Tamarack Technologies 2400 FS Film Scanner

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004TH24
• Item model number: AX2400KIT
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
The ArtiScan 2400FS color film scanner is a compact, easy-to-use film and slide scanning solution. With 36-bit color depth and 2,400 x 4,800 dpi optical resolution, the scanner provides high-quality images and simple operation, making it perfect for business professionals. Plus, it's compact, measuring only 8 by 4.4 by 4.6 inches.

The 2400FS features parallel input and pass-through connections; however, it also comes with a USB adapter cable to make the unit operate as a USB device. Installation involves inserting the DocuMan CD-ROM, connecting the cable to the PC and scanner, and stepping through the Add New Hardware wizard. This process places a scanner icon on to your desktop, which you can use to start the driver software. It's important to note the USB interface will not work with Windows NT 4.0. The 2400FS is also TWAIN compliant, so it's an ideal companion for your TWAIN-compatible applications.

Cartridges are included to hold six-frame 35mm negative strips or four slides. These cartridges slide directly into the front of the scanner where a motor feeds them through to the rear. Simple LEDs for power, ready status, and busy status provide basic status information about scanner operation.

Tamarack Technologies' DocuMan 2.07 serves as the anchor of the software bundle. It provides a desktop-style interface--similar to Visioneer's PaperPort--that organizes scanned images and includes functions to scan directly to a printer, fax, or e-mail. Also included is the company's DocuPal 1.0 software for image handling and constructing complex, professional looking documents. Adobe PhotoDeluxe is also included for user-friendly image editing.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Does the trick, October 16, 2000

By	D. Mclean "Newsguy" (washington, dc) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought mine from Amazon for about three weeks ago for justunder $200. Considering that ProLab here in Seattle charges $3 perpicture scanned, it seemed like a good deal in the long run.

Myexperience with it so far: the scanner does a great job with photostaken in bright, even sunlight but has a tougher time withhigh-contrast pics -- especially those with big patches of black. Trueblack on a color slide often comes out filled with rainbow splotcheson the scan. (I haven't scanned any color negatives yet.)

On theupside, the scanner comes with Adobe PhotoDeluxe, which is a choppedversion of Photoshop. It's pretty good for fixing defects like theabove. A guy I talked to at Prolab said even the high-end scanner theyuse doesn't render slides/negs perfectly, and that you still need somesort of photo software. So the Tamarack's shortcomings may be commonto all analog-to-digital transfers. PROS:

* Scanner pays for itselfonce you get beyond 60 photos

* Small footprint; about the size of abrick

* Good choice for pics that will end up on the Web

* UsefulAdobe software

CONS:

* Doesn't handle true blacks well

*Documentation is atrocious, very badly translated from Chinese END

46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible Customer Service - No Support for Windows 2000, August 4, 2000

By	Faye Ku "I cook by the book" (Sammamish, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you buy this product (or any other Tamarack scanner), beware! It will not work under Windows 2000, because the company is not supporting it with new drivers. Not only is there no support for the most current operating system, their customer service is nonexistent.

I called to ask for my money back, because I bought this scanner only 2 months ago, and it is essentially useless to me now that I've upgraded my system to Windows 2000 from Windows 98. The President of Tamarack Technologies, Robert Yang, hung up on me after insisting that his product does work under Windows 2000 without any drivers. Even his own technical support people can't fathom how a scanner should work without drivers.

I have a two year old Microtek V310 Scanner, which is no longer on the shelves, but I had absolutely no trouble finding new drivers on their web site. This is the difference between responsible companies and bad companies. As a consumer this review is the only warning you will get!

49 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 2400 FS Film Scanner, June 15, 2000

By	Hong-wei Lin (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I like this scanner. The 2400 FS was easy to setup as it simply connects to the USB port. The driver software is easy to use I scanned a preview of a filmstrip with six negatives in 120 seconds, giving a separate image for each picture. Scanning time was 150 seconds for 1200 DPI and 190 seconds for 2400 DPI giving a 21MB file which is more than enough to print to A3 size. If you like well written manuals, you won't like this one, the manual contains information regarding the range of flatbed scanners and software that is not used for scanning slides