Umax Astra 3400

An easy-to-use scanner capable of delivering fine-quality images.

I originally got this scanner to run under Windows 98. It worked adequately, although I never could get a good scan on photos. Every single one of them had stripes and lines all through them. I got the scanner used, so maybe that had something to do ...

(this is an actual correspondence with their tech support, please read the bottommost first)

This is a scanner for the occasional user, not for someone looking for speed. The VistaScan software packaged with the scanner is probably one of the worst available in the marketplace. It's slow, not very intuitive, and lacking in sophistication for...

I thought a scanner would be a useful addition to my home PC, so I tried to find a steal on just anything. Well when the initial scanner a bought (a no-name brand I can't even recall) crashed my system (2-3 year old Gateway running Windows 98) and took...

I bought this scanner to replace my Artec AT6 SCSI scanner, simply because I ran out of slots and wanted a USB device. I find that it scans well, though some of the photos suffer from banding, which is not in the photo itself. Other than that, OCR...

The UMAX Astra 3400 is an OK scanner. But UMAX is one of the worst companies I have ever run in to in terms of customer support. First, about the scanner.