Canon CanoScan LiDE 100 Flatbed Scanner

• Best Portable Scanner for College for the Mac
  One of the few flatbed scanners that's small and light enough to consider portable, the Canon CanoScan LiDE 100 is a mere 3.5 pounds and is just barel...read more

  One of the few flatbed scanners that's small and light enough to consider portable, the Canon CanoScan LiDE 100 is a mere 3.5 pounds and is just barely big enough to avoid getting lost under a stack of papers with its 9.9- by 14.6 inch footprint and a height of just 1.6 inches. It's also one of the few flatbeds that gets its power over the USB connection, which means you can plug it into your notebook computer to use anywhere, without worrying about finding a power outlet. On the other hand, you have to remember to lock the scan mechanism to protect it from harm before you move the scanner, which is one indication that it's not really intended to be portable.
  Having a flatbed gives the LiDE 100 the distinction of being suitable for scanning photos as well as book and magazine pages without copying them first and then scanning the copies -- something you can't do with a sheet fed scanner. Even so, the 2400 pixel per inch (ppi) optical resolution is far more than you need for either photos or documents, unless you plan to enlarge the photos tremendously.
  
  The only programs Canon supplies with the scanner are a photo editor and Canon's own scan utility. The utility will let you scan a text document and save it as a searchable PDF file. If you want a full-fledged optical character recognition (OCR) program, you'll have to buy it separately, but you may consider it worth spending extra for software to have a flatbed scanner this small and light.
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• Best Portable Scanner for College for Books and Photos
  The Canon CanoScan LiDE 100 wasn't really designed to be a portable scanner, as suggested by the fact that you have to remember to lock the scan mecha...read more

  The Canon CanoScan LiDE 100 wasn't really designed to be a portable scanner, as suggested by the fact that you have to remember to lock the scan mechanism to protect it from harm before you move the scanner. However, it weighs a mere 3.5 pounds and is just barely big enough to avoid getting lost under a stack of papers with its 9.9- by 14.6-inch footprint and a height of just 1.6 inches. It's also one of the few flatbeds that gets its power over the USB connection, so you can plug it into your notebook computer to use anywhere, without worrying about finding a power outlet.
  Having a flatbed gives the LiDE 100 the distinction of being suitable for scanning photos as well as book and magazine pages without copying them first and then scanning the copies -- something you can't do with a sheet fed scanner. Even so, the 2400 pixel per inch (ppi) optical resolution is far more than you need for either photos or documents, unless you plan to enlarge the photos tremendously.
  
  The only programs Canon supplies with the scanner are a photo editor and Canon's own scan utility. The utility will let you scan a text document and save it as a searchable PDF file. If you want a full-fledged optical character recognition (OCR) program, a document management program, or any other software that isn't included, you'll have to buy it separately. It's just the price you have to pay to get a flatbed scanner that's this small and light.
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• Best Portable Scanner for College for Windows Computers
  One of the few flatbed scanners that's small and light enough to consider portable, the Canon CanoScan LiDE 100 is a mere 3.5 pounds and is just barel...read more

  One of the few flatbed scanners that's small and light enough to consider portable, the Canon CanoScan LiDE 100 is a mere 3.5 pounds and is just barely big enough to avoid getting lost under a stack of papers with its 9.9- by 14.6 inch footprint and a height of just 1.6 inches. It's also one of the few flatbeds that gets its power over the USB connection, which means you can plug it into your notebook computer to use anywhere, without worrying about finding a power outlet. On the other hand, you have to remember to lock the scan mechanism to protect it from harm before you move the scanner, which is one indication that it's not really intended to be portable.
  
  Having a flatbed gives the LiDE 100 the distinction of being suitable for scanning photos as well as book and magazine pages without copying them first and then scanning the copies -- something you can't do with a sheet fed scanner. Even so, the 2400 pixel per inch (ppi) optical resolution is far more than you need for either photos or documents, unless you plan to enlarge the photos tremendously.
  
  The only programs Canon supplies with the scanner are a photo editor and Canon's own scan utility. The utility will let you scan a text document and save it as a searchable PDF file. If you want a full-fledged optical character recognition (OCR) program, you'll have to buy it separately, but you may consider it worth spending extra for software to have a flatbed scanner this small and light.
  ...read less

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