Agfa Snapscan e20 Flatbed Scanner

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• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004Z38G
• Item model number: e20
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
The Agfa Snapscan e20 is an entry-level one-pass desktop scanner that uses advanced software to make scanning easy for new users. The Snapscan e20 automatically formats scanned images for e-mail, word processing, text conversion (OCR), Web pages, and image manipulation programs.

The Snapscan e20 comes with many applications. The software CDs contain clip art and templates to create photo greeting cards, invitations, and special effects for photos. Corel Print Office 2000 includes photo-editing tools, style templates, and support for digital cameras and scanners. Thus, it's easy to create impressive documents and Web pages. The Readiris multilingual optical character recognition (OCR) software allows users to convert hard-copy documents--originals, faxes, and photocopies--into editable text. Readiris also recognizes 55 languages. All software is provided in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Dutch.

The dual-platform Snapscan e20 is available for both Mac (OS 8 and higher) and PC (Windows 98 or 2000). The Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface is easy to connect to any computer. You do not have to adjust system settings, insert add-in cards, or reboot the system after connecting the scanner. The maximum scanning area is 8.5 by 11.7 inches. Preview speed is 14 seconds.

This very affordable scanner is housed in a white body with a choice of three snazzy colored handles for personal preference. It comes in translucent blueberry, translucent tangerine, or translucent graphite. The Snapscan e20 has a one-year warranty. --Linda Anderson

Product Description
Agfa offers the SnapScan e20, the member of the "e" series scanners. The SnapScan e20 combines the award-winning SnapScan technology with advanced software to make it easy for new users to communicate with pictures. Agfa's unique ScanWise scanning software automatically formats scanned images for email, word processing, text conversion (OCR), Web pages, or image-manipulation programs. For those who want to turn their digital images into high-quality traditional photographs, Agfa includes AGFAnet software. This dual-platform scanner (Macintosh and Windows, including Windows 2000) offers USB (Universal Serial Bus) connectivity for fast, on-the-fly data transfer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome-!!, May 10, 2001

By A Customer

I bought this because of another review- it is totally great. I have't had any problems at all. It installed quickly and without any problems. The software that comes with it is also great. Quality is great. You get more than you pay for!!!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best price you can get at its level of quality, September 21, 2001

By	jchilst (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews

I searched hard for a great scanner I didn't have to much money to spend. I found this at only $...!!! Looked at the reviews, and confirmed that this is worth it. At this price, this is great scanning quality!

Later I noticed that in some magazine they rated scanner's like I thought this is the best quality at such a low price. This is easy to install. Has many color, and deminshion options. Haven't had any problem and had it for almost a year.

If you are looking for a low priced scanner this is perfect for you. If thinking of buying it online you should use amazon.com (like I did). To make sure something like this gets shipped right.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Quality Easy-Install Scanner, November 14, 2000

By	Prof David T Wright (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews

My 4th Scanner in about 6 years (others Epson, Mustek, UMAX)- this Agfa was the quickest to set-up (plug in after boot-up with USB), install software (good Agfa ScanWise, also Corel Print Office and Readiris OCR), and produce quality scans for web.

Specs- 600x1200 optical (then interpolated to 9600 dpi), full page (US), 36 bit, USB I/F, PC/Mac compatible, win 98/2000/Me/Mac OS, quick scan, bit tacky lid, "iMac-colour inserts", lightweight. Reassuringly, no crashes so far (PC with 128 MB RAM).

Overall, great value, no problems, with great quick quality scans.