J
johndavidwood
I just ordered and recieved an Opticbook 3600. A few have asked me to
post what I thought of this scanner.
First of all I do not believe that there is a good online review out
there. I plan to post a very comprehensive review and setup some
webspace devoted to a thorough rundown of the product. I think the most
annoying thing was that several reviews complain about this scanner's
photo scanning ability. For those who don't know, it is a specialty
book scanner. If you want to scan photos, please don't buy a specialty
book scanner.
Here are my INITIAL thoughts. I will have to spend some more time
evaulating certain aspects...
The GOOD:
- For scanning text, the scanner is lightning fast
- Though many people online did not -- I liked the button layout
- Placing the book in the scanner is very easy and fast
- Page rotation is very useful even though most software will do this
The BAD:
- My BIGGEST complaint: I expected to be able to scan full pages
properly but found that many books lost some detail close to the
margin.
- REPEAT - Some books LOSE information close to the margins even though
the scanner has been aligned properly - this should not be happening in
a specialty book scanner IMHO!!
- After about 12 hours (not of continuous scanning--of just being
plugged in, powersaving), there was a yellowish tint being added to the
edge of the scanned images. I was fit to be tied. I unplugged the
scanner for 24 hours and the tint seemed to be MOSTLY gone.
- The inside of the scanner is filthy and will need cleaning if I want
to scan pages without dust/artifacts.
- The outside of the scanner seems to pick up artifacts much more
easily than my Epson 1670 (which miraculously hides them from me or
removes them most of the time.)
- The software is TOTAL COMPLETE SHIT. The "scan to" formats have no
USEFUL options, and the software feels the need to be in the sytem tray
all the time.
- There is zero documentation -- I didn't care about this, but many
people might. Repeat, zero.
WOULD I BUY THIS AGAIN? Nope, definately not. Not at the price I paid
for it (C$230).
That's all for now... I do hope to have a proper, thorough review up
soon on the WWW.
JDW
post what I thought of this scanner.
First of all I do not believe that there is a good online review out
there. I plan to post a very comprehensive review and setup some
webspace devoted to a thorough rundown of the product. I think the most
annoying thing was that several reviews complain about this scanner's
photo scanning ability. For those who don't know, it is a specialty
book scanner. If you want to scan photos, please don't buy a specialty
book scanner.
Here are my INITIAL thoughts. I will have to spend some more time
evaulating certain aspects...
The GOOD:
- For scanning text, the scanner is lightning fast
- Though many people online did not -- I liked the button layout
- Placing the book in the scanner is very easy and fast
- Page rotation is very useful even though most software will do this
The BAD:
- My BIGGEST complaint: I expected to be able to scan full pages
properly but found that many books lost some detail close to the
margin.
- REPEAT - Some books LOSE information close to the margins even though
the scanner has been aligned properly - this should not be happening in
a specialty book scanner IMHO!!
- After about 12 hours (not of continuous scanning--of just being
plugged in, powersaving), there was a yellowish tint being added to the
edge of the scanned images. I was fit to be tied. I unplugged the
scanner for 24 hours and the tint seemed to be MOSTLY gone.
- The inside of the scanner is filthy and will need cleaning if I want
to scan pages without dust/artifacts.
- The outside of the scanner seems to pick up artifacts much more
easily than my Epson 1670 (which miraculously hides them from me or
removes them most of the time.)
- The software is TOTAL COMPLETE SHIT. The "scan to" formats have no
USEFUL options, and the software feels the need to be in the sytem tray
all the time.
- There is zero documentation -- I didn't care about this, but many
people might. Repeat, zero.
WOULD I BUY THIS AGAIN? Nope, definately not. Not at the price I paid
for it (C$230).
That's all for now... I do hope to have a proper, thorough review up
soon on the WWW.
JDW