Buy Epson Perfection 1200U USB Flatbed ScannerEpson Perfection 1200U USB Flatbed Scanner Product Description:
- True 1,200 by 2,400 dpi resolution, 9,600 dpi interpolated
- 36-bit color depth
- Fast scanning speed of 6 milliseconds per line
- Convenient USB interface
- Complete software bundle
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166 of 168 people found the following review helpful.
Epson Perfection 1200 USP is the best in it's price range!
By Richard V. Grosh
My former scanner by Microtek was difficult to set up and did not work until I searched for hours in the documentation and on Microtek's web site and finally found a rather complicated answer. I still have to apply the "fix" to any computer I use the Microtek scanner with.
In contrast, the Epson Perfection 1200 USB Scanner was a breeze to set up. I just plugged the USB cable in with my computer already on, turned the scanner on and Windows 98 detected the scanner and the "Add Driver" wizard came up. Just point that to your CD drive to load the drivers and that's it.
The scanner is very fast and quiet. The twain interface is as good or better then any I've seen. The quality of the scans is top-notch across the board, from color to contrast to shadow depth.
I choose this scanner based on a ZdNet review of Epson's 636 USB scanner which won their editors choice award. They said it works especially well with Epson Color printers which I found to be the case too.
With a hardware resolution 1200 x 2400 dpi, the Epson Perfection 1200 USB scanner has higher optical resolution than any other scanner in it's price range. It's a real bargain.
Tips: Whatever graphics program you use, set up an ICM color profile. Or use the ICM profile of your monitor. Adobe Photoshop comes with a utility to do this. Then in the twain interface of your scanner click the "Use ICM" check box. Then your scans will look more like the originals when viewed on-screen. If you have an Epson printer (I have the Stylus Color 740), when you print choose the "Epson Stylus Color 740" profile from the "color space" list. If you have another printer it should show up in the list too. This info is for printing from Photoshop, but other graphics programs should be similar.
Scans printed from my Epson printer look almost identical to the original including color tone and depth.
I use this scanner primarily for professional web design and personal photograph reproduction.
Overall it's just a great scanner and I'm very happy with it.
81 of 82 people found the following review helpful.Windows 2000 drivers actually work, scanner a beauty!
By John W. Anderson
I needed a scanner that worked in Windows 2000, and decided to take a chance - based on other reviews posted here - with the Epson Perfection 1200U. The short of it is, the scanner worked right out of the box. Setup was easy, the Windows 2000 drivers I downloaded from Epson's web site installed without a glitch, and the software bundled with the scanner can't be beat. I was especially delight to find included the Presto PageManager, which is a kind of ACDSee thumbnail browser (with myriad other functions), and with it's Presto!Wrapper utility, which saves your image in a self-executing file to send to friends who might not have imaging software. Very cool.
The scanner is also the fastest I've owned, and the Twain software for scanning is multi-configurable for auto-sizing, exposing, et al of your image. Very very nice.
I'm very very pleased with this scanner, especially after I had bought an Acer 620U on the sole basis of its supposedly being Windows 2000 ready - only to find (to my horror and frustration) that the drivers for the Acer were bug-ridden and conflicted with my USB Iomega Zip Drive. I also had a Mustek 600II-CD, but had to give it the boot when Mustek said they weren't planning on supporting Windows 2000. So you can imagine my delight when the Epson Perfection 1200U not only worked right off the bat, but proved to be an unbeatlable value for the money considering the superior bundled software (Presto! PageManager, Adobe PhotoDeluxe, Broderbund Print Shop Press Writer, and ArcSoft's PhotoPrinter). Further, the scanner is fast, quiet, the quality of the image output is excellent, and there are other features I haven't even begun to explore. Easy and simple for home use, powerful and multi-layered enough for business use (I do both). An excellent product!
65 of 67 people found the following review helpful.You'll pee in your pants if you switch to the Epson 1200 USB
By W. T. Harder
I just upgraded from a Visioneer Paperport One Touch to the Epson 1200 USB and WOW - what a difference.
First the USB port is so much better than the parallel port off the printer - no more annoying waiting for connecting (also the reason I switched from the One Touch - I could no longer connect) to the scanner.
Second, the OCR actually works. Scan under OCR and then just drop it into the application you desire and presto, it is converted. And I'm talking converted. It converts different fonts, sizes, and bolds to the application so that the entire document can be manipulated.
For the extra $, the Epson is WELL worth it.
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