 | Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner (1306B002)
Great scanner for the price -- 2009-01-04
This scanner is everything I need. I have so many negatives that have never been developed so with this it makes it easy for me to scan them and print out the photos. The only downside I found was that when scanning black and white developed negatives (like the kind you can develop yourself and not the color developed black and white negatives) the black and white is more of a brown and white. Other than that I love this scanner.
CanoScan Oh man! -- 2009-01-03
I have been searching for a way to get my parent's slides (from the 50s and 60s) onto my computer without spending a fortune. I did extensive research and found most products had disappointing reviews. When I found the Canon CanoScan 4400F I was somewhat reluctant to buy it, but I did. I set it up in minutes and was scanning the slides within 10-15 minutes. The scanner has a slot inside the lid which hold the slides and negatives in place. I scanned the negatives onto my computer and was so impressed with the results. The files were crisp and clear. I couldn't have asked for better pictures. I haven't used all the features, but I look forward to trying them out. I have a stack of photos and negatives to scan and I can't wait to see the results.
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 | Canon LiDE100 Color Image Scanner (2923B002)
Excellent photo scanner! -- 2009-01-01
I got this scanner as a gift to scan old photos. It is fantastic for scanning old photos. Simply drop the 4 photos on the glass (no need to line them up, get them straight, etc.). Push a button, and the scanner scans the photos, straightens them up and separates them. I don't use the editing software so I can't comment on that, but this is a great scanner for a Mac user.
First Rate -- 2008-12-27
I originally bought this to scan documents and receipts. It was incredibly easy to set up and worked quite well even on small receipts. I was happy with it.
Then, a friend of mine had some very old photos she wanted put on a digital frame. I decided this would be a great test of the Canon Scanner. I went from happy to amazed. I was able to scan 3 - 4 photos at a time - she had over 100 of them. It didn't take as long as I anticipated and the quality was quite good. I couldn't correct defects in the original photo - even with Photoshop - but if the original was in pretty good condition - the scanned image looked good. In some cases the picture was improved, but it was never worse than the original.
The scanning speed surprises me the most and the quality runs a close second.
A great scanner for the price and I highly recommend it.
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 | Canon LiDE200 Color Image Scanner (2924B002)
Well Worth it! -- 2008-12-22
I have used this for a few months now, I had family photo's from the 1940's to date, thousands of photo's to place on a disk. This scanner worked so quickly and quietly I was extremely pleased to leave this review. The quality of the scans, went far beyond my expectations, and the software was adequate for most photos that need retouched.
I've gone through thick yearbooks, newspaper clippings, and shiny magazines and consistently was impressed with the quality of each photo. I've used the scan for 3,200 plus photo's to date and I still have three large stacks of various size photo's to go. If I run into a glich in the future I'll update this review, if not then this continues to be one hell of a first rate scanner.
Excellent Scanner for the Price -- 2008-11-23
I bought this scanner because I had purchased digital frames for all my kids, and I wanted to go through our family photos and load the best of them into the frames. When I priced the cost of having someone else do the scanning, I discovered that stores wanted at least a dollar a scan. Since I was going to have at least one hundred photos, I decided that buying my own scanner was the way to go.
This scanner was up and running in about ten minutes. First, load the software, then connect the scanner. The software opens, and you are off and running. Second, the software allows you to make quick scans, or you can open the driver and make all sorts of adjustments. Third, I especially appreciated the adjustments that the software will make for faded prints and covering dust and scratches.
In addition, if your photos are relatively small, the software will detect and crop more than one photo on the patten. In addition, if you have photos mounted in albums (and were stupid enough to make them unremovable, the cover will accommodate thick objects, so all is not lost.
Finally, the fact that the scanner gets all its power from the USB port saves having to find and outlet for yet one more power cord; also, it's really quiet.
I have realized that it may solve magazine pack-rat problem too. Now we can scan in the articles we want to save (and someday read in the next century) so we can ditch the piles of magazines.
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 | Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Film/Negative/Photo Scanner (2168B002)
Not too bad - software just a bit buggy -- 2008-12-23
Well worth it for $200. For the most part I'm loving it. MP Navigator software to capture images straightforwards. No real issues with OS X (10.4.11) Only complaints are that you can only scan 4 slides at a time and after scanning a few dozen images, there begins to appear black horizontal lines that run along the top and/or bottom of the images. Totally weird. Quitting the software and restarting the scanner helps only temporarily...gotta put them both to rest for awhile to get back to normal but then the black horizontal lines appear again.
great for a novice -- 2008-12-22
I know nothing about how to scan my slides and pictures. This scanner was so easy, I was up and running within a half hour. I don't have much to compare it with but I really liked it.
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 | Canon 2925B002 CS5600F Color Image Scanner
Great first scanner -- 2009-01-04
I bought this scanner because I have many 20-25 year old slides I'd like to scan then throw away to reduce clutter. It was simple to set up and the results are better than I expected. Photos work much better than my HP 4 in 1. It will also scan negatives, though not quite as well as slides.
It was hard to find a scanner that would scan slides and work on a Mac. This does both very well.
Great Affordable Scanner. -- 2008-12-09
Just received it today and spent several hours with it. I am replacing an old $600 HP scanner with this and am very happy with the improvement so far.
I am using a dual boot XP 32bit / Vista 64bit configuration with 3.1gig amd x2 cpu and 4gig ram.So far it works perfectly under Vista 64bit. I downloaded the appropriate drivers and software and did not use the CD. Canon warns that it may not work with another USB cable, I tried a 6ft Belkin and it worked fine. The HP would not work with anything other than the short one they sent. The software and the front panel buttons work with no problems. I've had little problem learning the software without using the manual which is a good indication of how easy it is if you've some experience already. It scans negatives far better than the HP ever did. The photo scans are far better also. I like the software touch ups so far, but need a lot more time with it to have a final thought there. Thia scanner is far far better than the HP. I have a Cannon printer and have had no need to call their customer support so far. When I tried to get updated drivers for the Hp scanner, I and many others were told that they would not support Vista at all. Considering the $600+ cost of the scanner and the large number of them still in use, I feel that this shows the sorry state of HP's customer support. That is why I have gone over to Canon for both my printer and scanner. I'll not buy anything HP ever again.
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 | Canon CanoScan LiDE 25 Color Image Scanner (0307B001)
Got the job done -- 2008-12-29
I bought this scanner to scan family photos. It got the job done, but as others have mentioned the scanning speed is very slow and noisey.
I didn't have any problems hooking up the scanner or installing the software.
I scanned about 40 photos, most all at 600 DPI. (The higher the DPI the higher the quality, but also the longer it takes to scan.) I found that it was essential to preview each scan (to adjust the scan area, do any tweaking, etc.), which really added to the scan time.
If I were to have more photos to scan than I did, I would look for something faster. But for what I needed and for the price, this is a great scanner.
I did have some trouble scanning documents in that many were illegible when scanned. But I didn't bother to look at the documentation for info or tips.
I only used the scan feature. However, the scanner I purchased also has a copy and fax feature.
Does not work with Mac Leopard 10.5.5 -- 2008-12-28
I purchased the LiDE 25 Canon scanner direct from Canon when I was told by them that my old Canon N650U scanner would not be supported by them for Leopard. They told me the LiDE 25 would work with Leopard. It did for two months until Apple updated Leopard and the Canon driver for the scanner would no longer work. After contacting Canon over the last 4 months trying to rectify this problem, it is apparent that Canon is not going to updated the driver and I now have two useless Canon scanners. I will no longer purchase another Canon product if this is the way they do business.
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 | Canon DR-2050C Color Duplex 20PPM A3 50 Sheet Adf 600DPI USB
"HAVE NOT RECEIVED" -- 2007-07-18
Dear Sir / Madame
I have not recieved this ORDER ! since the 22nd of May 2007??????????
Sorry that's the truth!!!
Where is it I don't know want my money back or send me the Canon DR-2050C Color Duplex 20PPM A3 50 Sheet Adf 600DPI USB ?!
I purchased Via Amazon to COSTUPDATE!
Pls Respond ?!
John
Great Product -- Way Too Expensive -- 2007-05-22
I have tracked this product for a long time, including its earlier siblings (a SCSI version, and then a USB/SCSI version, and now a USB only version). The main problem with the product is that Canon has not dropped the price for many years. It has always cost $500-$700 on the street, and the only modifications that Canon has made have to do with the data interface. Considering that laptop computers can now be purchased for the same price as this scanner, the product is just way too overpriced at this point.
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 | Canon CanoScan LiDE 600F scanner (0302B002)
Big Performance In A Small Package -- 2008-12-17
Canon has packed a lot of power in a little package. The capabilities of the CanoScan LiDE 600F is nothing short of impressive. I've skipped over talking about most of the features that you can garner from the product literature and most reviews, and simply highlighted some of its capabilities:
Color & Resolution
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With a 48-bit color depth for a total of over 281 trillion possible colors! (2^48 = 281,474,976,710,656) and a maximum optical resolution of 4800 x 9600 dpi, this scanner is comparable to the best scanners currently available. The resolution is double that of its look-alike predecessor, the LiDE 500F, which has a maximum optical resolution of 2400 x 4800 dpi.
In practice, you probably won't be needing resolutions _remotely_ close to the maximum resolution it's capable of! Case in point, if you set it to scan at its maximum resolution and color depth, you will generate an output with a file size running up into the Gigabyte range, and the scanner driver will display a warning. Scan times would also be inordinately long. So, from the standpoint of practicality, its power is a little bit of an overkill. It's nice to know that it's capable of way more than what you'll need, nonetheless.
Quality of Scanned Images
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I put the scanner to the test and scanned a 4 x 6 photograph at 1200 dpi. The scan took 4 minutes and generated a file size of over 100 MB. Because of its size, the only application I possessed that was able to open it was Photoshop. When opened, I saw that the resulting screen resolution was humongous. When zoomed to fit the screen, the picture was stunning. Details were as sharp as the original. Granted, my LCD monitor isn't calibrated, and pro-CRT color purists would say LCD displays produce inaccurate true colors, the scanned reproduction was mighty close in color to the original. When printed, the printed output was indistinguishable in sharpness from the original. In terms of color and brightness, I thought the reproduction actually looked a little better than the original.
I do have a quip to make about document scanning. The printed scanned output has a very slight pinkish tint to it - not terribly noticeable but definitely perceptible. Regardless, it doesn't detract from the quality of the scan. At very high resolutions, you can make out the individual fibers on the paper, literally.
Speed
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The warm-up time is just under 3 seconds. In my tests, the scan speed was 40 seconds at a respectable 300 dpi (sufficient for OCR), 38 seconds at 150 dpi, and 32 seconds at 75 dpi. The quality of the printed output of the image scanned at 75 dpi isn't any worse than what you get from a photocopy machine. So, for the purpose of archiving documents, 75 dpi is quite adequate. Although not blazingly fast, the scanning speed is respectable for the occasional copying of important documents - perfect for home use.
Portability
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The best way to describe the LiDE 600F is that it is comparable to a laptop in both size and weight. Actually, it even looks and feels like one - it's sleek, compact, and lightweight, which makes it very portable indeed. If you need to do some scanning on the road, this scanner is ideal because the USB cable from the laptop supplies it with the necessary power. If you're pressed for space, this scanner can even be propped upright, so you can do drop-in scanning.
Overall
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The resolution and clarity of this scanner is simply phenomenal. The scan speed is a little on the slow side for voluminous scanning, but for the home user who needs to make an occasional digitized backup, this might just be the perfect scanner. It's big selling point is its portability, and rightly so. The ease with which this scanner can be carried around is a definite plus. It is able to produce the best scan quality you can ever hope for, and it does it at a respectable speed. All things considered, the CanoScan LiDE 600F is top-notch and more than worthy of a 5-star rating.
Two MAJOR reasons to not buy it -- 2008-12-14
I have owned a lot of scannersover th eyears, and four have been cannon. I probably will not buy any more Cannons.
While this scanner functione pretty well for a while, as did most of the cannons I have owned, this one had finicky instalation issues, and at random times would just plain stop working properly. Now even uninstaling/reinstalling will not get it to function correctly. Fromt he web I see I am not the only person to have these issues. And Canon is not helpful.
The second big issue with Cannons is that if you end up pressing down on the scanner, such as to flatten paper, it WILL break the machine. Thetr is next to zero tolerance for this, and I have had to toss 3 of them for that one reason alone. And I am very gentle with them! Never had this issue with other brands.
Yeah they are cheap and small, but they break easily, and the software is buggy.
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 | Canon DR-2580C Color Duplex 25 Ppm Id Card Scanning 600 Dpi USB 2.0
Perfect Small Quick Scanner for my Office -- 2008-07-06
Great Scanner! Image quality is as good are much larger more expense scanners is a small portable size. The size of the scanner is perfect for traveling jobs. It easily slips into a carryon bag. The scanner is very quick for its size and handles large jobs well. For my start-up company, this was a perfect buy - right price, right size, right features. If needing barcode reading & printing cabability, be sure to purchase the barcode attachment as well.
Best little scanner in the world! -- 2008-05-07
I own a Canon flatbed, which is a really nice scanner, however scans about 1ppm....enter this little jewel...Oh my my...this has saved my life!
I am using it to scan all of my personal documents at home and also scanning every document in my medical office.
Tremendous time savings as this little gem can fly through anything!
I am already dreading the day that something happens to this, as I am totally hooked after using it for 24 hours!
Small and portable as well, for those interested in those perks.
I am looking to get a backup, just in case...
No regrets, no kidding...
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