| | |  | Computer Accessories | Home » » Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Pro USB Large Format Scanner | | | | | | | Description: | | ScanExpress A3 USB Digital Scanner Tabloid Sized Scanner with Powerful USB Connection | | | Features: | |
• Large format full color scanner
• Scans images and documents up to 297mm x 420mm
• Creates full-color 9600 dpi scans
• USB 2.0 connectivity for fast, reliable data transfer
• Compatible with Windows and Mac (works with all Macs except 10.6)
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 15.1 inches | | Product Width:
| 3.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 21.9 inches | | Product Weight:
| 9.48 pounds | | Package Length:
| 24.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 20.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 6.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 12.95 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 215 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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105 of 108 found the following review helpful:
 Great Scanner for Comic Book ArtistsFeb 11, 2008
By Anthony D. Bachman
"Scars tell the Truth"
If you are looking for a scanner that can scan a full page of comic art in one pass then look no further. No more scanning in pieces and cutting and pasting pages together. The scan area has enough room for a full sized 11" x 17" comic page with room to spare. The extra software isn't great or bad, if you are already scanning into your chosen software you probably won't use it. Plus it's about the hardware and I am so glad I got this scanner, it has made scanning pages a lot easier.
80 of 82 found the following review helpful:
 For affordable A3 scanners is Mustek the only game in town. 5 Stars!Feb 23, 2008
By Martijn13Maart1970
I edited this review to make it even more positive. I am finished scanning all Carl Barks work he did (Donald Duck, Scrooge etc), which is about 7000 pages. I didnt even count. Plus half of that in the Dutch version after I got this scanner.
It did not falter ONE single time! Incredible. What a great buy!
I have a book with Donald Duck paintings from Carl Barks which I wanted to scan. It has a size between A4 and A3 and the foldouts are exactly A3.
Looking at the prices for what I wanted Mustek was the only possibility. I live in Iceland and got it unscathed from the US.
It comes in a great carrying case box, so A+ for packing, Mustek!
And also A+ for quality, and A++++ for quality/price ratio! Why?
Indeed the scanner looks a bit thick, as if it is from the 80's. But it is nice and strong. Not fragile.
The software design looks also not as neat as that of i.e. Canon, but that is only the 'looks. How about what it can do for you? A lot! Taje the software for recognizing text: I just open the program, scan a page of a book and on the right side I get the text without any mistakes. Brilliant! Easily to be saved as a picture, or word or other document!
This scanner does exactly the job for me and it does it nothing less thant brilliantly. For this price, you can forget any other brand. Prices elsewhere start at 900 dollars or more. And what more do you need than good image processing, good colour bit quality and high resolution? Mustek has all this!
It has 48-bit possibility, and dpi to 1200. You need a very fast computer with a lot of memory to do that! I use 400dpi on 48-bit colour and the results are already "you might as well be there" quality.
The software is easy to install and really enough intuitive. Read the instructions, open the Ulead Photo program, type in the file name you want to save it as, select dpi etc, use "acquire scanner", do a "preview", select the area you want to scan to save processing time, and there you go. All the other selections are easy.
One very good plus is also the lid comes on and off very easy with a hinge mechanism. I have a CanonLide who doesnt allow the lid to take off (at least I haven't found a way, I don't wanna break it) - and then I cannot always put the book closely enough to the plate.
With Mustec glassplate you can always put the page such that it lies flat on the glassplate. Very important point! Great!
So some of you who want to scan a book will think: hey I have A4 size so why go for an A3? Well, you can do 2 pages at the same time, and crop and process each to a different page. This scanner is, compared to i.e. CanonLide (which is light, ok), very quick. It must have a lot of internal memory.
So I really want to recommend this scanner to all of you who want just a good quality scanner, for either A4 or A3. I would say go straight for this size, since, like me, when you find out you suddenly need to scan something bigger than A4, you can!
This machine rocks!
100 of 104 found the following review helpful:
It WORKS under OS X!May 19, 2008
By Emanuele A. Fiorillo
To Mac OS X users: I've successfully tried this scanner! I can confirm that the TWAIN driver is on the Mustek site (and also on the CD that comes with the scanner, in my case), you just have to download it with the right-clic method. After this, you'll only need the right app to use the scanner: Photoshop, the only program that's able to recognize the non-standard Mustek TWAIN driver. Before discovering this, I've tried the ScanExpress 1200 Pro under Image Capture, GrapchiConverter etc... but no way. In Photoshop, it works instantly like a charm. Hope this will help some OS X user out there...
29 of 29 found the following review helpful:
Perfect for this Professional Illustrator/ DesignerSep 07, 2008
By Kenny Cramer
This product was everything I needed! As a professional illustrator and graphic designer, I not sure what else you could ask for in a large format scanner. The image quality it fantastic... why would anyone pay $2000 or more for the ability to scan at a resolution above 1600 dpi?! The human eye can only determine a quality distinction at around 240 to 300 dpi... so you would only need to scan things at a higher resolution (than 300 dpi) if you plan on enlarging the original image or object being scanned. For example, if you were to scan a 4" x 6" photograph in this scanner at maximum resolution (1600 dpi), the resulting scan would be equivalent to 21.334" x 32" at 300 dpi. The gist of my review: this scanner should suit the needs of most professionals at a fraction of the cost of other A3 scanners. Great product!
35 of 37 found the following review helpful:
 Displeased with Mustek as a whole.Nov 14, 2008
By KieferSkunk
My wife received this scanner as a birthday present, but unfortunately the scanner ended up being defective - images were blurry, had a lot of artifacting, and half the image was lighter than the other in most cases. I had a difficult time getting through to Mustek's customer support (they NEVER replied to the three emails I sent, and it was difficult to talk to them over the phone).
When I finally got through to someone, they were very unfriendly with me over the phone, they refused to issue an RMA on the scanner until I snail-mailed or faxed them a copy of my father-in-law's Amazon.com receipt (they would not accept an order number or a copy of the receipt via email), and then they sent me a rather unfriendly email with shipping details. Mustek is not paying for shipping like most companies do with under-warranty products, and they insisted several times that if I send *anything* (even the box) that they didn't specifically ask for, I will not get it back.
While I know some of this is standard operating procedure, I'm more put off by how unfriendly this company has been and how inconvenienced they seem as a result of our having received a defective product. We will not be doing business with this company again, and if we're not completely satisfied with the replacement, we will be asking Amazon to take this scanner back for a refund.
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