Mustek BearPaw 1200 Scanner

Amazon.com Product Description
The Mustek BearPaw 1200 scanner features some of the highest software-enhanced resolutions available. It has an optical resolution of 600 x 1,200 dpi with a maximum software-enhanced resolution of 19,200 dpi. The BDIT (Bit Depth Increased Technology) enhances the 42-bit color depth to a 48-bit palette with over 281 trillion colors. The BearPaw has a slim profile and stylish design to match your modern lifestyle. A front panel with five easy-to-use buttons comprises part of the functional and easy-to-use design. Because you have only to plug the BearPaw 1200 into the USB port on your PC, installation of the BearPaw 1200 is also simple.

The Mustek BearPaw 1200 scanner comes with easy-to-use software. Photo Express SE turns your scanned images into greeting cards, announcements, and invitations; Photo Express SE's retouching tools make your pictures look their best. The TextBridge OCR software allows documents to be scanned for editing directly with your word processing software. The included image-editing software allows the BearPaw 1200 to save in the GIF file format commonly used for Internet graphics. The GIF format supports transparent areas and interlacing.

The Mustek BearPaw 1200 scanner is also backed by a one-year warranty.

Product Description:
The Mustek Be@rPaw is the next generation in scanning. It has a slim profile, designed with decor in mind. It also includes a front panel with five easy-to-use buttons which are attached to unique functions such as scanning, faxing, copying and e-mailing. Installation of the Be@rPaw couldn't be easier. With the power of a Universal Serial Bus connection, simply plug the Be@rPaw scanner into the USB port on your Windows 98 computer.The Be@rPaw features some of the highest software enhanced resolution ever seen. It has an optical resolution of 600 x 1200 dpi with a maximum software enhanced resolution of 19, 200 dpi! The Be@rPaw's patented BDIT (Bit Depth Increased Technology) enhancement captures a 36-bit color image and enhances it to a brilliant 48-bit palette with over 281 trillion colors! The Be@rPaw is a TWAIN compliant scanner. Through TWAIN, the Be@rPaw can scan directly into many supported applications, providing flexibility and value.

Mustek BearPaw 1200 Scanner
Average customer rating:

merlin mustek bearpaw scanner 1200

My first scanner - content so far.

Truly the Yugo of scanners

Allright but problems

Non functional

Mustek BearPaw 1200 Scanner

Manufacturer: Mustek
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

600 x 1200 dpi resolution, 19,200 dpi enhanced

5 1-touch buttons for scanning, faxing, copying, and e-mailing

42-bit color depth, 48-bit depth with software enhancement

Stylish design

Includes professional software

ASIN: B00004VWIT

Product Description

The Mustek Be@rPaw is the next generation in scanning. It has a slim profile, designed with decor in mind. It also includes a front panel with five easy-to-use buttons which are attached to unique functions such as scanning, faxing, copying and e-mailing. Installation of the Be@rPaw couldn't be easier. With the power of a Universal Serial Bus connection, simply plug the Be@rPaw scanner into the USB port on your Windows 98 computer.The Be@rPaw features some of the highest software enhanced resolution ever seen. It has an optical resolution of 600 x 1200 dpi with a maximum software enhanced resolution of 19, 200 dpi! The Be@rPaw's patented BDIT (Bit Depth Increased Technology) enhancement captures a 36-bit color image and enhances it to a brilliant 48-bit palette with over 281 trillion colors! The Be@rPaw is a TWAIN compliant scanner. Through TWAIN, the Be@rPaw can scan directly into many supported applications, providing flexibility and value.

Amazon.com Product Description

The Mustek BearPaw 1200 scanner features some of the highest software-enhanced resolutions available. It has an optical resolution of 600 x 1,200 dpi with a maximum software-enhanced resolution of 19,200 dpi. The BDIT (Bit Depth Increased Technology) enhances the 42-bit color depth to a 48-bit palette with over 281 trillion colors. The BearPaw has a slim profile and stylish design to match your modern lifestyle. A front panel with five easy-to-use buttons comprises part of the functional and easy-to-use design. Because you have only to plug the BearPaw 1200 into the USB port on your PC, installation of the BearPaw 1200 is also simple.

The Mustek BearPaw 1200 scanner is also backed by a one-year warranty.

Customer Reviews:

merlin mustek bearpaw scanner 1200.......2005-04-25

I hate it! I was ripped off when I bought this. How could I know that I would never be able to ugrade it to a new Operating System. You could at least write new drivers for Windows XP and Windows 2000.
I feel cheated!
Rose Mary Hughes

My first scanner - content so far........2002-02-19

This is my first scanner, so I haven't much to compare it to. I picked it up to use mostly for scanning items to sell on eBay.

The resolution, in my opinion, has been great. I've been using the default resolution setting (which isn't the highest) and the scanner has been producing images with file sizes up to 5 megs. More than enough for eBay images! It also came with OCR (optical character recognition) software that will supposedly scan a text document and convert it into a Word/Notes document. I've yet to use this, but seem to recall another reviewer saying that it wasn't working as advertised.

The scanner could be smaller. I've seen a Canon unit that was about half as thick as the BearPaw. And I always hate it when a product, whether software or hardware, alters or adds programs that aren't necessary for running the product. Especially my 'startup' folder. In the case of this scanner, it added another copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 into a different directory than C:\program files\adobe. So I had two copies of the Reader program and uninstalled one of them. I hope that didn't mess up the OCR software program since I haven't tested it yet. And the Photo Express program that it comes with will start automatically whenever you scan something. This became annoying since I feel more comfortable using Photoshop for image editing. Total programs uninstalled: 2.

Overall, I would recommend this scanner for someone looking for an entry level unit. It should suffice for most duties and then some. And the price is right. Just be sure to go the manufacturer's site and download the latest drivers. The packaged ones didn't work for my system (AMD K6-2 proc. running W98). Hope this helps.

Truly the Yugo of scanners.......2002-01-26

It looks pretty, little bear paws on the cover. The installation disk aborts immediately when you try to install it under WinXP. There are new drivers available on their website, but you have to call tech support on your own dime to figure out how to install them (i.e. the scanner must be off, download all 14 driver files at 1.2meg each, run the web.exe first, when it says to reboot don't, run the uplib.exe next, ignore the error messages about not being compatible, ok now reboot, now you can turn on your scanner) When none of the instructions work, they email you stuff to read and hang up on you. You read the stuff they sent and that doesn't help either, so you call them back, they repeat the process and email you different stuff. After 4 hours of trying to install it and 4 separate tech support calls, I give up.

Allright but problems.......2002-01-19

I bought this as a gift for my fiance's X-mas Gift(he is a computer technician) and he somewhat liked it but hated the fact that it was hard to change the language from french to english and get it to set up. So far he has only used it once because it takes up so much space on his computer but overall it is ok

Non functional.......2002-01-06

Before purchasing this scanner, realize that it is totally non functional for any modern computer. Out of the box it only has drivers for Windows 95. It will not run on XP, Win2000 or what not. The website does have a section where drivers are allegedly available but THEY WILL NOT DOWNLOAD. It just says "page not found".
I purchased two of these as gifts and now they are just large paperweights (humiliating to me as the gift giver).
My advice..try to download the drivers BEFORE you purchase this.

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