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Buyer's feedback: - * Where is the correct working driver for the Mac for the Mustek A3 1200 Pro ...
My son has been unsuccessful in setting up my Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Pro on my mac mini OS X (10.4.11). He has gone over the instructions and even tried a few tricks of his own. Could you please tell us simple folk step by step exactly what you did to get your scanner to turn on? I bought this scanner from someone on eBay and I hate to think that i got ripped off! The scanner was packaged - unopened, but the "sold to" name and address is NOT me. The "ship to" was to me, though. So, I figure if I do have a problem I am screwed out of the 30 day warranty because the paperwork does not show that I am "the original purchaser".

Interestingly, before I purchased this scanner the eBay seller advised that I call Mustek tech support -- and Mustek tech support told me that this model would on my mac OS 9.2...which the accompanying paperwork says it works on mac TEN. (I originally wanted the 11 X 17 size to scan from my mac 9.2.2 because I have and am familiar with Photoshop 7).

Shouldn't the scanner at least turn its light on or make some sort of noise? How would I know if there was an internal problem?

My son and I have scoured the internet looking for a downloadable driver, such as was suggested by one of the reviewers here, and we could not find one that works with this particular model on mac. Yes, the device came with a disc that does have mac and Windows on it, but when properly installed did not bring the scanner onto the mac computer. The scanner does not make noise and it does not have a light.....

Oh, why would my mac mini recognize the scanner but say that it is a "USB 2.0 Scanner -- Hewlett-Packard..."

copy and pasted from my computer:

Version: 1.00
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard.
Product ID: 0x040b
Vendor ID: 0x055f


WHAT DOES HEWLETT-PACKARD HAVE TO DO WITH MUSKET ,err, I mean, Mustek ???

At this point I am more inclined to believe the people who gave this product a poor review for it does NOT work with my mac. Pleas, someone out there, prove me technologically inferior to you and email me with a solution if, you are a real reviewer and not some plant from the Company posing as a consumer.

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Buyer's feedback: - Perfect for this Professional Illustrator/ Designer
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!

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Buyer's feedback: - * A lot of scanner for the money - works on a Mac ...
Like others, I was wary that this might not work on a Mac, but I had it up and running in under 5 minutes. Mac users must install the Twain driver from the included CD and access it through Photoshop ( I'm using CS2 ) using the import function. Scan speed is slow and the colors will need some tweaking in Photoshop, but no big deal, considered how much money I saved versus buying other large format scanners.

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Buyer's feedback: - The best you can do for the money on the Mac
I was a bit wary about whether this thing would work on my Mac or not, but I got it working.

I'm using a MacMini 1.25 ghz (G4 powerpc) running OSx 10.4.11. I'm using Photoshop CS3 to scan.

First I installed the driver called "Twain" from the cd. It worked, but the color was really off, kind of a monotone red. So then I installed the package called "English" as well.

After that it worked as I expected. I open Photoshop, then go to "Import" and choose "Scan Express 1200 A3" or similar. This will bring up a rudimentary scanning application.

I say rudimentary because I was unable to find any descreening controls. Some scanners do this automagically, but not this one. So if you scan printed materials, expect to see the dot pattern in the scan. I was able to mitigate this effect somewhat by using the "Blur" filter.

Luckily this doesn't matter too much for me, since I'll be mostly scanning in my own line work for comics, but others may want to know this.

When the scan is finished, it pops right up in Photoshop for you to do with as you will.

Also, this program has the LONGEST preview mode I have ever encountered. The preview takes literally as long or longer than the actual scan. Wow. But I really just can't complain too much because the price was so right.

I would have given this thing 5 stars if not for the preview and descreening issue. Aside from that though, i really have to thank Mustek for making an actual AFFORDABLE tabloid size scanner.

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Buyer's feedback: - * Good product for the money ...
I was initially hesitant to buy this scanner due to the negative reviews I'd read, and the fact that it's the only affordable large-size scanner on the market (I was afraid that Mustek's apparent monopoly would negatively affect the quality of the product).
I'm glad to report, however, that the Scan Express is a decent scanner. There is some small color distortion (which is typical for any scanner) but it matches close enough that a few tweaks in Photoshop will fix the problem. Scanning is a bit slow, and as other reviewers have noted, your computer does start to slow down after several scans, but it's nothing that will make you pull your hair out in rage.
I haven't tried the software bundled with the program since I typically import images using Photoshop (which works just fine with this machine).
I'm very, very pleased with the Scan Express and I'd recommend it to any other artists who uses large canvases.