Hi Keith
All of the Canon Canoscan Lide's fit this criteria. I've used a number
of them over the years and have always been satisfied. The one I have
now is the Lide 600F, and I really can't recommend it enough. It's a
bit on the pricy side compared to the rest of the Lides but it's well
worth it--portable, durable, and quiet and fully USB 2.0. Also it has
an adapter for scanning film negatives if you happen to need that
functionality. Another very nice feature it has is a built-in stand,
so when you're not scanning books or don't need the scanner lying flat
you can stand it up on its side to save space, and it will still scan
in this position. It's really easy, wehn standing, to just drop a
piece of paper into it and go. When lying flat, the lid has the
ability to open a full 180 degrees, so you can scan anything with it
no matter how thick it is, and without having the lid fall down on you.
And of course, it's 100% Mac compatible--you can actually buy it from
Apple if you want to. It's standard price is $149 and I really haven't
seen it go for much cheaper. $129 is the cheapest I've actually seen
it sell for brand new.
hth
On Nov 17, 2008, at 17:06, Keith Brown wrote:
could anyone recommend a scanner that doesn't require an
external power supply i.e. just pluggs in to USB.
Cheers
Keith
