Artixscan M1 Flatbed & Film Scanner 4800 Dpi
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Product Description
The ArtixScan M1 dual media scanner offers separate scan beds for reflective and transparency scanning, using Microtek’s patented E.D.I.T. architecture…. More >>
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I have a Microtek scanner and just downloaded the latest drivers. It turns out Microtek wants a program called Scan Finder to load at every start-up, and there is no way to disable this. The product works satisfactorily, but for my money, I will purchase something else. Something that doesn’t create such a nuisance, and isn’t so invasive.
Rating: 1 / 5
I’m disappointed with this scanner. I initially installed the drivers on a PC using Windows XP – seemed to work fine, though it is somewhat slow and noisy – lots of clunks and whirrs as it goes about its business. I subsequently installed on a new PC running Vista Home Premium – scanner generated nothing but a black screen – reinstalled in safe mode and that seemed to fix the problem, however Microtek’s color calibration software does not function properly with Vista – it starts up, but quits before you can finish the profile. Microtek support? Zilch. They don’t even get back to you.
Microtek includes a copy of Lasersoft’s Silverfast SE Plus, a nice scanner utility program that can be used as an alternative to Microtek’s scanner software. It is Vista compatible, but it does not include calibration capability.
Bottom line, if you’re running Windows Vista and need a scanner that can be accurately calibrated, avoid the frustration you’ll have with this unit and with Microtek’s non-existent support – look elsewhere.
Update: After owning this for about a year, and using it occasionally despite the above problems, the scans are now out of focus. A complete piece of CRAP!
Rating: 2 / 5
I was surprised at the amount of dust inside the scanner on the bottom of
the platen glass. No way to clean it.
Microtek does not sale a replacement lamp if yours burns out but will offer you a discounted price on a new scanner. In other words this
scanner is not repairable.Reply from Microtek below.
Hello Customer,
Microtek does not sale a replacement lamp for the scanner. If the lamp goes out within the warranty period Microtek will replace the scanner. However, if the scanner is out of warranty, Microtek does not sale a replacement and the customer will be offered a new scanner at a discounted price.
One last point. I never knew a scanner could be this slow. It’s like watching paint dry but less exciting.
I’m sorry I made the mistake of buying a Microtek product.
Rating: 2 / 5
This product is amazing. We have boxes and boxes of old slides, and converting them to digital images has been so easy and the end product is fantastic.
Rating: 5 / 5
I based my purchase on other reviews of this product. I found them to be quite accurate. The ArtixScan M1 is not a high-speed device, but does provide high-quality output. I am primarily using it for scanning 35 mm transparancies, and am quite pleased with the ability to load 12 slides at a time into a holder, and then fine tune the scan for each photo. The software provided adds to the initial cost, but since I did not earlier have any of them, the cost of the scanner and software was very reasonable. I would not recommend this product to a novice computer user unless they are very tolerant of working through the interfaces of three related software packages to find the solution that works best for them. It is fine for a “handyman” computer user.
Rating: 5 / 5