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Sometimes trying to scan again will eventually work, sometimes not. I couldn't find these alleged instructions anywhere in the manual or Canon's nearly useless website. Best of luck to Canon if this is the junk they sell. When it works it works fine. But after a few scans the thing tries to calibrate itself and usually fails, telling you to follow the instructions in the manual. I had to scan a bunch of old pictures for a surprise party but this thing decided to quit on me halfway through the job.
This is a great scanner for most college students. I needed a scanner to have all of my copies in digital format, and didn't think being too particular and shelling out more money for a nicer scanner mattered. The accompanying software, one program of which can convert scans to PDF files, is especially helpful for me as a humanities major.I am glad that I got mine before it was listed as "Currently Unavaliable" at present time. I'm a college student and after a couple of years of research projects requiring copious photocopying (and tired of lugging spare change around) I decided to buy the Canon CanoScan Image Scanner. What attracted me foremost was the generally positive reviews and the great price compared to other scanners. If you're more tech-savvy, than this might not be your product, but if you want a solid, basic scanner that is light-weight and easy to use than this is a fantastic, inexpensive choice.
The colors are good. The latest driver on the Canon site does NOT work on the latest OSX.I had to go to the Europe Canon site and use the older 11.020 driver.It does a good job of scanning for me. The speed is bearable for increased resolution.
Flee. Admittedly, I bought it for portability, because it would fit in a laptop case; thus, I knew it was not the same high-end scanner I was used to. 15 minutes to warm up once the USB cable is plugged in, and 5 minutes to scan a page, with mediocre scan results. You could do better if you copy the original with a crayon.This is my third scanner, and my first USB. But it failed abysmally to meet my intentionally reduced expectations.Flee.
I only used the scan feature. However, the scanner I purchased also has a copy and fax feature. 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. 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. 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. I bought this scanner to scan family photos. (The higher the DPI the higher the quality, but also the longer it takes to scan). But I didn't bother to look at the documentation for info or tips.
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