Well, Just received the scanner today. The box arrived unsealed, but, it looked clean inside. The USB Cable was still in it's own sealed package as was the scanner and other items. If someone did use it / return it, it was put back together very carefully and I am none the wiser.
First impression: It is definitely put together cheaply--you get what you pay for! I say that because the plastic case feels flimsy as I maneuvered it about. Not that people are moving their scanners that often, but, hey--it felt cheap. I also peered beneath the glass to see what I could and noticed a rather large RUBBER BELT that moves the imaging device (front to back). Well, so much for longevity! For comparison, my MUSTEK 800iisp uses a harder plastic shell, the innards are on a metal frame and the imaging device is moved via steel wires (no belts).
So, next step, install the scanner. Went rather smoothly, plugged in USB Cable, turned on PC, booted up, W98SE detected it right away. FYI, Windows 98 detects it as the *610u model but the drivers install from the 1220u inf file.
Anyway, I put the CD in and it installed the appropriate driver. I then manually {I don't use AutoInsert Notification} installed the Vista 3.54 software and went through the mandatory reboot.
Upon restart, I used PaintShop to scan some images. I must say, I agree with the above folks, it is slow. However, for the price it is acceptable. The image quality was fine and the included software is leaps and bounds above what is obsolete with my Mustek 800ii sp.
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For your viewing pleasure I have scanned the same image on the 2 scanners and merged them together just for kicks. The left half is from the UMAX 2010u scanned using 300dpi and otherwise default settings. The right half is from an old Mustek 800ii SP (SCSI). The MUSTEK is a much brighter image on default so I actually lowered the brightness and scanned it again and it's still brighter.
I noticed that the UMAX got rid of the jaggies ("Anti-Aliased" much better than the 'ol Mustek does. You will also notice that the images don't align perfectly, mostly because I didn't have the image straight on the second scan.
Speed wise, they were both about the same to scan the image, taking about a minute or so to scan the 4x6 photo in 300dpi. Anyway, there really is not much to see, but, if you are curious and have decent bandwidth, here's the link:
Large (1.2MB) File with comparison between UMAX 2010u and Mustek 800iisp
N-Joy.