Umax Astra 2000P

I owned this scanner for a little less than a year with satisfactory results. The scan speed seemed a little slow on higher-resolution images, but the scan quality was great. After about 9 months I started getting the yellow bands on my scanner that...

Used scanner w/W98 with so-so results. Upgraded to W-XP. Scanner doesn't work w/XP. Sent in $15 to umax for CD that was supposed to allow 2000P to work W/XP. Re-installed soft- ware from CD umax furnished, no go. Tried to e-mail umax for some help, but...

Used scanner w/W98 with so-so results. Upgraded to W-XP. Scanner doesn't work w/XP. Sent in $15 to umax for CD that was supposed to allow 2000P to work W/XP. Re-installed soft- ware from CD umax furnished, no go. Tried to e-mail umax for some help,...

Cheap. Passable quality if it works (ha ha ha..)

Bulky. Slow. Doesn't work. Ever.

I used this scanner with great results for a year or so... was very happy with it. Then I started getting yellow bands on my scans (as have MANY OTHER PEOPLE -- most haven't been able to get rid of them). I haven't attempted to see if I can get rid...

I found the quality and speed to be just fine especially scanning pics for my web page. The software offers all of the options with regard to resolution, size and the various choices you may want to make for a scan if you are a more experienced user....

Comes with a ton of software, modestly priced, instruction manual

I couldn't get my computer to recognize the scanner. No quick buttons.

Comes with a ton of software, modestly priced, instruction manual

I couldn't get my computer to recognize the scanner. No quick buttons.

Now using Microsoft XP but can't find a driver to bring it up past 98.

The Umax Astra 2000P seemed to work fine for more than a year. Then one day it started exhibiting a yellow band on scans. Umax offers a methode of resetting the scanner. Some time it works once but most of the time the yellow band won't go away...