Canon CanoScan LiDE 80 Color Scanner by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon CanoScan LiDE 80 Color Scanner
Digital camera Review: Awesome Design. Fast, Good Scans. Poor Film Scanning
Summary: 4 Stars
Good:
This unit is an industrial design gem
Speed increase is very noticable over my older CanoScan N1220U
Software for Windows XP is decent (lots of options)
Includes both TWAIN and WIA drivers
No transformer block/AC cord to deal with
Bundled with USEFUL, quality software such as Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 and ScanSoft OmniPage SE
Bad:
Scanning film negatives is a PAIN IN THE ASS (scanning one at a time and FORCING you to do a preview first - very tedious and time consuming)
A bit louder than my older CanoScan N1220U during SOME processes
Overall, scan quality is good and I think Canon put together a fantastic package.
Digital camera Review: Believe It Or Not . . . I Like It.
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, It looks like I'm going to be the disagreeable odd-ball person on this review page. I like this scanner. Mainly I like its size and weight. Thin-line is perfect for my desk and the scanner is quick and efficient. I use the advanced features for scanning, cropping the image rather than using the default of scanning the whole bed.
I find the colors to be true when compared to the original photograph. If you scan at a high resolution with any scanner, you should be happier than anything of a low resolution. So, read the features and the implementation of them and you'll be happy, too. The Canoscan was the right price for what I needed. I wasn't into capturing slides, so that wasn't important to me. There were cheaper models, but I passed them up. There were more expensive models with features I didn't need.
The bundled software comes with an OCR program which I've used repeatedly for scanning textbook pages. Another plus for the price.
Because this scanner is so portable I can move it around and simply plug it in to the front USB connection on my PC whenever I have the need to use it.
No problems with drivers, etc. I'm using Windows XP.
Gail Gupton, Author: The 31-Day Diet of Spiritual Enlightenment and Seekers of Truth.
Digital camera Review: Canon CanoScan LiDE 80
Summary: 4 Stars
An excellent scanner. Have had no trouble with the scanner or the software supplied with the unit. All of the software as well as drivers supplied on the bundled CDs have worked without problem with Windows XP. Already have a lot of time logged on the unit scanning magazine articles for storage on CD because I no longer have room for the magazines. Circuitry/software does a great job of automatically compensating for old magazines where yellowing of the paper has occurred. Somewhat unhappy that I cannot register the bundled PhotoStudio software to qualify for upgrades, whereas the other software supplied can be registered.Digital camera Review: DOES NOT WORK WITH MAC
Summary: 1 Stars
The Mac drivers for this scanner are faulty and unpredictable. Canon should be ashamed of this product, Do not buy this scanner if you have a Mac using OS XDigital camera Review: Despite USB2.0, this scanner is really really really slow!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
SCANNER IS SLOW: Since it's a USB2.0 device, I didn't really think much about how long it would take to transfer an image to my computer. The answer is: A really long time. The scan itself happens quite quickly, but the actual transfer takes about 100 seconds per 3x5 photo at 300dpi.
SUPPORT SUCKS: I thought something was wrong so I sent a note off to their email support. I explained that my USB port was functioning perfectly, but I got some stupid canned response back that, more than anything, demonstrated that they just didn't read the email. I replied asking for a more thorough readthru of my note and they simply never wrote back.
SCANNING NEGATIVES IS DIFFICULT: I won't bore you with the details, but basically, somebody important left the room when they were designing the software for scanning negatives. The fundamentals are all there, but you're forced to preview each frame, even though the negative frame holder is held in a fixed area. It makes bulk scanning cumbersome for no reason. I've heard others complain about this little gaff.
OVERALL: The image quality is good. If you're scanning the odd photo or negative, it's a good choice. If you want to scan a lots of images, this thing is just going to frustrate you to death.