Customer Reviews

Canon CanoScan FB620P Flatbed Scanner (Parallel)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

I bought this scanner after Visioneer scanners wouldn't work with my current laptop. The Canon was a snap to hookup and work with both for color and for text. The size is wonderful - like 1/3 the space of other scanners.

I did some work with a beat up picture (the Adobe software included is great, it'seasier than Photoshop with most of the features). The scanned photo on printed on glossy paper is BETTER than the original.

The scan software could be more like the Visioneer software providing a one touch source to fax multiple pages. The scanner scans somewhat slowly, but this is misleading - many Mustek and Visioneer scanners I've worked with take a long time to 'warm up'. The Canon gets right to work and takes about the same overall time.

Like one of the other reviewers, I bought the Canon after a Visioneer USB scanner failed to work with my laptop. The Canon was easy to set up, and it does look great, but the scans are terrible. They have a reddish hue and are very blurry. Forty-five minutes with tech support did not lead to a resolution. I'm hoping to cut my losses and send it back. I've heard of several reports of incompatibility with Win98 but in my case this problem was not readily correctable.

This scanner does beautiful images with very little work. My scans are bright and clear with great detail. Plus, it is the best looking scanner I have ever seen.

All in all, I'm happy with how this scanner works. Unfortunately, the set up in Windows 98 was not as easy as I expected. My first scan came out with an extremely red tint. I called Canon about this problem and the first person I spoke with barely stayed on the phone for two minutes and his solution did not work, forcing me to call again. The second person suggested calling the software manufacturer (Adobe), which I did to no avail, they wouldn't help unless I paid $2 per minute. So, I called Canon again and spoke with someone who knew what they were talking about, and the problem was solved in about five minutes. So, if you purchase this product don't be surprised if it takes more time than you anticipated. It still is a good price and worth a little aggravation. The scans come out great, and I find the scanning takes relatively little time. Highly recommended.

This is a pretty nice scanner, it's main advantage is its small size. I found that there was a problem with Win98 where the ScanGear driver could not communicate with EZPhoto, causing Adobe PhotoDeluxe to freeze. For help with this go to adobe's website support page.

This scanner is noisy and slow in operation and the resulting scans are grainy and text is hard to read if you use photodeluxe home edition 3.0. also the parser module does not work with win.98 you have to download and upgrade from adobe to make it work. Also there is suppose to be a $20.00 rebate yet i didn't get a coupon and there is not one printed with the advertisement in amazon. com. that can be printed off. So be prepared to paid full price.

I was a little scared to buy this scanner because there were a couple bad reviews. But the instalation was extremely fast and the scanner is so easy to use. The pictures are clear and I don't have ANY problems with it at all. I recommend this scanner... its very easy to use!

Found it easy to set up, does a great job of scanning. BUT, I find it very slow in high resolution scanning of anything in color. It is also a little noisy when it scans. I love the small size and plan to keep it.

I purchased this scanner for its small size and its reportedly acceptable scan quality. After installation, I could not scan into the included Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2.0 on my Windows 98 system, although I could scan into other applications and import the photo into PD2 if necessary. I later installed PD3.0, with disastrous results--scans into all of my image editing programs are now grossly discolored. Now entering round 2 of time consuming, annoying communications with Canon tech support. If you do not have many hours to spend on such nonsense, I do NOT recommend this scanner.

I've been looking for a scanner that would fit my small work space. This scanner is sleek and has awesome scanning capabilities. You can scan up 1200dpi. Very easy to configure and setup. The only negative is it scans very slow for higher dpi scans. Highly recommended!