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WHAT'S HOT: When it comes to scanning performance, the Visioneer OneTouch 9000 USB is a scorcher. As a high-speed USB 2.0 model (also backward compatible with USB 1.1), it not only left other USB 2.0 and 1.1 models in the dust, but even gave FireWire (IEEE 1394) scanners a run for the money. For example, while other USB models took an average of 81 seconds for our 2-by-2-inch color photo at 1200 dots per inch, the OneTouch 9000 took only 36.42 seconds. That ranks close behind Microtek's two FireWire-based models, the ScanMaker 6700 and ScanMaker 8700, which took 36.06 and 31.05 seconds respectively to complete the same test.
The 9000's design is noticeably sleeker than its predecessors': It's almost 2 pounds lighter and 2 inches slimmer than the previous generation of OneTouch models. But the leaner 9000 still has room for five quick-start buttons. Although four of the buttons are preconfigured for scanning, copying or printing, e-mail, and OCR, you can easily customize the settings for any of them.
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