IBM IdeaScan 0275-011 Flatbed Scanner

Amazon.com Product Description
The IBM Ideascan scanner has a lot to offer. Easy access buttons quickly preview, start a color scan, activate optical character recognition, create a fax (if you have a fax modem and software), copy, and prepare e-mail (if you have Microsoft Exchange).

Bundled software includes PhotoStudio Suite and Textbridge Classic 2.0 OCR, PhotoStudio SE 2.0, PhotoFantasy, PhotoBase, PhotoPrinter, and all necessary drivers.

The scanner includes a removable cover, 4-foot parallel port cable, and protection against lightning strikes, power line problems, and radio interference. You can also choose a data compression mode for increased scanning speed.

Product Description:
The IBM IdeaScan Color Flatbed Scanner provides leading-edge functionality that enables you to work faster and easier. It is the ideal fast and easy-to-use quality scanner for family fun, creative products, and light office applications. Features include six Easy-buttons: Copy, Fax, E-mail, Color Scan, Optical Character Recognition, and Preview. The IdeaScan connects to your computer through the parallel port and has a pass-through port for printer connections.

IBM IdeaScan 0275-011 Flatbed Scanner
Average customer rating:

Piece of Junk!

I must have a different product

Don't buy this!

solid scanner

IBM IdeaScan 0275-011 Flatbed Scanner

Manufacturer: IBM
ProductGroup: CE
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Product Features:

600 x 1200 dpi optical resolution, 9600 dpi enhanced

36-bit color depth

1-touch function buttons

Oversize scanning ability

Flatbed design

ASIN: B00001OPIY

Product Description

The IBM IdeaScan Color Flatbed Scanner provides leading-edge functionality that enables you to work faster and easier. It is the ideal fast and easy-to-use quality scanner for family fun, creative products, and light office applications. Features include six Easy-buttons: Copy, Fax, E-mail, Color Scan, Optical Character Recognition, and Preview. The IdeaScan connects to your computer through the parallel port and has a pass-through port for printer connections.

Amazon.com Product Description

The IBM Ideascan scanner has a lot to offer. Easy access buttons quickly preview, start a color scan, activate optical character recognition, create a fax (if you have a fax modem and software), copy, and prepare e-mail (if you have Microsoft Exchange).

Bundled software includes PhotoStudio Suite and Textbridge Classic 2.0 OCR, PhotoStudio SE 2.0, PhotoFantasy, PhotoBase, PhotoPrinter, and all necessary drivers.

Customer Reviews:

Piece of Junk!.......2003-11-09

It was always too slow to be of much use. Now it's just a piece of junk. It is not compatible with XP and IBM no longer supports it, in fact, IBM no longer supports anything I've ever bought from them. I will no longer buy from IBM. They are too big and are willing to eliminate entire product lines at the drop of a hat, leaving me stuck with yet another piece of IBM junk!

I must have a different product.......2002-01-04

I read the other two reviews. I've had my Ideascan for two years, too. The original unit died within a couple of months and IBM instantly replaced it with another on a swap-out basis (they sent me the new scanner and asked me to put the old one into the shipping carton and call FedEx for a free return pickup--can't ask for better customer service than that!).

Removing that annoying control panel that appears on startup is quite easy. Just go to the Win-doze startup menu and remove it. How to do it is all there in the Win-doze documentation.

As to the XP install problem, my guess is that this is an XP and not a Ideascan issue. Last week, I moved my Ideascan from my "old" W98 SE machine to a new Windows 2000 machine and the install went seamlessly. XP and W2000 are said to be the same code base--W2000 is really NT 5.0 and XP is NT 5.1. Just visit the microsoft.com web site and I'll bet that anyone experiencing install difficulties will find a fix or a patch there. That's where I found the fix that allowed me to install a HP 960 printer on USB in W2000.

This is a terrific scanner for the money. We've used it with Photoshop, Photosuite, Printmaster, and Printshop and the results have been excellent.

Don't buy this!.......2001-12-11

I bought this scanner 2 years ago and it's worked okay. Several times I ran into some gliches and it didn't scan well when hooked through my priner.

We just recently bought a new computer which came with Windows XP and this scanner is not compatable with that program. I might as well throw it away! Anyone want mine for free??? LOL!

solid scanner.......2001-11-15

I have had this IBM scanner for a little more then 2 years,
it is very well built, the software that comes with it works as expected without a hickup. on installation the software will install an oversized counsel with function bottons that automatically loads on your screen every time you turn on your computer, that quikly becomes an eye sore (you must click it off every time you boot your computer)I have not been able to disable this anoying feature.
also I feel there is much better drivers than the one that ships with this scanner. other than these minor items. It's a good choise.

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