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Very nice printer. I like the versatility USB or parallel port connections. Good printing speed. Easy interface good quality prints. Ink storage a bit on the small side for Lexmark. Refills a bit pricey (but aren't they all). Easy to set up and use.

this monitor is awsome,its the best one i could find and for the price you cant beat it,and beleive me ive been looking for monthes.the picture is outstanding and it has a 5 port usb hub built in to boot.I would highly recommend this over any other 19 inch flat screen monitor!!!!

It rocks if you drop it it still worlks

I have been a Microtek fan for quite a few years, having started out with a Scanmaker III, then a Scanmaker 5, and finally progressing to the 1800f. The 1800f has firewire and USB connections, which makes switching between my PC and Mac effortless. Much easier to use then the old SCSI scanners I had and much improved optics. I was pondering getting a slide scanner but this one works great for archiving the thousands of slides that I have from my photography days. It has a slide holder so that you can have it scan quite a few slides at the same time, thus a nice time saving feature like my Scanmaker 5. The difference is this one has much crisper images and is light years ahead in speed. Overall I am very impressed with the scanner and its abilities.

When you are going to spend a lot of money on a large purchase like this you like to shop around and know that you are getting everything for your dollar. I found out that nothing short of a drum scanner is going to come close to the optics in this scanner. I feel like it is the Mercedes of scanners, with features like anti-vibration and other features that you don't really know exactly when they do but know that they are contributing to the operation of the scanner. Since we have received the scanner we have been very pleased. I called up technical support to get the run down on how to operate the scanner and a very nice gentlemen walked me through the operation and use of the scanner. This is very important as customer service should be of critical importance, for when you buy a product you like to know that there is someone there for you if you do need help. Overall 10/10 as we speak.

Pros: Very cute and unique looking, takes up almost zero space on my desk. Light weight enough where I can easily move it around. Actual display picture looks good. Easy setup, just plug it in and turn on your computer, no CD required.

Cons: LCDs are still pricier than the traditional monitors but IMO so very worth it

After using CRTs my entire life I decided to take the plunge and go with a nice LCD. After some initial research my friend recommended Microtek. I got the monitor from Office Depot and was very impressed. My eyes no longer get dry everytime I use the computer for quite some time which is just amazing to me.

I did have a dead pixel develop in the bottom left quadrent but I was pleasantly suprised when I called up Microtek and they told me their zero tolerance policy on LCD monitors. With just 1 dead pixel they swapped it out on the spot.

Great service, great product!! I would buy another one for sure!!

In about 10 minutes after getting the scanner out of the box I was working on images I scanned. The panel only has 9 buttons and a very easy display to understand.

The only small draw back I found was that the scan area was not clearly marked for where you put diffrent size paper. I have had it for about a year and I never have to worry about moving it or re-configuring it for my new computer.

This product is just plain simple quality.

Microtek's ScanMaker 6700 debuted splashily on our ...-color ScanMaker 5700, a longtime small-office chart mainstay. In addition to its higher 48-bit color depth and 2400-dpi optical resolution, the 6700 boasts the same sizzling performance, FireWire and USB 1.1 connections, and strong image quality as its older sibling.

For our performance tests, we used the 6700's FireWire interface and the add-in card and cable that come with the scanner. In terms of overall performance, the 6700 was slightly better than the Epson Perfection 2450, another 2400-dpi scanner we tested using FireWire. While the Epson ran faster on low-resolution scans (such as a 300-dpi black-and-white document), the Microtek was twice as fast on our 1200-dpi color photo. The 6700 also ranked highest overall in our August 2002 roundup for image quality. For example, in our print test of a 4-by-5-inch color photo scanned at 100 dpi and 24-bit color depth, it earned the top score thanks to the best combination of sharpness, brightness, and color reproduction (in skin tones as well as other shades).

The 6700 is designed for shared use over a local area network, and comes with LAN-specific software (Microtek LAN Wizard) that enables image sharing, job status reporting, and sending messages to other users on the network. In addition, like the 5700, the 6700 can scan transparencies as large as 5 by 7 inches with its built-in adapter.

WHAT'S NOT: The 6700 lacks an 8.5-by-14-inch glass and doesn't come with an automatic document feeder, so (as with other scanners that have letter-size scanning beds) you'll need to get an automatic document feeder to scan legal-size documents. You can buy a 50-page ADF from Microtek ... After the first year, live technical support is on a pay-per-call basis. The 6700 doesn't support the newer, faster USB 2.0 interface; Microtek says it is working on new models that do use USB 2.0.

WHAT ELSE: Like the 5700, the 6700 has a lid that includes a built-in lightbox for previewing slides and small pieces of film--a feature that no other scanner manufacturer offers. The 6700 sports five quick-start buttons for scanning, copying, e-mail, OCR, and scanning to the Web; the last transfers your scanned images to the IMira.com photo-sharing Web site.

The 6700 comes with Adobe Photoshop Elements for image editing, Ulead Photo Explorer 6 for image management, ABBYY FineReader Sprint 4 for optical character recognition, and Trellix Web 2.5 for Web page design. Microtek's efficient scanning driver (ScanWizard 5) provides separate modes for beginners and advanced users; the included step-by-step tutorial makes learning how to batch-scan multiple images and perform other image-editing tasks quick and easy. You can easily scan and save 48-bit color images (if you want to store as much raw color information as possible in your original scans), just by using the scanner driver. In fact, it's the only driver we've looked at recently that makes saving 48-bit color this simple. Also, you can save scanned documents in Adobe's Portable Document Format, which many businesses prefer for posting documents online.

UPSHOT: The Microtek ScanMaker 6700 is an attractively priced scanner for offices--networked and otherwise--that need fast, high-quality scans from photos, film, and paper documents.

Microtek ScanMaker 6700

USB 1.1 and FireWire, 2400 by 4800 dpi, 11.5 by 19.7 by 4.5 inches (width by depth by height), 8.1 pounds, 8.5-by-11.7-inch scanning area, built-in transparency adapter, optional automatic document feeder. One-year warranty; free technical support for one year (10 hours on weekdays, call is not toll-free); thereafter, fee-based support is available ....

I'm been shooting film for quite some time and decided to give digital a try. I consider myself to be a professional and wanted a professional scanner, but not something that would put me out. After reading a bunch of reviews I came up with the 8700 Pro. Came with Silverfast which I have heard great things about and this software that lets you blow up a 35mm slide to near poster size without pixelation occuring. Scanner also comes with calibration software that allowed me to plug in my ICM profile into the software for the correct color on everything. Next step is to obtain a great printer.