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Hardware Reviews March 2001 • Vol.4 Issue 3 |
Visioneer OneTouch 8800 USB | ||
 The Visioneer OneTouch 8800 USB comes with enough timesaving features and other options to handle most scanning tasks that can crop up in a home or small office. And its overall imaging capabilities aren't bad, either. The 4-inch high x 11.7-inch wide x 16.7-inch deep scanner has seven one-touch buttons that you can use to quickly scan images to your scanning software, a copier, fax machine, e-mail program, another application of your choice, and more. In addition, the 6.2-pound 8800 features a 24-bit output bit depth and 1,200dpi resolution capabilities. But the neat feature with this machine is its Visioneer Scan Manager Pro scanning software, which expands the capabilities of the 8800 nicely. For example, a batch scan feature lets you scan in multiple images as one document, saving you time with large scanning jobs. You can also set a wide range of output resolutions, from 50dpi and up, to suit your particular scanning task. In addition to the basic brightness, contrast, and gamma settings, the scanning software even includes blur/sharpen filters and settings for reducing moiré patterns in images. Other accompanying software includes ScanSoft PaperPort Deluxe 7 for managing your documents, Adobe Photoshop 5.0LE, ScanSoft TextBridge Pro 8, Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.05, and PhotoEnhancer 3.1. Visioneer also includes a 30-day trial of Quicken Expensable, as well as an AOL 5.0 CD-ROM that you can use to sign up for Internet access. In addition to electronic users manuals, a printed Installation Guide walks you through the scanner's installation and setup and provides lots of scanning tips and hints. Although installing the 8800 is pretty easy using the machine's USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector, a Quick Install Card also gives you step-by-step setup instructions if you run into problems. We were also pleased with the 8800's scan times, which ranged from a speedy 0:10 (minutes:seconds) for a 150dpi large color photograph to an acceptable 7:57 for the same image scanned in at 1,200dpi. In addition, the unit rendered sharp images that appeared very comparable to the original prints. The scanner also performed well in our color-block test, rendering a wide range of light and dark shades. Moreover, color transitions within photographs appeared smooth, and flesh tones looked realistic. The 8800 rendered 27 shades of gray in our grayscale test and provided good shading and detail on a black-and-white photo test scan. Graphics also appeared clean and even, and text document scans were crisp and very readable. With so much going for it, the Visioneer 8800 has what it takes for most basic scanning needs. Graphics designers and users wanting high-quality, professional color rendering should probably look elsewhere. But for $167, small-office and home users could do a lot worse than the 8800. by Lori Robison
$167 Visioneer (888) 229-4172 (925) 251-6300 http://www.visioneer.com
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