Scanners > Canon Scanners > 42-bit colour > Apple Mac OS 9

Advantages: Good-Looking, Compact, Good For Little Kids
Disadvantages: Not Very Good Quality

Good, compact scanner but not very good quality. If scanning in photos, pretty good but if scanning in text, the text sometimes comes out multi-coloured. I was actually given this scanner by a friend who was clearing his bedroom, and is suitable for me because all i use it for is messing around . . . . the usual things kids usually do like putting their hand on it and scanning it in, or just little bits of homework. This scanner is very compact, ...
...A4 paper and is about 2 cm deep. I have mine tucked away in a little drawer, out of the way! Would recommend for little kids who want to scan in their hand prints, etc ... , but not for business people who are using it for work! ;) ... Read review

Advantages: Very easy to use
Disadvantages: A bit slow

I bought this item a few years ago and was very impressed, easy to set up and use. Just plug it in load the software and off you go. The TWAIN adapter is easy to use, just click on preview, and then on the photos you want to have scan, you get the choice of rotating them, and playing about with the colours if you want to, and a choice of what sizes you want them scanned with. Canon, are very good and have produced many updates to the TWAIN, the ...
...manily used this with the APS adapter wchich has been effortless, just load the film in teh cartridge, slide the cartridge into the machine, press the scan button and wait for the photos to appear. I have only used the film adapter once, and did not find that the film lined up with theframes on the adapter. It also comes with adapters for slides, which my family have made good use off, again easy to use, load the slides, push the adapter in and ... Read review

Advantages: solid built good brand , high quality
Disadvantages: software some what lurky

.... downloaded the software from canon usa (because canon europe wants you to pay for every thing!) the disadvantage is that the software standard is selected for film transprarant (yes , this scanner can scan 35mm negatives) and not glas (for normal scans) but after a search trough the settings mode a found the settign for glass or transparant i also have a more modern canon scanner (lide20) but this one is much butter although you would not say ... Read review

Advantages: good quality, very reliable, small, USB powered (no AC adaptor)
Disadvantages: slow (in comparison to modern scanners), focusing off the glass

...not just an issue with this scanner. I still use this as my main scanner. Its still going strong after 6 or so years. Quite amazing considering how much use its had. Having used other Lide scanners from Canon i don't think you can go wrong with this range. ... Read review

Advantages: Simple to use, Relatively Cheap, Looks good.
Disadvantages: Takes a while to install.

Being a Graphic Art student, during my first year of university I found myself fighting the urge to buy a scanner. However, even mounting student debts and an overdraft extension could not put me off this bargain of a scanner. Other scanners on the market either seem to have too many needless features bumping the prices up, or they are painfully slow and bulky machines that would not sit comfortably next to a new Mac. I managed to get mine for around ...
...perfect for fast but accurate scans of images, without the fuss of useless applications that clog up your memory [it works best straight through Photoshop]. The added extras like automatic white balancing saves time, and cropping whilst in preview mode. To add to the list of necessities, it is quite light, it easy to clean, and looks sleek in silver and black. It may take a while to install but it's not complicated and is worth the wait when you ... Read review