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97 of 97 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better Than I Expected, August 20, 2000
After reading all of the glowing reviews on the 1200U, I decided to go for the 1200U Photo, which includes the attachments for scanning slides and negatives. The combination of Amazon's price, and the savings of buying the complete package was too good to pass up. After all, it's only about $100 more than a mediocre scanner that doesn't have those options.Anyway, I'm extremely surprised at what I got for my money. The scanner installed easily, has a real on/off switch, warms up quickly, and scans at speeds that blow away the competition. I was especially delighted at the quality I was getting from scanned negatives, considering this is not a dedicated negative/slide scanner. The photo editing software that comes with it is okay, but a long way from the full fledged Adobe Photoshop. OCR works well most of the time. As with most scanners, you will probably be dissapointed using the default settings, and some time and patience is required learning how to fine tune scans to get the best results. Fortunately, Epson gives you plenty of options for tweaking scans to perfection, or close to perfection, so don't be afraid to experiment. The manual is good enough to get you started, and the help menus are pretty good, too. Although novices may do better with a scanner that is more user friendly, I doubt most buyers will be dissapointed with this scanner. Especially those who want the option of scanning negatives and slides. Finally, here's a tip that took me a long time to figure out. Most manuals tell you to scan at a low resolution when e-mailing photos (smaller file and size). Instead, try a higher resolution and use the Adobe PhotoDeluxe software to resize the scanned image. Your file size and image will be reduced, yet the quality of your image will look much better. As I said, don't be afraid to experiment.
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