Umax Astra 4000U Scanner

by UMAX

Product Details

Product Manual [2.78mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 9.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 14 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004W454
• Item model number: 4000U
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Umax Astra 4000U offers high performance for business users, featuring 36-bit internal color depth (42-bit enhanced) for sharp, vibrant colors, detailed highlights, and fine shadows. A 14-bit analog-to-digital converter captures trillions of colors with a 1,200 x 2,400 dpi resolution. The Astra 4000U also features a legal-size scan bed and single-button operation for scanning, copying, optical character recognition, and e-mail. Plus, you can scan multiple images at one time for improved productivity.

The Astra 4000U manages documents, scanning images and text into almost any application, including e-mail and fax. An Intelligent Image Process Engine (IIPE) evaluates the correct settings for many types of images, providing fast and untroubled scanning. The flatbed and hinged top provide an ample 8.5-by-14-inch scan area, ideal for flat, bound, and textured documents and objects. The Astra 4000U's high resolution enables you to capture fine details. Both PC and Mac users can employ the USB compatibility for the plug-and-play installation sought after in business equipment. Also, the scanner's compact design, approximately 18 by 12 by 3 inches, and light weight require only a small desk or shelf commitment.

The 4000U comes with easy-to-use scanning software so that users can obtain consistent, quality output. Software for enhancing, modifying, and organizing images is furnished with the unit, including Adobe Photoshop LE professional, ScanSoft OmniPage LE OCR, NewSoft Presto! PageManager (full version), NewSoft Presto! PhotoAlbum LE, VistaScan scanning software, MagicMatch, and Kodak's Digital Science Color Management System. Umax backs the Astra 4000U with one year of technical support and extended support hours. --Barbara Price

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best buy, October 31, 2000

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Joseph (Egg Harbor City, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Umax Astra 4000U Scanner (Office Product)

This is an excellent piece of hardware, with quality and features rivaling those found on scanners used by my professional photography friends. Well built and very easy to install with the USB interface, the 4000U, coupled with a good printer and the right medium, will give photographic prints indistinguishable from any you'll get at the corner pharmacy. A wide range of choices of scanning resolution and color depth, plus the legal size scanning bed make this as versatile as you'll ever need a scanner to be. The only caveat would be the LE versions of Photoshop and Omnipage OCR, although these versions will certainly meet the needs of most users. This scanner is certainly worth the few extra bucks it costs more than the bargain-level scanners and will still be in use when the others have been put on the shelf.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice features and affordable!, February 19, 2001

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"stormlvr" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Umax Astra 4000U Scanner (Office Product)

I purchased the 4000u scanner. I had another Umax scanner for many years after I replaced my Plustek unit (which I felt was awful!).

This scanner is fast, provides many features to serve most every need and is excellent for a unit in this price range. It is very easy to install and to install the software. Although the software is the typical limited edition programs with the typical bugs, most folks don't rely on these bundled packages anyway.

I am very pleased with this scanner and feel confident with the company having purchased one new and needing to work with customer service (who I found to be very adept in handling concerns and problems). I have not experienced this quick of service on a warranty in quite some time from any company. I would recommend the 4000u for home users and small offices where additional features to the standard scanners are available.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My impressions after 1 year of use, April 1, 2001

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Kirill Osipov (Petrozavodsk, Russia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Umax Astra 4000U Scanner (Office Product)

I would give 5 stars to the scanner and only 3 stars to the driver. The scanner is realy good. Most valuable featues are big resolution and large scan area (8.5"x14"). It could do it's job very nicely if it had a good driver. VistaScan 3.52 (PC version)which is shipped with the scanner on a CD can only work on Windows 98. Umax makes no support for Windows 2000. The output image has too many reds and not very clear on some color borders. And no eyedropper tool to easily make background white.