Canon CanoScan LiDE70

List Price: $79.99

Features:

• 4 easy buttons to copy, scan, e-mail or create PDF files
• One USB 2.0 Hi Speed Cable for USB power
• Advanced Z-lid expansion for scanning bulky items

Customer Reviews:

Great scanner  [Posted on 2007-11-11]
I bought this scanner because I wanted one that is good for quick and easy scanning. And I have to say, this scanner does it both. It is very small and thin which comes in handy in a small office or on a smaller desk. It scans fine. It is a little slow, but that is expected from a cheape scanner. I don't use the included ArcSoftware as I have different picture editing sofwares. I only use the ScanoToolbox which is the software you actually need to operate the scanner, you don't have to use the other programs included.
The ScanoToolbox is easy to operate and gives you the chance to scan right into pictures, pdf, OCR, and others. You can set the properties for all options (eg. resolution, default program to open scanned files, etc).
The quality of the scanned images/papers is great.
I can highly recommend this scanner to everyone who does not need a high volume scanner, someone who just wants a small, easy-to-use scanner for home or the office.
If you don't like the software, don't install it. But if you have trouble with it, maybe you need to check your computer in general for errors or problems. The included software works fine and does not interfere with anything on your computer.
Canon - another great product of yours!!!

Workhorse [Posted on 2007-11-23]
Bought this for work. It is an awesome scanner for a small business. Our customers are loving the fact that we can scan drawings, prints, bill of ladings, certificates of origin, and other documents and send them over as a .pdf file. Not every business has all the bells and whistles on their computers but who doesn't have the ability to read Adobe these days? I like the copy function since the company copy machine is hundreds of yards from my office. It has a slight whine when it scans but if you have music playing you are not likely to hear it and it only lasts seconds. Great buy for our purpose.

How to Design a Scanner [Posted on 2007-12-22]
I bought this scanner to use on my Vista laptop and an XP laptop. It replaced an all in one unit from HP.

As an occasional use semi-portable scanner this is just about perfect. Plug and Play in Vista (downloaded latest Vista driver and software package automatically), gets power though USB (so just one standard, easy to find, probably have a bunch laying around cable) and, good quality and speed for the price. Very impressed with the cleanliness of the software, no junk or extra services hanging around when the scanner is not in use.

The scanner could be a little quieter and a little thinner but again at this price range those can be overlooked. Casing is hard plastic, durable enough for around the house use but might not be solid enough for the road warrior.

Driver includes ability to scan multiple pictures at one pass and save them as different files automatically.

I highly recommend this product.

Nifty scanner for the price [Posted on 2008-01-07]
I purchased this scanner for small projects around the house such as scanning old photos and such. It has turned into a great buy. We use if for everything from copies to desktop publishing. Can't beat it for the price.

Excellent scanning solution [Posted on 2008-01-18]
I had previously a Visioneer scanner that used USB power, and while it could scan pages acceptably, the software had some hiccoughs and would sometimes lose a multi-page scan. This Canon is an 'industrial strength' replacement, and scans well and relatively quickly with a very nice software interface. I use it for 'ordinary' scanning (OCR on text (ABBYY, good) and music (Neuratron, expensive and flaky...)), but a great and particular virtue is to be able to take it and a laptop to the library, up into the stacks, and directly copy pages into the computer, rather than either putting quarters in the copy machine or lugging the books home and back.

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