Compact CanoScan1220
Written: Oct 29 '02 (Updated Dec 10 '07)
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Pros: Small footprint
Cons: Still none after 7yrs
The Bottom Line: If you need a lightweight scanner that will not take up half your desk and one cable (USB) then this scanner is a winner.
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| stampinmaven's Full Review: Canon CanoScan N1220U Flatbed Scanner |
UPDATE- 10 Dec 07 - Just hooked up the old CanoScan to the new Acer Laptop with Vista home basic. I had to manually extract the drivers (Vista kept giving me errors about needing some device overwrite permission), pointed the program file where to look (temp file) and the scanner was up and running within 2 minutes. I can import files using Picasa2 that spawns the twain program that boots the scanner. I still love this scanner after all these years, its banged up, been dropped, kids smear their hands all over the glass and its still works.
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Almost 2 years ago, I need to replace my HP 3300c with a smaller, lightweight scanner that I could carry around with me. The HP came with BAD software (not user friendly, crashed every other scan) and was large, took over my desk. I wandered the computer stores looking for a small USB scanner that had decent software and scanning capabilities. I looked over the different varieties of CanoScans and decided (at the time) on the top of the line USB scanner. This particular model powers through the USB cable, meaning less cables laying under my feet and a free spot on the powerbar. Also these particular scanners (CanoScans) use a CIS (Contact Image Sensor) vs. CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) sensor. This makes the scanner thinner, lighter and more energy efficient. They do away with the mirrors and lenses of the CCD scanner. Some people say the CIS does not produce good results as the CCD, I can not tell the difference between a photo scanned on the CanoScan or the HP.
I had it up and running within 5 minutes of taking it out of the box. Gotta love USB (MicroSoft got something right). It scans a 8.5"x12" document at 75dpi in 22 seconds and scans a 4x7 photo at 300dpi in 23 seconds! That's a lot quicker than the ol'HP (3 months older). I use the default scanning program supplied by Canon and import the images into CorelPhotoPaint 9, but the ArcSoft art program supplied by Canon works very well and is user friendly (I've lost the cd and changed computers).
Not sure if its an XP problem, but every once in a while the scanning software crashes and I have to reboot the machine. Canon has not released an update to drivers since the release of the 1220u in 2000.
I carry the scanner and my laptop to work 3 days a week, everything is small enough to shove into a Candies messenger bag with the USB cable and laptop powersupply, very chic. The scanner has held up very well, just a few dents in the aluminum cover.
Scanner dimensions: 10.25"x14"x1.25", grey and aluminum.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 199.00
Interface: USB
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