Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL Scanner

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Product Description

Product Overview

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...[continued]... reduce random image noise, a triple interface with FireWire, USB, and SCSI-2 for maximum versatility, and newly designed templates to accommodate a wide variety of film.

Tech Specs

General
Compatibility	PC, Mac
Depth	23.7 in
Height	6 in
Max Supported Media Size	12 in x 17 in
Type	Flatbed scanner - desktop
Weight	26.9 lbs
Width	14.5 in
Expansion / Connectivity
Compatible Slots	1 x PCI
Connections	1 x USB - 4 pin USB Type A1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire)1 x Fast SCSI
Interfaces	1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire)1 x USB1 x SCSI
Media Handling
Max Document Size	12 in x 17 in (Ledger B Size)
Media Feeder Type	Manual load
Supported Media Type	Plain paper
Miscellaneous
Cables Included	1 x USB cable1 x IEEE 1394 cable
Included Accessories	IT8 reflective color target
Networking
Connectivity Technology	Wired
Data Link Protocol	IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
Type	FireWire adapter - plug-in card
Power
Power Device	Power supply
Scanner
Color Depth	48-bit color
Compliant Standards	TWAIN
Grayscale Depth	16-bit (64K gray levels)
Input Type	Color
Interpolated Resolution	12800 dpi x 12800 dpi
Lamp / Light Source Type	Cold cathode fluorescent lamp
Optical Resolution	1600 dpi x 3200 dpi
Scan Density Range	3.7D
Scan Element Type	CCD
Scan Mode	Single-pass
Software / System Requirements
Min RAM Size	64 MB
OS Required	Apple MacOS 8.1, Microsoft Windows 95/98, Apple MacOS 8.6, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000 / NT4.0, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Apple MacOS 9.x, Microsoft Windows XP
Peripheral / Interface Devices	CD-ROM
Software Included	Drivers & utilities, Adobe PhotoShop Elements, Adobe Acrobat Reader, ABBYY FineReader Sprint, KODAK DIGITAL SCIENCE Color Management Solutions, Microtek Scanner ICC Profiler, Microtek ScanWizard Pro

Customer Reviews

Reviewed on 2008-07-23 Please don't waste your money! I had the exact same problem as many others. Used the thing for 1 year and the bulb died, this was after Very light use. Maybe a dozen or so scans.. very very dissapointing. We had to have a working scanner though (I work in a university Music Library and faculty need it) so we actually sent the thing in for repair. It cost $300 + shipping to CA and back, and when it came back, it died again in 6 mos. I'm buying an Epson this time. I won't let the lower price lure me..it's simply not worth the headache.

Reviewed on 2008-06-16 Microtek is going out of business I cannot tell you how crumby Microtek is. You must avoid Microtek products like the plague. I bought this scanner 9800XL for about $1000. After one year, I started getting blurry scans. Microtek's solution? Buy another scanner from us, we don't repair anything. Now I have upgraded to Leopard. New drivers are only available on Microtek's website, which is perpetually down. I called tech support and a sleepy girl answered the phone and didn't know anything about computers in general, much less my driver problem. She kept referring to "my website". I said, "What does my website have to do with anything?" I asked to speak to her supervisor and I got patched into a message that said the supervisor was at home, and to please leave a message. I wish I could faithfully express how unprofessional this all is. After my dealings with the Microtek Corporation and manufacturer of mediocre products with zero tech support, I can only conclude and sincerely believe that the Microtek must be run out of a shipping container somewhere in Oakland. MICROTEK MUST BE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. Why else would they treat people like this? Google them if you don't believe me. There are hundreds of threads about how lame Microtek is and how crumby their support is. I have to "rate" this product based on Amazon's review process, so I am giving them one star, but I would give them zero stars if I could...

Reviewed on 2008-04-27 "The Beast" - hate this scanner We use this scanner in a professional environment and we have dubbed it "the Beast" because we groan whenever a job requires oversize scans and we actually have to use it. It has the most frustrating and nonsensical user interface I've ever seen. (Just one instance of many - the auto numbering feature cannot be reset except by hitting an up or down button - so if is up to 958 and you want to reset it to 0, you have to go down to 957, 956, etc.) It is extremely slow and also has a LOUD annoying whine while previewing and scanning - don't try to talk on the phone while scanning in the vicinity. The Mac driver has never worked properly - and calling Microtek only resulted in their instructing us to re-load the drivers, so we have to do this every time we use the scanner! The auto correction features seem to be weird, but we can't get the driver to calibrate the scanner, so we have to do all corrections in Photoshop after the fact. We have a $150 Canon scanner that is so far superior to the Microtek; I only wish Canon made an oversize scanner.

Reviewed on 2008-04-10 It's ALIVE!!! I recently bought this scanner. As an illustrator, I was tired of chopping up my drawings and scanning them small. My needs are simple, line art scanned, and this scanner does a BEAUTIFUL job. Admittedly, I would have purchased the Epson, but I am on a Mac and the Epson in this price range isn't compatible. (Only the $2300 one is. What a scam.) With the guys who say they can fix the issues with it, I went ahead and purchased it. Like the day I went from my mouse to a WACOM tablet, it's a defining one in my production process.

Reviewed on 2007-11-25 I'd rate it a minus if I could This was a fantastic scanner, but after 13 mos - i month out of warranty the lamp went out. Microtek has I understand taken everything off shore - to China no doubt, and they do not repair or have a way to buy parts for this piece. Wish I had waited a while to buy this piece so I would have seen some negative reviews. 1500.00 for a piece of equipment that only lasts 12 months is not - repeat - not a good investment for anyone. Now I am looking for a new scanner.

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