Hewlett Packard SCANJET 3200C Flatbed Scanner
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- Connectivity Technology: Parallel (IEEE1284)
- Scanner Type: Flatbed Scanner
- Optical Resolution: 600 dpi
- Max. Resolution (Hardware): 600 x 600 dpi
- Platform: PC
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It's inexpensive and it works
Pros
Low price, ease of use
Cons
None
Recommended it?
Yes
What can I say? It's cheap and it scans. It works. It functions. It operates very well. Is that 100 words yet? No?
Okay, let's get one issue out of the way here: the lack of an on-off switch. That seems to bother some people. Not me. My wall socket's way overloaded anyway, so I'm used to plugging and unplugging the little gang of wall-warts which wait around the outlet, patiently, like two litters of kittens with just one momma cat. No, scratch that. Kittens do not wait patiently for momma cat. But you get the idea.
Also, the hinges of the cover are not permanently fastened to the top of the scanner but, rather, they fit into grooves and can be moved up and down. While this might seem flimsy to some, I count it as a plus since, if you're scanning a 3-D object such as, oh, say, a Nintendo game cartridge which you're planning to sell on ebay, being able to move the hinge-point up and down lets you have the 3-D object on the scanner and at the same time have the cover lay perfectly flat over the top of the object.
The Scanjet comes with HP Precision Scan LT software which controls the actual scans. It has very few options, basically 1) scan and 2) send the scan to the photo software, in this case Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2.0 which is also included with the 3200C.
I've never used a scanner before, but I had the software installed, the Scanjet 3200C connected to my parallel port, and a picture scanned in about ten minutes. A second parallel port on the scanner allows you to connect your printer and have the printer information flow pass right through the scanner. I've had no problems printing with this configuration.
The Adobe PhotoDeluxe seems fine to me, as good as the only other photo software I've used which is the Corel Photo House which came with my Corel WordPerfect Suite 8. I haven't used any of the fancier Adobe photo products, but, as the old saying goes, once they've seen Photoshop, you can't get them down on the farm anymore.
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Okay, let's get one issue out of the way here: the lack of an on-off switch. That seems to bother some people. Not me. My wall socket's way overloaded anyway, so I'm used to plugging and unplugging the little gang of wall-warts which wait around the outlet, patiently, like two litters of kittens with just one momma cat. No, scratch that. Kittens do not wait patiently for momma cat. But you get the idea.
Also, the hinges of the cover are not permanently fastened to the top of the scanner but, rather, they fit into grooves and can be moved up and down. While this might seem flimsy to some, I count it as a plus since, if you're scanning a 3-D object such as, oh, say, a Nintendo game cartridge which you're planning to sell on ebay, being able to move the hinge-point up and down lets you have the 3-D object on the scanner and at the same time have the cover lay perfectly flat over the top of the object.
The Scanjet comes with HP Precision Scan LT software which controls the actual scans. It has very few options, basically 1) scan and 2) send the scan to the photo software, in this case Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2.0 which is also included with the 3200C.
I've never used a scanner before, but I had the software installed, the Scanjet 3200C connected to my parallel port, and a picture scanned in about ten minutes. A second parallel port on the scanner allows you to connect your printer and have the printer information flow pass right through the scanner. I've had no problems printing with this configuration.
The Adobe PhotoDeluxe seems fine to me, as good as the only other photo software I've used which is the Corel Photo House which came with my Corel WordPerfect Suite 8. I haven't used any of the fancier Adobe photo products, but, as the old saying goes, once they've seen Photoshop, you can't get them down on the farm anymore.
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