For serious hobbyists or professionals working from home, the Microtek ScanMaker 6100 Pro offers an ideal combination of simple-to-use hardware and impressively flexible software. Included in the software bundle are Adobe Photoshop Album SE (for PC; Adobe Photoshop LE 5.0 for Mac) and Kodak Digital Science Color Management, along with a number of utilities that allow one-touch operation for sending your scans to paper, email, or the Internet. Photographers and archivers will get plenty of mileage from SilverFast SE 6, which supplies simplified methods of scanning film negatives and improves your images via wide-ranging removal of dust, scratches, and other impurities.

The scanner itself connects to your system via USB 2.0, which provides fast, clean data transfer from either PC or Macintosh. 48-bit color and 3,200 x 6,400 dpi optical resolution make your images vividly detailed, with crisp text and sharply defined image edges. A 4-by-5-inch transparency adapter is included, along with EZ-lock film holders for 35mm slides and negatives. Microtek provides a two-year warranty that covers parts and service.

What's in the Box
Microtek 6100 Pro scanner, USB cable, power adapter, Adobe CD, LaserSoft CD, Microtek CD, Built-in 4-by-5-inch transparency adapter, Microtek EZ-Lock film holders (35mm filmstrip and 35mm slide and 6-by-9-cm holders); 4-by-5-inch Mylar template