UMAX Mirage IIse A3 Large Format Flatbed Scanner 11.4x17 36-Bit SCSI

UMAX Mirage IIse A3 Large Format Flatbed Scanner 11.4x17 36-Bit SCSI

The UMAX Mirage IIse is an A3-size large format flatbed scanner with an 11.4" x 17" scanning bed — nearly twice the scanning area of a standard letter/A4 flatbed. It uses a single-pass scanning mechanism with 36-bit color depth and a dynamic range of 3.3, making it capable of capturing a broad tonal range. The interface is SCSI, which was the professional standard for high-throughput scanner connections when this unit was produced in the late 1990s.

Specifications & What's Included

• Brand: UMAX Data Systems (UMAX)
• Model: Mirage IIse
• Scanner type: Large format flatbed
• Scanning area: 11.4" x 17" (A3)
• Scan method: Single-pass
• Color depth: 36-bit
• Dynamic range: 3.3
• Interface: SCSI (50-pin Centronics-style, visible on rear panel)
• Power input: 100–240V AC, 2.0A, 50/60Hz (universal)
• Form factor: Desktop flatbed
• Country of manufacture: Taiwan
• Scanner unit only — no SCSI cable or driver media confirmed included

Applications

Large format flatbed scanners like the UMAX Mirage IIse are used wherever documents or objects exceed standard letter or legal size. Common applications include scanning A3 architectural drawings, engineering schematics, newspaper pages, magazine spreads, large-format artwork, photographic prints, textiles, aerial maps, and oversized photographs. The 11.4" x 17" bed also makes it practical for scanning medical X-ray film and other large transparent media. The SCSI interface was standard on professional graphics workstations of the late 1990s — typically paired with Mac or PC workstations running early versions of Mac OS or Windows with SCSI host adapter cards — and offered reliable, fast data transfer rates for large scan files. This era of UMAX scanners was widely adopted in prepress, publishing, and design studios as an affordable alternative to drum scanners for large-format work. Today, units like this are sought for legacy imaging workflows, film scanning setups, and situations where a large physical scanning bed is needed without the cost of a modern wide-format production scanner.