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WHAT'S HOT: With the arrival of the $150 Microtek ScanMaker 4900, you no longer have to pay top dollar for a 48-bit-color, 2400-dpi scanner that can churn out scans quickly with impressive-looking results. The ScanMaker 4900 also sports a sleek metallic design, provides easy USB 1.1 connectivity, and offers both reflective and transparent scan modes.
In our August 2002 speed tests, the 4900's overall performance ranked high among the five 2400-dpi units we tested with a USB 1.1 interface, and ranked second for performance among small-office scanners. For example, the 4900 took only 39 seconds to scan a 2-by- 2-inch color photo at 1200 dpi, compared with 46 seconds for the next-closest USB 1.1 model, the Canon CanoScan D2400UF, to complete the same test. The only faster 2400-dpi scanner in our roundup was the $1000...