Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F Color Image Scanner

Reviews for Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F Color Image Scanner

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3.5 out of 5 stars

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Ok if you are running lion, not so good if you are on snow leopard

    • Written by from Anchorage

    28 of 28 people found this useful

    I use this with a couple machines. one running Lion, where the scanner is responsive and nicely integrated with the system os. But on snow leopard, you are going to have to fiddle with it and reboot a few times to be able to use it. I would say at least half the time i press one of the function keys on the scanner it works. when it doesn't sometimes unplugging the usb cable a few times gets it to recognize the scanner, but if that doesn't work you need to reboot and use the scanner apparently before the computer falls asleep. a complete PITA.
    That said, when it works ... it seems pretty good. If you are on lion, i would say yes.
    anything else .... um, not so much.

    Was this useful? Ok if you are running lion, not so good if you are on snow leopard

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Great scanner.

    • Written by from Santa Ana

    25 of 26 people found this useful

    A good replacement for my, now non-OS X Mountain Lion complaint, old Lide 60. Canon Scanners have never gave me problems. The 700f works beautifully, you don't need to install software on OS X 10.8, higher quality scans, faster capture time, good integration with Adobe Photoshop CS6...

    BUT (of course)... let the screen or computer go to sleep, get ready to do the USB unplug/plug shuffle. The problem is present if you have the Canon software installed or not, if you put the hard drive to sleep or not, aaand, it will power off if the screen goes to sleep or the screensaver kicks in.

    I can reach the cable in 2 seconds, so it is just an minor inconvenience. But it's something I never had to deal with my Canon Lide 20 or 60. -1 star for sleep problem, -1 star for no solutions/fixes on the Canon site. =/

    Was this useful? Great scanner.

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Does not wake from sleep

    • Written by from Playa del Rey

    21 of 23 people found this useful

    Works fine with Image Capture until the Mac goes to sleep. When it wakes up you have to unplug the USB cable and plug it back in. Image Capture reports that "Scanner reported an error", "An error occurred while communicating with the scanner". The updated driver does not fix this issue.

    Scan quality is OK, but the way the interface is written I have a tendency to overwrite the last scan file with the newest one without warning.

    Was this useful? Does not wake from sleep

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    it does scan 35mm

    • Written by from Ahoskie

    25 of 32 people found this useful

    actually if you want professional scan, do not buy it, the quality of the 35mm is under expected ,plus it can not scan 120,and it;s easy to get broke ,its too weak

    Was this useful? it does scan 35mm

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Can't Scan 35mm Slides

    • Written by from MINNEAPOLIS

    12 of 17 people found this useful

    The info on this scanner is somewhat misleading in that it says it will do 35mm film. This, plus another comment on this site led me to believe it would scan 35mm slides. Not so, and confirmed by a call to Canon. Since scanning 35mm slides was my reason for buying this scanner, it was useless to me. Fortunately Apple's easy return allowed me to exchange it for another Canon model which will handle 35mm slides.

    Was this useful? Can't Scan 35mm Slides

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