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Great scanner, just what I needed for my art. Also works on Mac, see review

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sarah

June 7, 2017

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I previously had a cheap scanner/printer combo, this is MUCH better. As far as I can tell, the scans look just like the artwork in person (after minor color adjustments). It's easy to use, fast, and lightweight. It captures watercolor and colored pencil, which the cheap scanner/printer could not.

The only issue is that it did not work automatically on my Mac, and it didn't tell you how to set it up. If you're reading this and need it to work for a Mac, go to usa . canon . com / internet / portal / us / home / support / details / scanners / photo-scanner / canoscan-lide- 220 without spaces (I can't link). Download the full driver and software package for Mac. This will let it work and give you the software. Put the the "Canon IJ ScanGear Starter EX" icon somewhere easily accessible. Just attach the scanner and click that, and it gives you the preview and all the options for scanning.

65 people found this helpful

OK for documents but poor for photos. Product specifications are misleading...

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Dave M

March 17, 2017

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Purchased this to scan snapshots at 600dpi or 1200dpi. The images are poorly focused and have stripes. Looks like a raster scan where there should be sharp lines in the image. Not at all useful for archival scans. Product specifications are misleading. Probably OK for low resolution social media images but not even close for archival images. Very disappointed...

39 people found this helpful

Works OK at 1200dpi, but 4800dpi has limitations

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Vanuatu Jack

December 29, 2016

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I've just set this up and tried to to scan in an image, but I could not seem to get beyond 600dpi. Then I found an online canon forum website that explains how to go beyond this limitation.

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This will give you much more flexibility in use in terms of resolution settings.

But I encountered another issue. When I go to scan an image of a regular photo at 4800dpi, it pops up a window that says:

Scanning cannot be performed unless the crop size, output size or output resolution is reduced to 10208 x 14032 pixels or less.

This is about 2.1” x 3”. So you can’t scan at 4800dpi as stated, except for very small, slide sized images.

For all practical purposes, about 1200x1200 is the maximum size you can scan at.

Now, I may be missing something else (and if so, please tell me), but I can't do what I want and/or this is getting a little complicated for just wanting to scan images at a higher resolution.

31 people found this helpful

Doesn't play nice with Windows 10?

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Geko

April 9, 2016

Verified Purchase

I actually did like it a lot initially. The reason I bought it and liked it initially were:
o I wanted a light, compact and portable scanner that I could pick up and move anywhere.
o It does not require a separate power source; again, helping with portability. Just plug into the USB port.
o Quality of the scans, both documents and photos were pretty good. I wasn't looking for anything outstanding; just a reasonably good image of the document or photo. It delivered on those points.

However, I don't think the software / drivers work correctly with Windows 10 machines. After working just fine for months on my Windows 8 PC, once I upgraded the machine to Windows 10 a couple of months ago, it would frequently get stuck mid-scan, or it would not recognize that it was connected at all. I initially thought it might be a problem with my PC. However, I just bought a brand new Windows 10 laptop and have noticed the same problems on this machine as well. I downloaded the latest available software and drivers from Canon's website. The attached photo shows one of the issues I faced. At other times, it would start scanning and then freeze. Just once, it scanned the document correctly.

103 people found this helpful

Zero issues with Windows 10. Very easy and high quality all around.

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Hey Hey Trojan

November 4, 2017

Verified Purchase

I didn't have a single issue getting this up and running on my Windows 10 PC. I did, however, read the reviews and expect some updating or the like. So instead of using the included CD, I just went to Canon's website and downloaded the lastest driver/software bundle. Even that was still a couple years old, so I'm not sure how old thee complaint reviews are. There's a very basic scanner utility with only about 6 buttons and a few settings and also a separate editing software called "My Image Garden" that will allow you to reduce red eye, sharpen images, etc. I don't even use it. The basic scanner utility has everything I need in an ultra simple dummy proof fashion. I've scanned....phew....probably over 1000 old 4x6 photographs already. You can scan two at a time and it will automatically split them into two separate image files. I tried scanning three 4x6 photos, but it just thinks it's all one picture. I did however scan up to four small wallet-sized photos and it worked PERFECTLY! Multiple image files all saved separately. I have occasionally had an issue where it gets slightly off on an image for no apparent reason, and it puts a white bar across a random edge (see attached photo with white bar at bottom). This only happens roughly 1 out of 50-75 scans. Not sure why, but it's no biggie. Delete the file and scan it again. All in all, very happy with it. The scans look great and I was up and running in just a few minutes.

19 people found this helpful

Resolution is a lie - Only 600 dpi

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Nina Paley

December 6, 2016

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In spite of claiming 4800 dpi, it only scans at 600 dpi max (Mac Pro OS 10.11.4). I installed all the additional software available at canon.com, and still only 600 dpi. I tried importing via graphics applications, still only 600 dpi. The whole reason I bought this was because it claimed to go higher than 600 dpi. I am disappointed and now have to (try to) return it.

22 people found this helpful

Right out of the box the scanner has dust under the glass that shows up on scanned photos. The underside of the glass is not serviceable by the user. Total waste of money!

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