"History Fan" (UnknownplacesonEarth@unknown11.com) writes:
Aren't they just a rebander, anyway? I've had two Visioneers, both quite
satisfactory, and I think the actual manuafcturer was Primax each time.
As a rule, scanners are no longer the hot item they were, because when
they got included in all-in-one(s) the focus automatically switched to
printer manfuacturers, since whomever buys one of those will be doing
vastly more printing than scanning, so the printer better be good (i.e. a
well-known name). And Canon and HP make pretty decent standalone scanners,
as they always have. It's difficult for the Visioneers and Acers of the
world to get a lot of attention.
Unless their construction quality has declined (my Visioneer's plastic
cover hinges are still intact, unlike those of my first scanner, a
Microtek, which broke after a year of use) it's not so bad a thing to buy
a scanner by mail if it tests out all right and word of mouth here is
good. Scanners have become specialty items (except in all-in-ones) and
user feedback is more important than being able to poke the cover in a
store.
Brendan
Ps I used to see Visioneer for sale at Office Max. Have they stopped
selling the brand?
