Canon sure can! (Canon Canoscan N650U)

Member Name: David A. Brett

Product:	Canon Canoscan N650U
Date:	24/03/01 (607 review reads)
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Advantages: slim line, no eletrical input (no plug to accomodate), reasonable price, effecient.

Disadvantages: none really (Unless your USB doesn't work)

My Trust scanner was bulky, and fairly reliable, but came to the end of its life! I decided I wanted a new slim line one. I scanned the Internet and finally decided on, the canon N65OU. It was attractive, easily installed, and easy to use, and best of all a decent price.

I bought my Scanner at dabs.com, and paid around £64.00 for it. It was delivered the very next day, and in an excellent order.

According to the instruction all I needed to do was plug it into my USB and follow the on screen instructions! I plugged the scanner in, and waited for the on screen instructions. They never came up! 'Argh! Scanner problem' I thought, so contacted the canon help line.

The chap who answered the phone was really polite, and in no way made me feel inadequate, (as a lot of the help lines do seem to). He guided me through what he thought might have been the problem, and came the realisation that my USB was in fact not enabled. He advised me to contact my pc maker, who would guide me through my Bios and enable the USB. I did, and sure enough it worked, the on screen instructions were there!

The set up was easy, just a click or two and all was done. It took just a few minutes. I couldn't wait to test the scanner so I scanned in some images, and sure enough they appeared, in excellent clarity.

You get a selection of software including: Abode acrobat 4.0, Arcsoft photo suite 2000, and scan gear.

Another good feature of this scanner is it has no power lead, which means no plug to find a socket for!

It scanned an A4 size (its maximum size) in about a minute.

All in all an excellent buy!

System requirement are: Windows 98, 2000 pro, or ME
IBM PC/AT compatible,
USB port, CD drive
800 x 600 pixels
Pentium 133 MHz or higher
32 MB RAM (though 64 MB is recommended)

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