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Microtek Lab ScanMaker 9800XL Flatbed Scanner

48 bit Color - 16 bit Grayscale - 1600 dpi Optical - USB, FireWire - MPN: 110803360072 See Product Details

Product Details of Microtek Lab ScanMaker 9800XL Flatbed Scanner

Description

With 48-bit color and an amazing 3200 x 1600-dpi optical resolution, the tabloid-size ScanMaker 9800XL brings high-performance scanning to the corporate user, graphic designer, or medical professional. The large 12" x 17" reflective scan bed easily accommodates A3 scans, and adding the optional Transparent Media Adapter (TMA 1600) lets you scan transparencies up to 12" x 16" -- including X-Rays. Other great features include 3.7 Maximum Optical Density with multiple sampling to reduce random image noise, a triple interface with FireWire, USB and newly designed templates to accommodate a wide variety of film. Compatible with Windows XP.

Quick Glance

Scanner Type: Flatbed Scanner

Interfaces: 1 x USB, 1 x FireWire

Internal Scan Depth: 48 bit Color / 16 bit Grayscale

Summary

Product Title: Microtek Lab ScanMaker 9800XL Flatbed Scanner

Manufacturer: Microtek

Power Score: 3.7 | 2 Reviews

Media Handling

Max Horizontal Scan Size: 12 in

Max Vertical Scan Size: 17 in

Networking and Connectivity

Interface Connection: 1 x USB, 1 x FireWire

Scanner Performance

Scan Resolution: 3200 x 1600 dpi Hardware / 12800 dpi Interpolated

Scanner Type: Flatbed Scanner

Optical Scan Resolution: 3200 x 1600

Scan Depth: 48 bit Color / 16 bit Grayscale

External Scan Depth: 281.5 Trillion Colors (48-bit)

Scanning Speed: 18ppm (Color)

General

Class: Scanner

Category: Flatbed

Operating System: PC, Mac

Included Devices: Optional Transparency Adapter

Dimensions

Height: 5.125 in

Width: 14.5 in

Depth: 24.5 in

Weight: 32 lbs

Dimensions: 5.13" Height x 14.50" Width x 24.50" Depth

Warranty

Warranty Information: 1 Year Limited

More Info

URL: Manufacturer Link

Additional Specifications

Software Included: Adobe Photoshop Elements (PC/Mac) Microtek ScanWizard Pro (PC/Mac) with LANShare networking utility (PC) Microtek ICC Profiler (PC/Mac) Kodak Color Management software (PC/Mac) ABBYY FineReader Sprint OCR (PC/Mac) Ulead Photo Explorer (PC/Mac) Adobe Acrobat Reader (PC/Mac)

Scan Color: Color

Interpolated Resolution: 12800 dpi

Maximum Power Consumption: 45 W

Hardware Resolution: 3200 x 1600 dpi

Maximum Color Scan Speed (ppm): 18

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Reviews on Microtek Lab ScanMaker 9800XL Flatbed Scanner

  • 5
  By member: Mistry1227 - Mar 17, 2005

Microtek Lab ScanMaker 9800XL Flatbed Scanner

Strengths: 12x17" bed, 48 bit depth scanning potential

Weakness: Slow at scanning high resolution large format images

We deal with x-rays and transparent material and were looking for a scanner with a bed large enough to scan large format x-rays to email to insurance companies. The scanner comes with a built in top light that takes the x-ray and scans it with remarkable depth. Our previous scanner produced grainy images and we had to increase the resolution to the max as the insurance companies would often...

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  • 5
  By member: moperu - Mar 28, 2005

Microtek Lab ScanMaker 9800XL Flatbed Scanner

Strengths: Large scanning bed, versatle, three connection ports, inexpensive

Weakness: A bit slow, not recommended for 35mm slides

I bought two of these Microtek scanners on a recommendation from a friend, a fellow dentist. I have been looking around for a large bed scanner with sufficient resolution to handle my dental x-rays until a colleague of mine turned me on to the 9800XL TMA. I have to say that it performs absolutely fabulous. It handles our full mouth X-Rays without any problem what so ever. It was easy to set up,...

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