Canon CanoScan LiDE 25 Color Image Scanner (0307B001)
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Customer Review: Good basic scanner.
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this scanner to use primarily for scanning hand-drawn maps and documents for a research project. I also use it to scan in photos and color images from time to time.
The scanner works well, it scans documents and black-and-white images very well. I'm not overly impressed with the colors in scanned photographs, there are probably some settings I can tweak to improve the results. I think it'd be fine for scanning snapshots, but if you're an amateur photographer you might want to look at a higher quality scanner.
The only major issue I have with the scanner is that it is *slow*. Scanning one page isn't too bad, but the printer takes a long time to reset itself so multi-page scanning becomes tedious.
On the plus side, the scanner is about the same size as a large-ish notebook computer and only requires a USB connection. I've been able to throw it in my backpack's laptop carrying compartment and take it with me to various libraries so I can scan in documents. Saves some time and money photocopying.
Finally, this is the only LiDE model that's compatible with Linux. The linux driver is pretty basic and only supports scanning at the scanner's full native resolution or a low resolution setting, but it does work.
If low-cost and/or linux compatibility is your main priority, this scanner is a great buy. If you can spend a bit more and want something that's a bit faster the Canon Lide 90 might be a better choice.
Customer Review: Great Product for the Price
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been using this scanner for several weeks now and am very satisfied with it. The installation and setup was easy, and I had it up and running in less than a half hour. The only problem I've encountered is that some photos I scanned came out looking "stripey", but I solved this by using the "blur" filter in Photoshop. I'm pretty sure the Canoscan Toolbox includes a "blur" filter as well, since it is similar in many ways to Photoshop. This is a good scanner for basic, everyday use, and a great value for the price.Customer Review: Hunk of Junk if you are a MAC user.
Summary: 1 Stars
I upgraded to OSX 10.5 and suddenly my brand new scanner- barely a week old was useless, and guess what. Canon knows this, and they make no driver to support the new OSX operating system. Worse than junk- if you advertise compatibility with OSX operating system then make it compatible.Customer Review: Good scanner, worked right away
Summary: 4 Stars
This was my first scanner purchase. I needed a scanner to digitize my photographs and also some documents through OCR. This scanner is worth the price, and certainly does the above satisfactorily. The accompanying OCR software is reasonable, but don't try to OCR handwritten documents, no matter how clear and legible they are.
I haven't used the accompanying software for scanning, I use the scanner from within GIMP, and it works wonderfully. It is not the fastest scanner I have seen (a preview + actual photo scan takes about a minute). The scanner is also a bit noisier than I expected, but its not too bad.
Overall well worth the price.
Customer Review: Canoscan LIDE 25
Summary: 4 Stars
I find the product simple to use and perfect to include in my backpack with my laptop computer. It is compact and light weight. It is powered by my laptop. My only disappointment is that it is slow to scan an image.