenience of setting up the attachment, and partly because getting a good transparency scan from an inexpensive flatbed seems like such a reach.

The "standard" interface is appropriately simple, and the "advanced" one powerful. That power comes with a price, though, for figuring out the software logic requires an amount of effort only justified in a production setting. Microtek apparently doesn't believe in power switches, but does provide a power-saving mode that turns off the lamp after a designated time. Since we switch users a lot and often boot up only to check email, the scanner lamp is left on more often than not. The scanning software does not communicate directly with the programming of the push buttons, an inconvience shared with many other scanner brands. The result for us is that we ignore the buttons.

Judging from other reviews, quality control and user support are an issue with Microtek. We got a good one and would buy again.

Good Product, No Service.......2003-04-26

This scanner works well for me. I'm using it to scan documents and images for web design and it does the job nicely. I haven't tried the slide attachment but since that's a freebie I couldn't complain if it didn't work well. Scanning photographs is simple and the resolution is plenty.

The buttons on the front are very nice for doing things like sending a document straight to your printer, or to an e-mail. There is even a button that you can configure to perform a certain task when pressed, like turn the lamp off. THE BAD NEWS: I must press this button every time I start up my computer, unless I unplug the scanner, because the software fails to turn off the lamp after so many minutes of idle time (like it is supposed to do). If I run the software, then it works. After 10 minutes or so the lamp shuts off.

I contacted Microtek and told them all about it (It's windows XP, blah blah blah) and they said they can't replicate the problem and have a nice day.

Product Description

With its impressive 48-bit color depth, 4800 x 2400dpi resolution and enhanced functionality, the ScanMaker 6700 was developed to handle all your digital imaging needs. It integrates the latest technologies into its hardware to enable you to accomplish complicated tasks with just the push of a button. For example, a built-in 5" x 4" transparency adapter lets you scan transparent media as well as regular photos and documents. Microtek's revolutionary FilmView technology (patent pending) is the first of its kind on the market and allows you to view your slides and film as you would on a lightbox.Microtek's one-step OCR function converts scanned documents into digital text files for use in word processing applications. The built-in OCR engine recognizes formatting, text tables and imbedded images for accurate digital documents. You can even scan directly to PDF (Portable Document Format) with the touch of a button for document sharing and management in a compact, universal format. The ScanMaker 6700 even gives you a one-step solution to share your photos with the world! With the touch of a button you can scan your photos and then post them in an Internet photo sharing community.

Amazon.com Product Description

The ScanMaker 6700 is a high quality color scanner from Microtek with a number of useful features, connectivity options, and a nice software package. PC and Mac compatible, the 6700 utilizes a Sigma Six dual 10,600-element stacked CCD which combines with a 48-bit color depth and a 4,800 x 2,400 dpi maximum optical resolution to provide crisp, true-to-life scans that are perfect for business, graphics, and home office uses.

Built-in USB and FireWire interfaces provide convenient connectivity options, while the LAN Wizard scanning utility for PC lets you use the 6700 as a network device, ideal for multiple-computer office and home environments. The five one-touch buttons (scan, copy, scan-to-web, email, and OCR) provide an easy way to perform commonly used features, while the automation mode detects the image size and adjusts scan parameters to help you achieve high-quality scans with no hassle.

The software package includes ScanWizard 5 with a multi-lingual OCR engine that allows you to save scans in a variety of useful formats such as PDF, Excel, HTML, RTF, and more. An integrated 4-by-5-inch transparency adapter with FilmView light box lets you view and scan 35mm film or slides, while the 8.5-by-11.7-inch scanning surface handles up to letter size originals with ease. Weighing 8.1 pounds, the 6700 has a footprint of 19.7 by 11.5 inches. The 6700 also comes backed with a one year limited warranty on both parts and labor.

What's in the Box
Scanner, PCI FireWire card (six-pin), six-pin FireWire cable, USB cable, power adapter, installation manuals, software CD, Adobe Photoshop Elements CD, integrated 4-by-5-inch transparency adapter with FilmView

Customer Reviews:

PC World Review corporate Best Buy August 2002.......2002-09-03

Microtek's ScanMaker 6700 debuted splashily on our August 2002 chart as the corporate Best Buy. It's the successor to the 1200-dpi, 24-bit-color ScanMaker 5700, a longtime small-office chart mainstay. In addition to its higher 48-bit color depth and 2400-dpi optical resolution, the 6700 boasts the same sizzling performance, FireWire and USB 1.1 connections, and strong image quality as its older sibling.

For our performance tests, we used the 6700's FireWire interface and the add-in card and cable that come with the scanner. In terms of overall performance, the 6700 was slightly better than the Epson Perfection 2450, another 2400-dpi scanner we tested using FireWire. While the Epson ran faster on low-resolution scans (such as a 300-dpi black-and-white document), the Microtek was twice as fast on our 1200-dpi color photo. The 6700 also ranked highest overall in our August 2002 roundup for image quality. For example, in our print test of a 4-by-5-inch color photo scanned at 100 dpi and 24-bit color depth, it earned the top score thanks to the best combination of sharpness, brightness, and color reproduction (in skin tones as well as other shades).

The 6700 is designed for shared use over a local area network, and comes with LAN-specific software (Microtek LAN Wizard) that enables image sharing, job status reporting, and sending messages to other users on the network. In addition, like the 5700, the 6700 can scan transparencies as large as 5 by 7 inches with its built-in adapter.

WHAT'S NOT: The 6700 lacks an 8.5-by-14-inch glass and doesn't come with an automatic document feeder, so (as with other scanners that have letter-size scanning beds) you'll need to get an automatic document feeder to scan legal-size documents. You can buy a 50-page ADF from Microtek for [$]. After the first year, live technical support is on a pay-per-call basis. The 6700 doesn't support the newer, faster USB 2.0 interface; Microtek says it is working on new models that do use USB 2.0.

WHAT ELSE: Like the 5700, the 6700 has a lid that includes a built-in lightbox for previewing slides and small pieces of film--a feature that no other scanner manufacturer offers. The 6700 sports five quick-start buttons for scanning, copying, e-mail, OCR, and scanning to the Web; the last transfers your scanned images to the IMira.com photo-sharing Web site.

The 6700 comes with Adobe Photoshop Elements for image editing, Ulead Photo Explorer 6 for image management, ABBYY FineReader Sprint 4 for optical character recognition, and Trellix Web 2.5 for Web page design. Microtek's efficient scanning driver (ScanWizard 5) provides separate modes for beginners and advanced users; the included step-by-step tutorial makes learning how to batch-scan multiple images and perform other image-editing tasks quick and easy. You can easily scan and save 48-bit color images (if you want to store as much raw color information as possible in your original scans), just by using the scanner driver. In fact, it's the only driver we've looked at recently that makes saving 48-bit color this simple. Also, you can save scanned documents in Adobe's Portable Document Format, which many businesses prefer for posting documents online.

UPSHOT: The Microtek ScanMaker 6700 is an attractively priced scanner for offices--networked and otherwise--that need fast, high-quality scans from photos, film, and paper documents.

Microtek ScanMaker 6700

USB 1.1 and FireWire, 2400 by 4800 dpi, 11.5 by 19.7 by 4.5 inches (width by depth by height), 8.1 pounds, 8.5-by-11.7-inch scanning area, built-in transparency adapter, optional automatic document feeder. One-year warranty; free technical support for one year (10 hours on weekdays, call is not toll-free);

PC World Review corporate Best Buy August 2002.......2002-09-03

Microtek's ScanMaker 6700 debuted splashily on our ...-color ScanMaker 5700, a longtime small-office chart mainstay. In addition to its higher 48-bit color depth and 2400-dpi optical resolution, the 6700 boasts the same sizzling performance, FireWire and USB 1.1 connections, and strong image quality as its older sibling.

WHAT'S NOT: The 6700 lacks an 8.5-by-14-inch glass and doesn't come with an automatic document feeder, so (as with other scanners that have letter-size scanning beds) you'll need to get an automatic document feeder to scan legal-size documents. You can buy a 50-page ADF from Microtek ... After the first year, live technical support is on a pay-per-call basis. The 6700 doesn't support the newer, faster USB 2.0 interface; Microtek says it is working on new models that do use USB 2.0.

UPSHOT: The Microtek ScanMaker 6700 is an attractively priced scanner for offices--networked and otherwise--that need fast, high-quality scans from photos, film, and paper documents.

Microtek ScanMaker 6700

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