People often ask us which scanners we recommend. Below is a list of several scanner models that have been tested with WYNN and work well. The first few are the latest models, with older models listed farther down in the list.
Note that some of these scanners have been discontinued by the manufacturers in favor of newer models. That doesn't always mean the scanners are not available. Retail stores usually carry scanners for quite a while after the manufacturer has discontinued them.
Also note that just because a particular scanner model works well, that doesn't always mean a similar model will work equally well. An example of that is the Visioneer 8900: our Test Department feels this scanner is too quirky to be strongly recommended (special steps are required to cancel scanning, among other things). Yet the Visioneer 8800 is highly recommended.
Highly Recommended
Scanners
Epson 1650
Epson 1640 SU Office (comes with Automatic Document Feeder)
Epson 1250
Visioneer OneTouch 8800
Highly Recommended
Older Model Scanners (more than 6 months old)
Epson 1640 SU
Epson 1240
Visioneer OneTouch 8600
Microtek X12 USL (legal sized)
Canon 630 EY
Umax: all SCSI models are good and stable; most USB models are good and stable
for WYNN 3, but are not recommended for WYNN 2.
About HP Scanners…
We used to recommend HP scanners because they worked very smoothly with our
products. However, HP recently started making changes to all the scanners that
impacted the compatibility with our software. The last HP scanners we felt
really comfortable with were the 5200 and the 6300. After that, the testing was
not as "passable" as with other scanners. The HP5300, 4300, and 3200 are not
recommended because they are designed for occasional use only, and they did not
pass our stress (durability) tests. The HP7400, the latest model, will work with
WYNN. But HP's TWAIN drivers are rather slow. In addition, you can only use
Automatic Contrast with this scanner's TWAIN drivers. Any other contrast setting
can introduce scanning errors into the image. Since "Scan for Speed" turns off
automatic contrast, you should not use Scan for Speed with this scanner. Aside
from this limitation, the scanner seems to work well.
Other Scanners
Recommended With Qualifiers
Microtek ScanMaker 4700 and 5700 are recommended, but only on Windows 98 or
Windows Me.
Microtek other models: work well, but are slow.