Visioneer OneTouch 7300 USB Ultra-Slimline Flatbed Scanner
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Customer Review: Works fine in Windows XP
Summary: 4 Stars
The installer was a bit klunky, but this scanner gets the job done.Customer Review: A Pleasant Experience
Summary: 5 Stars
Instructions were clear. Steps outlined. Seemed foolproof. After installing the new software, hookup with the included USB cable was a breeze. Great machine and easy to use. Software was user-friendly. Check out this machine and you will be pleased.Customer Review: Not a scanner for my needs...
Summary: 2 Stars
Have owned 4 flatbed scanners up til now, 3 of which were visioneers. I use these scanners for archiving books and magazines. The 7300 good features: small, slim design. Easy to use for scanning books and magazines. USB powered. THE BAD:I scan all my images at 300 dpi and 8.5 x 11 inches. The 7300 took over 60 seconds to scan a color page (grayscale is about 25 seconds). In contrast, my previous scanner, a visioneer 9320, did a color page in 25 seconds. Also, it saves everything in .max format (in its paperport software), a format only paperport can use. You can convert it into jpeg format but that is just an extra step to do. I use adobe elements to edit the scan and it doesn't recognize the .max format so every scan has to be converted. So I sit a press the enter key = to the number of scans I made. It's operation was quiet except for an annoying squeaking and popping sounds it randomly made. I literally scan thousands of pages every week so speed is important. MY RECOMMENDATION: I have owned a visoneer 9320, 7300, a HP 2400 scanner and a visoneer 7100. The best one is the visioneer 7100 -- Has decent scanning speed, color or grayscale and the scans can be made in bmp format instead of the paperport max format. Adobe elements can open bmp format and when I use elements to convert to jpeg, the pictures, in my opinion, are better looking. All scanners wear out at 25,000 to 30,000 scans (the glass "wears out" with minute scratches on its surface and effects the scan) so if you scan alot of pages, like me, the $50-60 cost of the 7100 is easy on the wallet.Customer Review: good scanner
Summary: 5 Stars
had it for a year - very good scans, much faster than budget Canon scanner and feeds itself from one USB cable. Software is easy to use, again better than Canon that died after 3 years of use. Customer Review: I did a dumb thing
Summary: 1 Stars
I knew that Visioneer had a bad reputation, but when my HP scanner finally died after six years, I picked this one up primarily because I had an Office Max gift card and that's all they had in this price range. The software installation bluescreened my computer in Windows XP - twice. I tried to run the software anyway and found it confusing and hard to use. It's going back to the store. Look at HP - I've had pretty good luck there - or Canon, which is what I'm going to buy once I get my money back. Visioneer has worked hard over the years to earn its lousy reputation - save yourself the trouble of finding this out for yourself.
UPDATE: I researched a bit and found that Visioneer's software will not work with Windows SP2! On their site they advise that you do a full deletion of SP2 and then install their software. Make sure they've updated their software or offered a patch if you want this scanner, but since SP2 has been around a while, it tells you something about this company, doesn't it???