58 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent scanner at a good price, 11 Nov 2009
This review is from: CanoScan LiDE 100 Scanner (Personal Computers)
I was in the market for a new scanner as my old HP 2400 was not doing a particularly good job. I don't scan all that much so I was looking for something cheap and cheerful, and I'm pleased to say that the Canon LiDE 100 fits the bill nicely.
It is compact and very light, making it extremely portable and easy to store when not in use (I don't keep the scanner permanently connected due to space constraints around my desk). Brilliantly, it takes its power from the USB connection to your PC rather than a huge separate power supply, meaning one less cable and power socket to worry about. If you are planning on using the scanner a lot with a laptop, I imagine it would drain the battery quite a bit.
Set-up was simple, just install the software (included is Canon's Navigator scanning software plus a copy of Arcsoft's PhotoStudio), reboot your PC, plug in the scanner and off you go.
Scanned images look good straight off the bat, and a little tinkering gets great results. Auto cropping is surprisingly accurate, which makes the scanning of photographs less of a chore.
The black colour scheme and low profile make the LiDE 100 quite pleasant to look at (well, for a flatbed scanner anyway). Using the buttons on the front is simple enough, I managed to produce a copy straight from the scanner to my printer just by pressing the relevant button and no other set-up involved.
Speed isn't this machine's strength, and it is slower than other scanners I have used, but having said that it isn't exactly snail's pace so nothing to worry about.
I highly recommend the Canon LiDE 100, it does a great job at a good price. Well worth purchasing if you do an average to low volume of scanning and you don't want your scanner to take up too much room.
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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good scanner, 15 Feb 2009
This review is from: CanoScan LiDE 100 Scanner (Personal Computers)
Good slimline scanner, looks attractive. Like that is powered by USB. Installed software, like the idea that you can scan straight to PDF file format which saves space and easy to e-mail. Also like the photocopying function. Just press the photo copier on the scanner and it will scan and send it straight to the printer. I find the buttons on the front really useful and quick. It scans documents very quickly (20 seconds for b&w A4) compared to my old scanner.
The only one negative is that sometimes you get a black line which needs cropping since the white lid does not always sit straight on the glass plate. But for this price it is not a big issue.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
CanoScan LiDE 100, 2 July 2009
This review is from: CanoScan LiDE 100 Scanner (Personal Computers)
I have bought a number of these slimline Canon scanners for the office (originally the LiDE 20, then LiDE 25 and now the LiDE 100) and found them all to be excellent machines that get better with each new model. They're such good value that it would cost far more to buy fancy network scanner sharing software.
They take up very little space on the desktop. They're easy to move from one desk to another, just plug in a USB lead, no power supplies to mess about with. The packaged software is intuitive and easy to use. There are also TWAIN drivers to enable you to scan direct to an application (eg. Word, or Photoshop).
They may not be the quietest or fastest scanners around but they're more than adequate for document scanning in the office, and they still can manage a quality photo scan. I'm so impressed by them I even bought one for home!
Highly recommended.
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