Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F Color Image Scanner (3297B002)

by Canon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.1 x 11.5 x 1.8 inches ; 4.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001R4BTI0
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 3297B002
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (87 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #28 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Scanners
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 2, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

From the Manufacturer Become familiar with high-quality and high-speed scanning for documents, prints and 35mm film. With a scanner this compact and stylish, its powerful maximum resolution of 9600 x 9600 (Optical) dpi immediately impresses. You won’t believe how easy it is. It’s Auto Scan Mode feature automatically detects what you’re scanning and saves it as a file. The Four EZ Buttons enable you scan, copy or create a PDF faster than ever.

Canon LiDE700F Color Image Scanner LiDE700F delivers a letter size color scan in approximately 12 seconds! The Four EZ Buttons enable you scan, copy or create a PDF faster than ever. Scan a photo, document, business card, textbook or personal notebook and have it automatically recognized..

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For those with a true need for speed the LiDE700F delivers a letter size color scan in approximately 12 seconds! This product also allows you to join the Generation Green initiative featuring low power consumption using the USB cable for both data and power.

Stunning Resolution
When you combine 9600 x 9600 maximum color resolution with a vivid 48-bit color depth and over 281 trillion possible colors, the results will astound you. Continue your scanning brilliance with tremendous 19,200 x 19,200 (Interpolated) software enhanced scans.

EZ Buttons
Have the flexibility to do what you want with your originals, quickly as you utilize the Four EZ Buttons to automate the entire scanning process. Copy, scan and create email attachments or PDF files simply with the push of a button.

Auto Scan Mode
Finally, you have the ability to bring eight steps into one as you scan a photo, document, business card, textbook or personal notebook and have it automatically recognized. In addition, the original is automatically cropped to proper size, scanned and saved in the appropriate file format. All of this is achieved with the press of a single button.

35mm Film
Make your old photos look brand new again with the special film scanning guide frame and Film Adapter Unit by scanning one film strip at a time at a maximum 9600 color dpi.

One Plug Scanning
Consolidate the number of wires in your work area as one simple cable provides a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed connection and power.

3 Way Positioning
Scan with flexibility to accommodate your work station as you can setup the LiDE700 in three positions such as upright, portrait and landscape.

USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Scan and transfer images to your computer with the fastest possible scanning speeds with this connection. The USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Interface also allows for quick previews of your images to your computer.

 

Product Description

Compact and Stylish 9600 dpi Scanner with film scanning

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

154 of 158 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent scanner, lightweight, easy to store, and the price is right!, July 24, 2009

By 

S. Lee "S L" (Middle Earth) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F Color Image Scanner (3297B002) (Office Product)

I wasn't planning on getting another scanner until I foolishly decided to clean the inside and outside of the glass on my old HP scanner because the underside was cloudy. I got rid of the smokey glass but added lint:( so I checked the specs on this scanner since there weren't many reviews on it and decided to take a chance on buying the LiDE 700F because of the image resolution and price.

I couldn't be happier that I messed up the old scanner. This one makes excellent scans and makes things very easy to enlarge when printing. It is also very lightweight and easy to store. One of the better things is that it all works with one USB cord. I really am impressed with the quality of the scan although I don't believe that it actually scans at the speed that is advertised. It does seem slower than what the specs list and that is at the default scanning resolution for me. That issue doesn't bother me though because it fits my needs perfectly. Resolution is easily adjusted but the higher the resolution the slower the scan.

I use it (and carry it) between 3 different computers in 3 different rooms. It works flawlessly on Windows XP, Windows Vista 32 bit, Windows Vista 64 bit, and Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit. It comes with its own software which works well although I prefer to use it through Adobe Photoshop.

Picture scans come out excellent and the color correction is great but not perfect. It has restored some old photos very well for me. Scanning text is easy and having the four buttons on the front make scanning for e-mail, .pdf, copies, and scans faster.

I do not have slides to scan so cannot comment on the quality of slide scans although I am extremely curious due to the very high maximum pixel count for slide scans.

I like this scanner immensely because of the light weight, portability between machines I use, that it requires only one USB plug, and the great scanned images. I do agree with another reviewer that the cover does feel flimsy and could be broken by someone not careful but that does not concern me much even thought I carry this from room to room depending on what machine I need to use. Just use the same care as you would with your laptop and you will be fine.

I would not hesitate to recommend this scanner for high resolutions scans for people on a budget. This is a great scanner! I have no regrets having purchased this scanner.

BTW: This is my first straying from HP scanners since 1995. Beware HP! Canon has won me over.

EDIT: (Addition 3/7/10) Works flawlessly with Windows 95, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7.

I also have to retract my statement about color correction. This machine scans so well that the image of something I scanned, using this scanner, was better than the actual item according to the person who bought the item. I was accused of "Photoshopping" a picuture because the image was so much better than the actual paper money the scan was used to represent. It was only scanned (using the scanner software - not imported into Photoshop), cropped only, and not altered using software. Now that's an impressive scanner!

49 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Scans well but some key parts are not very durable, July 23, 2009

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David Smith (Chevy Chase, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F Color Image Scanner (3297B002) (Office Product)

The scanner does a good job and it's great that it doesn't need a separate power cable. The main drawback I've found is that the hinges for the cover depends on a tiny little plastic nubs that are easily broken off.

74 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars poor film scans, June 17, 2009

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A. Ostling (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F Color Image Scanner (3297B002) (Office Product)

This scanner does a good job of scanning prints and documents. But the accessory film scan device is virtually unusable. My results were hopelessly out of focus. I contacted the Canon service center, and after they had seen my emailed scans, they agreed that something was amiss. I sent the scanner back (along with my test negatives), and they sent a replacement unit. This performed better, but the film scans still are woefully unsharp compared to what I got seven years ago with my HP film scanner.

I'll keep the scanner for scanning flat copy, but I will not bother to scan any more films.