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Antec PID-100 (Attache) Portable Color Scanner

Antec PID-100 (Attache) Portable Color Scanner

List Price: $69.99
Your Price: $37.99
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Works fine with Windows 2000
Review: Like a previous reviewer, I needed to e-mail the company to get drivers for XP/Win2000. They sent them the next day. My laptop still has 2000... software installed easily.
I have to disagree with the reviewer who said this scanner isn't even mentioned on the company's website. At the bottom of http://www.antec-inc.com/support_faqDownload.html they tell you where to e-mail for Attache drivers.
I've only used the scanner in OCR mode... not actually doing OCR, but scanning entry forms etc when I'm on the road. The quality is quite adequate... and the documents are marginally easier to read than when scanned with my Canon LiDE20.
You do need to be a little attentive when feeding paper through the scanner. Be sure it's inserted all the way before clicking on Scan, and making sure it travels straight.

Very happy I bought mine, and would do so again.

Jane Fleming, MCSE

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Poor Driver Support for XP
Review: The CD failed to install working drivers. I downloaded a set of drivers and it states everythinga being in working order...but unit doesn't work.

It says it's not powered on, and the manual doesn't offer much info at all. Documentation is poor for any troubleshooting.

There doesn't appear to be any support for this product from Antec any longer. Great price...but might not be a great choice.

*bummed*

If I could get it working I'd be happy...it's small, compact, just what I wanted in design.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Poor Driver Support for XP
Review: The CD failed to install working drivers. I downloaded a set of drivers and it states everythinga being in working order...but unit doesn't work.

It says it's not powered on, and the manual doesn't offer much info at all. Documentation is poor for any troubleshooting.

There doesn't appear to be any support for this product from Antec any longer. Great price...but might not be a great choice.

*bummed*

If I could get it working I'd be happy...it's small, compact, just what I wanted in design.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great, but...
Review: This scanner is undoubtly very cheap compared to Visioneer which is a close product. The drawbacks are: 1)It does not come with a USB port, only PCMCIA card, 2) It is difficult to make the set-up if you have XP on your computer.
Luckily, if you write them, they send you the driver for the XP. I cannot understand why they will not post it on the internet though, isn'T it more difficult to send an e-mail to each and every request rather than put it on the internet??
Nevertheless, it is a very good product compared to its price.


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