Simple Scanning? (Agfa Snapscan Touch)

Member Name: darthsteven

Product:	Agfa Snapscan Touch
Date:	25/02/01 (397 review reads)
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Advantages: Quality Scans

Disadvantages: Supplied Software

When I first opened the box, my eyes were greeted with the good-looking Agfa Snapscan Touch. I connected it up with the easy to use USB and to the power; it was detected and installed by windows 98. Moreover, 10 minutes later I was scanning things in, however that is where the problems began. Green lines appeared all over the scanned in pictures. However, a quick re-install of the drivers fixed the problem, now the pictures were a bit grainy and of acceptable quality. After about 3 months, the green lines were back! I phoned the technical support line, and they swapped the scanner for another, anyway another scanner later and it was working.

The third scanners results were a lot better than the first, pictures were as sharp as you like. The supplied TWAIN interface was easy to use, but also allowed access to the more advanced functions easily. The supplied OCR software is a little poor, and worth upgrading.

This scanner is perfect for the beginner, but more advanced users may find the lack of a transparency unit or ADF off-putting.

Overall a good scanner let down by the supplied software.

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