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Technical Details

Single-pass color flatbed scanner
Push-button scanning
True 600 x 1,200 dpi optical resolution
36-bit color
USB and SCSI-2 interface

Customer Reviews

13 Reviews

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(6)

Average Customer Review

2.4 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible with Win2000/XP, July 22, 2003

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This review is from: Umax Astra 2200 Scanner (Office Product)

1- Doesn't work with Win2000/XP
2- Umax tells you to BUY (!) their driver for Win2000/XP (not downloadable)
3- Even with the appropriate driver, the Umax 2200 still doesn't work.
... Very frustrating. Terrible support/brand. Do not touch UMAX with a 10 foot poll!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not stellar, but does the job, and DOES work w/ Win XP, November 3, 2003

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Bargain Hunter (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Umax Astra 2200 Scanner (Office Product)

Bought it at a rummage sale for $15. Another $15 for the CD from Umax w/ the Windows XP drivers. Once the CD arrived, I installed everything and had it up and running (with only minor hiccups) on my Win XP Pro system in about a half-hour. Not the best scanner, but quite acceptable for what I need now, and quite a deal at a total of $30.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Useless Umax support, September 9, 2003

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Jeff Barr (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Umax Astra 2200 Scanner (Office Product)

This scanner worked fine under windows 98. It does NOT work properly with any later operating system from Microsoft. Umax support is non-existant. They want you to pay for driver updates, and then the driver updates still don't work. They say Windows built-in scanning capabilities are supported, they aren't. Stay away from this scanner, far away.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Scanner with update
I have used the driver update with window XP and if it is installed write, it does work. If you go directly to the browse cd, you look up the windows xp driver and start from... Read more

Published on September 24, 2009 by Diana

2.0 out of 5 stars Very annoying machine
Used to work ok in win 98 but when I upgraded to XP it's nearly useless (considering how expensive it is! Read more

Published on January 21, 2004 by Graphic Artist

1.0 out of 5 stars buy something else
This scanner is garbage. Why?

- Umax claims that it can scan negatives & slides. It does a horrible job, as it does not have the true resolution to scan media so small, and... Read more

Published on January 17, 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars Umax does not support
I bought the $15.00 upgrade CD from Umax when I moved it to a XP system, but it did not work. I attempted to call them for service they want to charge another $25. Read more

Published on October 27, 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars Umax [is bad]for customer service
Buy Umax only if you will never upgrade your software. If you plan on upgrading your operating system in the future Umax is not the way to go. Read more

Published on September 3, 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Requires new driver for XP
Worked well with Windows 98, though a bit slow on my old AMD K6 2-233 clunker. Copy and Print buttons on scanner are nice features. Read more

Published on December 16, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars great scanner
I bought this one new last year and it works just great with Word and Adobe. Then I changed operating systems to Windows ME and ME does not support it. Neither does XP. Read more

Published on October 2, 2002 by E. Powers

2.0 out of 5 stars Good photo scanner-bad with negatives
Bought it 2 years ago. Good with photos & slides, terrible with negatives. Tendency to freeze computer up for no apparent reason.Very frustrating. Read more

Published on February 12, 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars Really Bad Scanner
I have one of these scanners and thank goodness I didn't pay for it. I wouldn't give you a dime for a truck load of them. Read more