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Hardware Reviews February 2001 • Vol.4 Issue 2 |
HP ScanJet 2200c | ||
 Designed specifically for scanning personal photos to the Web and color copies for completing home projects, the new Scanjet 2200c is a decent, no-frills scanner at an affordable price. The 4.7-pound 2200c works with the Windows 98, Me, and 2000 operating systems. It has 42-bit depth capabilities and a 600dpi (dots per inch) resolution suitable for most general scanning tasks. One-touch buttons on the front of the unit let you quickly scan or send a copy of the image to your printer. The software package, while slim, should still take care of your basic scanning needs and is very easy to use. Accompanying programs include HP PrecisionScan LTX, which comes with the unit's scanning software, an OCR (optical character recognition) program, and Adobe ActiveShare for editing, managing, and sharing your scanned images. We particularly liked the HP scanning software, which features pull-down menus with options for adjusting output size and type and resolution settings. Installing the solidly constructed scanner is simple using the USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface. If you need help, you can refer to the accompanying setup poster. As with many other Hewlett-Packard scanners, no printed documentation comes with the 2200c; the digital help menu on the software CD-ROM doesn't provide much help for the first-time user either. We were pleased with the scanner's fast scan times, though, which ranged from 0:12 for a 150dpi color-block image to only 2:08 for a large, color photograph scanned in at 600dpi. Image quality was also acceptable, with bright color rendering and decent balance and contrast. The darkest and lightest color shades could have been better defined, but that deficiency is hardly unusual for a scanner in this price range. Color transitions were smooth, however, and flesh tones appeared realistic. The scanner did not do so well with our grayscale test; it recognized only 21 shades of gray, far below our 27-shade benchmark average. But the black-and-white test photo appeared very nice, with good shading and crisp details in all but the darkest areas. The graphic test image also looked clean and even, and the text document image appeared very crisp and readable. Although we were not very impressed with the overall image quality of the HP Scanjet 2200c, it did perform well enough considering its affordable $79 price tag. If a basic scanner for basic tasks is what you want, you should at least give this scanner a look. by Lori Robison
$79 Hewlett-Packard (800) 722-6538 (650) 857-1501 http://www.hp.com
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