Rubbish (Agfa Snapscan 1212p)

Member Name: adamdavid

Product:	Agfa Snapscan 1212p
Date:	02/08/00 (122 review reads)
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Advantages: Scans look quite nice

Disadvantages: S L O W

This product (Parallel port version) put me off ever using anything from Agfa ever again. The scanner itself was not really to blame but I will explain.
I really wanted the USB version of this scanner having read rave reviews of it in magazines. I was told (by an Agfa rep in PC World) that it would be available by the end of the month. End of the month came and went and I still couldn't get my hands on the USB version. I waited and waited, e-mailed Agfa (three times and was ignored), phoned them and was told that they would be available in the next couple of weeks. Time passed and still nothing. So I decided to get the parallel port version. It should still be as good as the USB version (but a little bit slower). I was amazed at how slow the parallel version was (when it worked). For some unknown reason it kept freezing and/or crashing my system. I took it back that same day and exchanged it for a Umax AStra 1220U USB scanner. This was fast, easy to use and stable. My computer had no trouble at all and I was happy. I only wish I hadn't waited all those weeks and made all that effort to track down the Agfa scanner.
The product may well be very good if you can get it work and don't mind waiting forever for it to scan images, but I wouldn't touch an Agfa product ever again. I feel that the whole process of buying this scanner followed by the disappointment of it's appaulling speed could never be overturned by an apparently decent scan quality.

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