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Microtek SM9800XL SCSI/USB/Firewire A3 Scanner

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 SCSI-2 for maximum versatility, and newly designed templates to accommodate a wide variety of film.

Reviews:
AWARDS In the space of only 6 months since its release, the ScanMaker 9800XL has cleaned up the field by earning the following prestigious awards: MacWorld Editors Choice Award (UK) - November 2002 PC Business "Sehr Gut" Award (Germany) - The highest award it can get Computer Arts Group Test Winner (UK) MacFormat Editors Choice Award (UK) * * * * * 5 out of 5 marks MacUser labs best Award (UK) Some of the quotes from these reviews: "The top A3 scanner is the capable Microtek SM 9800XL" "The ScanMaker 9800XL offers an excellent combination of versatility and quality" "Extremely good flatbed scanner that's built to last and produces scans that are top notch. Excellent for entry level pre-press use" " It was virtually impossible to produce a scan that we were unhappy with from a subjective point of view, which is just about as fine a sub pre-press rec

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