Canon IS12 Color Image Scanner Cartridge

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 10.8 x 2.4 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000JQC1
• Item model number: Canon
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 5, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
In today's world, space is often at a premium, whether it's on your desktop or in your carry-on bag. Canon offers big scanner performance in a tiny cartridge. The IS-12 is a space-saving marvel, giving you complete, 24-bit color scanning in a package that fits in your pocket. There are no cables to attach, and no other hardware is required. Just feed an image or photo into your BJC-2000 or BJC-4400 printer, and the IS-12 scans it at up to 360 dpi. Pop out the scanner cartridge, replace the ink cartridge, and you're ready to print.

Product Description
Match your compatible BJC printer with the IS-12 Color Image Scanner Cartridge and you've got a powerful imaging tool that performs two tasks in the space of one. Just snap out the ink cartridge, and snap-in the IS Scanner cartridge. You've instantly got a color sheet fed Scanner, with no cables to attach, and no other Hardware required. In today's world, space is often a premium, whether it's on your desktop or in your carry-on bag.The IS-12 is a space saving marvel, giving you complete 24-bit color scanning in a package that fits your pocket. Just feed an image or photo into your printer, and it scans at up to 360 dpi. Pop out the Scanner cartridge, replace the ink cartridge, and you're ready to print.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works Wonderfully!!, October 12, 2000

By	J. Morgan "joelmor" (Millburn, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you have, or are buying, a canon bjc-50, 80, or 85 protable printer (the bjc-85 is great), this is really a very neat extra that works wonderfully well. Let's say you're on the road and need a portable printer with you. Now suppose you get a document that you need to copy or fax, but no machines around. Well, just take out your ink cartridge and put in the IS-12, and scan away! Its that easy. The scans are great. Oh, they're not of the calibre of say the HP6300 or Epson 1200, but they're pretty good for a small, lightweight, portable machine to use in a pinch. The color scans (pictures, photos) are very good and the text is clear and very useable. It doesn't come with OCR, so if you want to edit documents - you'll need to buy a good OCR software (I like Omni Page Pro V.10, or Paperport). This is a very handy, very cool item that works just great and is easy to use!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Puts other 'portable' scanners to shame, November 1, 2001

By	Adam Edwards (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've seen several other companies try to produce portable printers or scanners and they have all fallen short of the Canon BJC-55/85. One main reason is this little device that allows you to carry both at once! The software is extremely easy to use. In part because there are no settings to change; you can only ever scan at 300 dpi (most flatbeds have much higher resolution, thus my rating of 4 stars).

However, the image is crisp, color is good, and the unit snaps in very easily. I only wish they included a hard case like the one for the ink cartridge which came with the printer instead of a flimsy plastic "storage" bag. It is so tiny, this is probably the only scanner you'll ever worry about losing :)

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Product, December 10, 2000

By	Nan S. "reader26" (Hattiesburg, MS USA) - See all my reviews

I use this scanner primarily for text documents and couldn't be more impressed. You do need text software - I have Textbridge - but I find relatively few errors in the scan, proofreading and corrections are easy and efficient. Best of all, I don't have another device plugged into my computer or taking up space on my desk. Caution - I haven't used it for photos, but it does a great job on text.