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| Brand: Canon
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $83.92
You Save: $16.07 (16%)
New (71) Used (3) from $73.01
Rating:  262 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11.7
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 18.7 x 3.3
nv:Scanner Type: Flatbed
Scanner Element: CCD
Light Source: Cold Cathode Fluroescent Lamp
Optical Resolution: 4800 x 9600 dpi
Interpolated Resolution: 19200 x 19200 dpi
Maximum Document Size: 8.5" x 11.7"
Color Depth: 48-bit
Gray Scale Depth: 16-bit
Interface Connectivity: USB 2.0
Power Source: AC Adapter
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 1306B002
Model: 1306B002
UPC: 013803067880
EAN: 0013803067880
ASIN: B000HDWZLC
Release Date: August 7, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 21-25 of 262
 Be sure to upgrade the software December 9, 2007
S.H. (Rancho Santa Margarita,CA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I bought this scanner to digitize all our family's photographs. Some are printed but most are transparencies so I wanted something that could do both. Given the limited use, I didn't want to spend a lot of money necessary to get something super fast but wanted something that could gang scan 4 pictures or slides at once to at least take a dent out of the scanning time.
The Canoscan does a very good job of scanning given the price. However I had a lot of problems with the gang scanning. Sometimes it would separate the pictures, sometimes it would only find three of the four pictures, sometimes it would combine them all into one.
Transparencies had a similar problem. Also, unfortunately, it does not seem to have a checkbox to tell it you are scanning a transparency instead of a negative and it doesn't always guess right.
Before giving up, I decided to check for software updates and found one for the driver. After installing this, I have had much less problem with gang scanning although it still occasionally inverts the picture on transparencies (which I can manually correct with the provided software).
Some other interesting points:
non rectangular slides
I discovered that some of my slides, for whatever reason, were square rather than rectangular. Given the way slides are scanned with this unit, the top and bottom will get cut off. I have no idea if this is a developing anomaly but you might check if you have square slides and if you have a lot,see if you can find a scanner that won't cut them off.
Inability to set EXIF date
Photo album programs use the EXIF date to determine when the photo was taken and automatically arrange them chronologically. The scanner, of course, has no way to know when a picture was taken so puts the scanned date in this field. It would be very nice if the scanner manufactures made sure that the included scanning software allowed you to set the EXIF date manually, preferably by selecting a group of photos and entering a date once. Unfortunately, this software doesn't appear to allow you to do this.
Note: I bought Corel's Photo Explorer 8 to do this based on its advertisement saying you could do this. Unfortunately it has a serious limitiation. It will only allow you to enter a date past 1980. Not useful when scanning a family photo collection that dates back to the early 20th century.
 does it all with ease January 3, 2007
SF (San Francisco)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Couldn't be easier. In minutes you're set to do all the things you wished you could do when these machines cost 10 X as much. Simply press a button for emailing a document/photo; easy pdf's. Intuitive software. Images reproduce just fine. Copies not anywhere near as good as a dedicated copier (in fact, so disappointed with the time it takes and low resolution, I bought the personal copier--just takes up more space but it's instant on and fast) If I had to gripe, it is somewhat slow and the machine is bulky. However, for the price, it is a huge value and it gets a lot of use.
Works well with Windows Vista... January 25, 2007
TF (Allentown, PA USA)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I just setup the 4400F on Vista Enterprise Edition system and used the Canon driver and tools from their site. The fact that Canon had a Vista driver since December and the other reviews were the two main reasons I purchased this model.
Everything is working as advertised. The 4400F is smaller than my previous Acer flatbed but the Canon model is much faster and the quality has been excellent!
My only question is where is the power button? I'm betting that it puts itself in sleep mode - I will break down and read the manual :-)
 If I had that much patience, I'd still have dialup July 6, 2007
Elena J. Mccants (Raleigh, NC United States)
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
I decided to write this review while I wait for my CanoScan 4400F to save the document I just scanned. I won't go into the features of this scanner because others before me have done that. Just want to add that this scanner is painfully slow. It takes too long to "adjust the lamp" in preparation for the scan. It takes too long to complete the scan. It takes too long to save to a file after the scan. While all this is going on, I get to watch the Mac color wheel spin... and spin... and spin (the color wheel is Mac's equivalent of the PC hour glass). At work, I'm fortunate to use the Canon all-in-one MP160 ink jet printer-copier-scanner (also with a Mac). It is faster, more intuitive, and less expensive (at our campus store, the MP160 retails for $60). Maybe I'll buy the MP160 and sell this 4400F.
03/17/2008 update: I did buy the Canon MP160 and it is great. It scans quickly, saves files quickly, prints faster than any other ink jet printer I've used, and it has a very user-friendly, intuitive menu.
 Very slow scanner for negatives ... September 11, 2007
Mahesh Krishnamoorthy (Chicago, IL USA)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I bought this scanner for scanning several old negatives. Although it serves the purpose, the performance is poor. It is extremely slow. The parts to load the negatives is a cheapy plastic. It does not snatch properly when negatives are loaded. It is painful to load negative roll with 4 frames and leaving the remaining two as empty. The software that comes with the scanner is ok. Installation was awful...
I would definitely recommend some other fast scanner if you have lots of negatives to scan. For all other normal scanning needs, this one would do a great job.
Overall performance is good - I would give 4 star. For negative scanning I can only give 1 star....
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