Microtek ScanMaker 4850 Scanner

Product Description:

The ScanMaker 4850 combines affordability and high quality in a 48-bit, 4800 x 2400-dpi scanner, making it the ideal scanning solution for your home. With Microtek's EDGE design that gives you a 25%-smaller scanner without sacrificing scan quality, the ScanMaker 4850 stands at just 2.4 inches tall - making it the slimmest CCD scanner ever! Five Smart-Touch buttons can be found on the front panel to automate the most common scanning tasks, including Scan, Copy, OCR, Email, and Scan to Web. An optional LightLid 35 adapter is used for scanning 35mm slides, and the USB port ensures easy setup with the most current and popular computers on the market today.
Product Details
  • Feature:
  • 48-bit color for subtle shading
  • 4,800 x 2,400 dpi optical resolution
  • LightLid 35 adapter for 35mm slides and filmstrips
  • Adobe software bundle
  • Convenient USB interface; PC and Mac compatible
  • Binding: Electronics
  • Brand: Microtek
  • EAN: 0793111648222
  • FormFactor: Desktop
  • HardwarePlatform: PC
  • Label: Microtek
  • Manufacturer: Microtek
  • MediaType: Slides
  • Model: 1108-03-540042
  • MPN: 1108-03-540042
  • PackageQuantity: 1
  • ProductGroup: CE
  • ProductTypeName: SCANNER
  • Publisher: Microtek
  • ReleaseDate: 2002-11-22
  • Studio: Microtek
  • UPC: 793111648222

Customer Reviews

Don't waste your time with this scanner!!2005-07-05
This is,hands down, the most worthless piece of equipment I've ever had the misfortune to buy. Yeah, the reviews were pretty good and it has all the features I was looking for but, it refuses to work. The software is hard to navigate and, most of the time, locks my computer. Windows XP can't find the scanner. I give up. I've owned this pos for over a year and have yet to get one scan from it. Their website is equally useless. Do yourself a favor and look at HP or some other brand that actually functions. Now I have another money losing thing to try to dispose of.
What a pain...2004-05-03
I received this as a gift from my husband for Xmas '02 to replace my Visioneer flatbed that had started to scan in funny colors. Let me say that I really loved my Visioneer. First of all, the scanner installed pretty easily, no problems there. But... when I reboot XP, it takes 60 seconds just to boot the scanner before most of my other programs can load. Also, you have to manually open the ScanMaker 5 program and click the scanner control button and then close out of the program to get the light to go off. I wouldn't ever buy another one of these. I've also had a big problem with lint inside the machine under the glass, causing big problems with clean scans. I've tried about everything I can think of and still have the problem. I've even cleaned the glass on both sides with alcohol and newspaper! What a rip off. My advice is to stay far away from Microtek products.
Avoid2003-04-12
This seemed to be a very attractive model, especially when compared with HP products. The unit itself is impressive for personal (non-business) needs.

After installing the software on a laptop running XP per Microtek's instructions, scanned files did not open. Using the Microtek.com tech support site, I e-mailed the company for a solution. Within 24 hours I had received a reply with detailed instructions to rectify the Scan Wizard 5 bugs. These instructions did not remedy the problem. A second e-mail was forwarded to Microtek asking for further assistance.

The reply: I needed to call (not toll-free) and to speak with a "consultant" regarding this "complicated issue". For the priviledge of correcting the bugs in Microtek's software, I would be charged [money] for up to 30 minutes plus [money]/minute thereafter. This ... response to milk me for a product I had less than a week caused me to come up with a solution to the tech issues: return the scanner for a full refund.

Recommendaton: Avoid Microtek at all costs. The company is interested in your money only. Canon, Epson and Visioneer are three nice alternatives.

Don't Waste Your Time.....2003-03-13
Purchased Microtek ScanMaker 4850 in spite of reading all of the not so favorable reviews. I should have taken the reviews "very" seriously. I wasted alot of time installing and uninstalling the software because it just would not responding to my OPS, XP...Dell Computer, 512MB. Take the reviews seriously and don't waste your time!!!!
Good all-around scanner2003-02-23
I was lucky enough to receive this scanner for Christmas, and have been very pleased with it. It's probably better than what I would have purchased myself, as I don't do that much scanning, just a few photos now and then. But I was amazed by the superb quality of scans, and the ease of use of the scanner. The software wasn't that hard to use. Basically, scan everything at 50%, leave all of the other settings alone, and you should be good to go (100% images are HUGE).

The only negative about this scanner is that sometimes the scan light (the one inside the scanner, not the LED on the front)stays on, indefinitely. To get around this I pull out the power cord if I don't plan to use it for a while... no power switch... because I don't want the light to burn out. Other than that, it's a great scanner. Combined with my HP-5550 printer, I can make perfect copies of anything, including photos.

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