Compaq S200 Flatbed USB Scanner

List Price: $79.99

Features:

• Single-pass color CCD scanning
• USB interface
• 48-bit color depth
• 2,400 x 1,200 dpi resolution
• Image editing and OCR software

Accessories:
Targus PAUH212U 7 Port USB 2.0 Hub	Targus PAUH217U 4 Port Ultra Mini USB 2.0 Hub	Belkin F3U134-10 USB Extension Cable (10-Feet)	Monster Cable MP AV600 Power Protector	Monster PC700 Computer PowerCenter¿ with Surge Protection

Customer Reviews:

Good item w/ low price [Posted on 2003-04-15]
After going through the instructions, I tried to test this scanner for the first time. At Windows ME, I saw an error message and could not start the job. When I tried this scanner on the Windows XP, it works totally fine. Nice quality on the images. Hope Compaq has a patch file to fix the problem for the Windows ME.

Good item w/ low price [Posted on 2003-04-15]
After going through the instructions, I tried to test this scanner for the first time. At Windows ME, I saw an error message and could not start the job. When I tried this scanner on the Windows XP, it works totally fine. Nice quality on the images. Hope Compaq has a patch file to fix the problem for the Windows ME.

Finally a USB Scanner that works with Windows XP!! [Posted on 2003-06-30]
Although I haven't used this scanner yet - I do plan to purchse it in the near future. The last review I read was very helpful to me. I have purchased (2) other scanners and neither of them will work with Window's XP. One was a Visoneer Paperport 6100 and the other was an older model Visoneer. They worked great with ME and Windows 98. Needless to say I'm very happy to find a scanner that will work with XP at a resonable price.

Now if I can find a camera.. My Polaroid Photo Max 320 will absolutly NOT work with XP. I've tried downloading a driver from the Polaroid website, but nothing works.

more than adequate for home use [Posted on 2004-04-04]
I bought it for $25 at a clearance. It gives very high resolution scans, with very high quality, but I do not recommnd it for professonal use since the colros are slightly off always (a white becomes blueish for example). It is speedy (about 6 seconds a scan, most of it being taken up by the scaning program), and light to carry (cheap, not much in it, weighs like dictionary). I do have to admit it is extreamly cheaply built. There is like nothing inside it. I dont see any negative effects from it though. If it had a USB 2.0 (instead of USB 1.1) interface I bet it could take a 1200dpi scan in 5 seconds. It has high enough resolution to do OCRing no problem.

The software included with it is barebones, you'll make do, but it is hard and aquward to use, and has a candyied up lame interface. I would get a diffent program to use with it. But since it is so cheap I guess it is justifiable.

I have never had any problems with it except figuring out how to use the candied up interface (I would use a more professional program like Adobe Photoshop with it).

I am really happy with this scanner, and I love that I bought it. I am planning to buy another for the office. But I would not use it for a professional publication.

It was great until... [Posted on 2004-09-06]
I got this scanner in January 2003 from Amazon. It was great, and worked cleanly and smoothly with my Windows ME. I reccomend it for anyone with ME or below, in fact--it was very easy to use and set up. However, don't listen to the claims that Compaq will make about this scanner being able to work with XP: it's not true. I recently upgraded to XP, and checked out the troubleshooting guide at compaq.com, where it says that you can get drivers to make this scanner compatible. It's NOT. They wanted me to reinstall my brand new Windows, which wouldn't really solve anything. Don't get this scanner if you have XP or plan to upgrade to it in the near future, it's not worth the struggle. On the other hand, if you have 98, 2000, or ME, it's an excellent deal and good quality equipment!

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