Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB Flatbed Scanner | 
 enlarge | Brand: Mustek
Category: CE
List Price: $229.99
Buy New: $209.87
You Save: $20.12 (9%)
Rating:  37 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 14
Dimensions (in): 16 x 23 x 4
MPN: SCANEXPRESSA3USB
Model: SCANEXPRESSA3USB
UPC: 748011213445
EAN: 0748011213445
ASIN: B0000719OR
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 300 x 600 dpi optical resolution, 9,600 dpi interpolated | | • | 48-bit color depth, 16-bit grayscale | | • | Hinged lid for complete book spreads, 2 letter-sized pages, or magazines | | • | Software bundle with Photoshop 5.0 LE and FineReader OCR | | • | USB 1.1 interface; PC compatible |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The ScanExpress A3 outperforms the best price performance for large-scale scanning solution. The ScanExpress A3 features high-resolution, color accurate scans up to 297 x 431 mm. That is large enough to scan an A3 size drawing or two A4 size pages simultaneously. With its 36-bit color abilities, the ScanExpress A3 can capture over 68.7 billion colors in a single-pass internally. The 36-bit data is used by color management software to accurately display and reproduce the best possible 24-bit image.With its full TWAIN compliance, ScanExpress A3 scanners allow you to transfer images directly into any TWAIN-supported software application. The ScanExpress A3 series includes two models, one is ScanExpress A3 EP with the EPP interface, and the other is ScanExpress A3 SP with the SCSI interface.
Amazon.com Product Description
An ideal solution for business travelers, or anyone setting up a home office, the Mustek ScanExpress A3 comes complete with high-resolution, color-accurate scanning abilities. With its 36-bit color capturing abilities, the ScanExpress A3 can capture over 68.7 billion colors in a single-pass. With its full TWAIN compliance, the ScanExpress A3 scanner allows you to transfer images directly into any TWAIN-supported software application. With a speedy USB 1.1 interface, this scanner is PC compatible.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 It's okay. January 2, 2008
Clayton Henry
Not exactly the best quality scans I've seen. In fact, I always run the scans through a filter in photoshop. No biggy. I don't regret buying it, but I'm not sure if I'd buy it again. Then again, for the price, you can't really complain.
 Useful but handle with care September 20, 2007
V. Steele
Do not use this scanner for scanning books. The glass is attached with double-stick tape and came lose on my scanner. It is not put together with common fasteners that would make it easy to take apart and repair. The glass drops down on the scanning mechanism, causing it to get stuck, in addition to dirt getting inside. Sometimes I turn the unit upside down to scan.
 BEST THERE IS FOR THE MONEY September 10, 2007
Viki Thomas (Oxford, Alabama)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I needed a large image flatbed scanner since IBM decided not to update the driver on their machine to work with XP. I lucked out and found this one through considerable research at stores and on line. The reviews said it was a bit slow and was short some buttons so I had a little concern. Haven't missed a single button, it's faster than the IBM I had before and the Twain interface is very user friendly. It does an excellent job. If you need the extra size of an A3 scanner this is the machine. Next one up starts at over $1000. and goes up from there. I commend Mustek for filling this "hole" in retail personal scanner products that none of the other manufacturers seem to have considered.
Fantastic Item September 6, 2007
David Branstetter (www.myspace.com/strawmancomics)
The perfect tool for scanning large scale documents, and the price is unbeatable.
Three minor complaints: At a higher resolution the scanning process can take a few minutes to warm up, preview, and final scan.
Installation was a bit tricky but didn't take nearly as much time as previous reviewers have mentioned. Best advice is to just go to the Mustek website and download the appropriate driver for your system.
Beneath the lid of the scanner is a black cushion, which can be bad for scanning documents that are a bit transparent. It turns the image a shade of gray.
Just an okay product for the price September 4, 2007
pinky1352 (New York City)
Well the previous reviews were pretty much on target with this scanner. It DOES scan extremely light, especially on the leading edge of the page, with unbalanced contrast if you use it's own software. You can get better scans using a paint program that you can change scan settings (I use Paint shop pro), but the scans take MUCH longer.
I ended up using their software and corrected the pictures in Paint Shop.
And their software does seem to have some sort of memory leak. After I scanned 25 pages or so, the program responded much slower. I didn't push it until it fully crashed. Very easily fixed if you shut down and restart the program. (I was using WindowsXP on a 2 year old laptop with 1GB of memory)
All in all, for what I needed to do this scanner serves my purpose well enough since I'm just using it scan in pictures to run a slideshow of tattoo designs, and the color on those pics don't need to be dead-on. If you're looking to do a lot of scans and need them to be exact, you might want to go with another model if you can afford it.
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