Canon scanners any good?

[Bill Crocker]

I've owned several flatbed HP scanners, and a few Epson scanners, in the
past. I'm now in the market for a new scanner, and I'm considering a Canon.
I own a Canon digital camera (S60), and a Canon Photo Printer (i960), and
I've been very satisfied with both. I'm not hung up on brand loyalty, but
thought I should consider them.

Some of their models are so slim, and light, it's almost hard to take them
seriously. Others can be fairly expensive. My needs are not professional,
but I appreciate good results. I do not require any slide / negative,
scanning capability. What would you recommend?

Thanks,
Bill Crocker

 

[mack]

I've owned several flatbed HP scanners, and a few Epson scanners, in the
past. I'm now in the market for a new scanner, and I'm considering a Canon.
I own a Canon digital camera (S60), and a Canon Photo Printer (i960), and
I've been very satisfied with both. I'm not hung up on brand loyalty, but
thought I should consider them.

Some of their models are so slim, and light, it's almost hard to take them
seriously. Others can be fairly expensive. My needs are not professional,
but I appreciate good results. I do not require any slide / negative,
scanning capability. What would you recommend?

Thanks,
Bill Crocker

For what it's worth, I have a Canon N670U that I've had for a couple of
years, and with the powered USB connection, and it's small size and light
weight, I like it a lot. It's good at photocopying, scanning color images,
and I can't say I've had any problems. I used to have a Plustek weighing
about 10 pounds, and with an ac adaptor, and it worked, but not well. I
would have kept it except that the driver was not compatible with
WinXP....only the early editions going up to 2000 or ME.
I see lots of Canoscans on Ebay, at cheap prices, but I wouldn't go to one
older than the 670 because they must be connected by a parallel cord. and
have an ac adaptor.

 

[Ron G]

I had an N670U that dropped dead after about two years (perhaps I carted
it around too much). My LIDE30 is well into its second year and is still
working ok despite very heavy use. Both provide excellent scans and its
hard to beat the portability and footprint. I recently did an upgrade to
the new Epson 2580, which offers an excellent slide scanner (rare on
relatively inexpensive flatbeds) and a feeder for strips of negatives.
Its software package seems better than the Canon one. I just posted a
full review to Amazon.com, which should be available soon.