Canon 2925B002 CS5600F Color Image Scanner

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• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 19.4 x 3.8 inches ; 12.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 13 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001DLVERS
• Item model number: 2925B002
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 11, 2008

Product Description

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Manufacturer Product Description This is high-performance scanning at its best. The high-luminance white LED lamps use less power and enable scanning immediately after you press the power button. Seven EZ Buttons automate the scanning process – so it’s simple to scan, copy and create emails and multi-page PDFs. To make it even easier, the new Auto Scan Mode detects your type of original, then scans and saves it with the optimal settings. How fast? A letter-sized color scan takes only about 11 seconds.

CanoScan 5600F Color Image Scanner: 4800 x 9600 dpi for spectacular detail and clarity. Seven EZ Buttons let you do what you want with your original. To reduce the number of wires in your work area, one simple cable provides power and a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed connection.

The built-in backlight and included film guide let you simultaneously scan up to six negative frames or up to four 35mm slides. View larger

You’re going to love the results, with outstanding color dpi resolution up to 4800 x 9600. Built-in FARE™ 3.0 retouching technology helps to enhance your final images, even correcting for dust, scratches, and backlighting on photos. For convenience, you can batch-scan up to six 35mm frames or four 35mm slides at once, and scanning of medium-format slides is supported as well

No Warm-Up / Low Energy Usage
Thanks to the high luminance white LED light source, the unit is ready to scan whenever you are, with zero warm-up time. Plus, the advanced LED light source quickly switches to standby mode after scanning, saving energy.

High-Quality Imaging
The CCD scanning element produces high-quality 4800-dpi scans, and is the same CCD technology found in digital cameras.

Push-Button Simplicity
Seven EZ Buttons let you do what you want with your original. So, scan it in color or B&W. Scan and save it, or copy it (sending a scanned image to your printer). Create a PDF of a multi-page original, customize your own settings, or for the ultimate in simplicity, just press the "Scan" button and let the CS5600F take care of everything. Whichever button you press, the process is simple.

Smart Scanning
The new Auto Scan feature makes scanning anything even easier than before. It actually detects the type of original you’re scanning — whether it’s a photo, business card, personal notebook or form — then automatically scans, processes and saves the image in the appropriate format. All at the press of just one button.

Scan Film and Slides
The built-in backlight and included film guide let you simultaneously scan up to six negative frames or up to four 35mm slides.

Just One Wire
To reduce the number of wires in your work area, one simple cable provides power and a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed connection.

Product Description

Canon CS5600F color image scanner is high quality 4800 dpi scanner for documents and films.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Affordable Scanner., December 9, 2008

By	K. Lee - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good and bad - TBD, November 11, 2008

By	T. Johnson (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just bought the Canoscan 5600f. Took it home, followed the quick install instructions, and it's all hooked up.

First, let me clear up some inaccuracies:

1. The scanner box has a label on it that says "don't forget to buy a USB cable because it's not included!" But actually a USB cable DID come with mine. In fact, there's a warning to ONLY use this cable or it might not function. Canon, get your act together! I'm glad it came with a cable but the cable is too short to reach my computer, and if it IS true that you can't use a regular USB cable then what am I supposed to do? Canon has no accessories on their website.

2. I read somewhere that this scanner is USB powered, but it is not. There is a power cord (no adapter just a cord which is a plus). USB powered would have been nice but I'm not sure a USB has enough power to do that for a scanner anyyway.

3. There is not supposed to be a warmup required for this scanner, but indeed it does do a short warmup (maybe 5-10 seconds) sometimes before scanning. The scans themselves are nice and fast.

I had to do some tinkering with the settings before I could actually do any scans. There seem to be settings and preferences all over the place, and a lot of screens to mess around in - I was hoping for something simpler. I'm hoping to figure out fast and straightforward ways to make copies, scan documents, and scan photos.

So far I have NOT been able to get the scanner to perform the functions of any of the scanner buttons without having to go click something in the software on the computer. This is a major drag for me as I really wanted to be able to do one-touch copies using the scanner button (printing to my color laser printer). I am still trying to resolve this and will soon give product support a call.

As far as actually scanning the unit seems to do a nice job at first glance - it's fast and clear. I'm only scanning color documents so far, but plan to do some film, slides, and photos when I get the time (I'll probably test one soon). I probably should just have bought a multifunction color laser unit but I couldn't find one of those with great reviews so I ended up going for the color laser printer + scanner combo. Hope I don't regret it.

I will add more to this review as I work out the kinks. Initially I'm giving it a 3 star rating. Quality seems good, it does work, and some of the software features are nice - but see above for the negatives and inaccuraces which are why I subtracted two stars.

I bought this over the 8800f because this one is a new model and looked like it might have some better features, plus it's cheaper. And the 8800f is hard to find already too.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great first scanner, January 4, 2009

By	macnmaine (Maine) - See all my reviews

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.