Umax Astra e5470 Scanner

by UMAX

Product Details

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• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004ZB7U
• Item model number: 5470
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The UMAX AstraNET e5470 scanner makes it easy to share your photos and images with anyone and everyone. This versatile scanner boasts 1,200 x 2,400 dpi resolution to provide professional photo-quality scanning and clear, sharp images. It also features 42-bit color depth and an analog-to-digital converter that provides you with over 4 trillion colors.

The AstraNET e5470 has a built-in universal transparency cover that you can use to scan your slides and negatives up to 4 by 5 inches. With its Scan-to-Web functionality for Windows, you can scan directly to your own online photo album or e-mail application. Use the AstraNET e5470 and PhotoMail to send your photos to an entire group of people in your online address book. And with the simple push of a button you'll also have one-step scanning, copying, e-mail, and OCR.

The AstraNET e5470 has a USB interface for flawless plug-and-play installation in minutes. It is compatible with Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, and Macintosh OS 8.1 or later. The e5470 scanner comes bundled with loads of valuable software, including WebLink (for Windows PC only), Adobe PhotoDeluxe Home Edition, ScanSoft OmniPage LE, NewSoft Presto! PageManager, NewSoft PageType, NetZero, UMAX VistaShuttle, UMAX Copy Utility, and UMAX VistaScan TWAIN Driver. --Megan Dugan

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected., March 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Umax Astra e5470 Scanner (Office Product)

The scanning specifications of the Umax Astra e5470 seem appealing. I chose this unit because of the indicated resolution, built-in transparency adapter, and reasonable price. I was not impressed.

I spent a long day experimenting with this scanner, and I found that both reflective and transparency scans always come out blurry, even without cropping and/or enlarging the image. The result of scanning a photograph is dissatisfying, and the result of scanning a transparency is simply unacceptable. Scanned transparencies come out unclear and without true color, plus there are always disturbing lines down the middle of the scanned image because the transparency light reads and records imagery from the internal scanner parts which are located right underneath the area where it is necessary to place a negative/transparency. Aside from this, the included software is not good. I returned the scanner after one day of throughly frustrating use.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fine when it works..., November 1, 2001

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michu_c (Los Angeles CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Umax Astra e5470 Scanner (Office Product)

I've had this scanner for less than 6 months and it's worked less than half of the time. It began giving me problems 8 weeks after I bought it by making a heinous clicking sound instead of scanning. I've tried to email Umax 3 times and have been ignored each time. I'm not usually one to dog a company in public, but this is worth noting. I've been using Umax scanners for 5 years and this is my first problem, but it unfortunately makes me wary of dealing with them again in the future.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars One of a kind, September 22, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Umax Astra e5470 Scanner (Office Product)

I listened to a rep at a local computer store and purchased the UMAX e5470. After using it for just under 2 years, I am amazed that UMAX is still in business. The software in marginal at best. The scanner is SLOWWWWWW. Look at the UMAX web site as to what it takes to install the scanner under XP. 3 pages of instructions on how to update device drivers. Finally, the main light source burnt out. UMAX now wants $127 + to fix it. Now I have the needed reason to dump this in the trash can and get a real scanner, maybe HP or Cannon.