The Canoscan Lide 60 I had also would stand on its side. That is a
handy feature. I paid about $70 or so at the time when I purchased it
a couple years back, but spend the money if the quality and quietness
of the 600 is that good. That was really my only complaint about the
60, it was a little flexible in the plastic of the case and it was a
tad noisy. I gave mine to a friend when I needed a new printer and
went with a network setup.
On Nov 17, 2008, at 6:35 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
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
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