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Visioneer OneTouch 8600

  

WHAT'S HOT: The Visioneer OneTouch 8600 is one of the fastest 600-by-1200-dpi scanners we've tested. Only the Universal Serial Bus versions of Epson's Perfection 1200 and 636 were faster on both color and black-and-white scans. The OneTouch 8600 comes with USB and parallel port interfaces, as well as seven buttons that make scanning, copying, printing, faxing, and optical character recognition tasks quick and easy. A $31 price drop this month sweetens the deal.

WHAT'S NOT: Although the OneTouch 8600 produces good overall image quality, the colors appeared washed out.

WHAT ELSE: Visioneer's add-on options make this scanner more versatile: Visioneer offers an automatic document feeder ($149) capable of holding up to 50 legal-size sheets and an optional transparency adapter that costs $100.

BEST USE: The OneTouch 8600 will serve SOHO and home users well. The scanner's versatile dual interface makes it a good choice for those still using older PCs with no USB ports, yet it will survive the upgrade to PCs that do have USB.


SUMMARY
Visioneer OneTouch 8600


parallel and USB, 600 by 1200 dpi, 16.7 by 11.7 by 3.7 inches (width by depth by height), 4 pounds, 8.5-by-11.7-inch scanning area, optional transparency adapter and automatic document feeder. One-year warranty; 11-hour weekday support.

$169
888/229-4172
www.visioneer.com

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