Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB Flatbed Scanner

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16 x 23 x 4 inches ; 15 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 14 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000719OR
• Item model number: SCANEXPRESSA3USB
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 27, 2004

Product Description

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.

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Scanner, Crappy Software, May 13, 2007

By	Christopher J. Cotter (Sarasota, FL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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First of all, you will need to figure out where you're going to put this thing: it's quite large. It measures 22" x 15". The hinged lid, though removable, requires over 2 feet of clearance above the surface that the scanner sits on.

The scanner works fine with my computer, but I confess that I have Windows 2000. Other reviewers are reporting problems with other operating systems. DO read them.

By calling the included software "El Crapamundo" and saying that "It really stinks", the previous reviewer is being much too nice. I don't think that Amazon will allow the words that I really want to use.

You get two CD ROMs: One contains the drivers, and the other is scanner-compatible graphic software from Ulead. The driver CD ROM installs a software panel with VERY limited setting options. Page 7 of their owner's booklet spells out the non-changeable default settings. They're extremely restrictive. The Ulead CD ROM installs all kinds of extra crap that runs in the background and uses up computer resources.

Your best solution is to find software on the internet that will scan your documents while giving you a much wider range of options. I'm using Photocopier Pro by Nico Cuppen Software.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scrapbookers will love this scanner, December 4, 2005

By	L. Pund "CTMH consultant" (Ferdinand,Indiana) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Finally a great priced scanner for all us scrapbook artists that need a larger one for scanning our completed 12x12 pages.I love being able to scan pages into my computer instead of having to use a photo stitching program (which does not work very well).The color is not the best so I scan directly into my photosuite program to adjust for the correct colors.I plan to purchase another one for my daughter who also loves scrapbooking.Of all the companys out there who make scanners--only Mustek makes this size scanner at a reasonable price.I just wish they were not so hard to find.Hoping Amazon will start carrying it again.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Terrific for scrapbooking/large projects, May 11, 2006

By	The Scrap Studio "The Scrap Studio" (Midwest USA) - See all my reviews

As a professional designer in the scrapbooking industry I completely rely on the dependability and color quality of this scanner for my 12x12 pages. I have never had a problem in 3 years and only now need a new one. A great value for a scanner of this size and price! Some adjusting in the contrast/brightness, even saturation is needed but I would expect to do that with any scan. That's part of the process unless you have $4-5,000 in extra cash lying around for the tip top line of scanners.