Interesting. I had a Lide 60 as well and, while it had an external
stand and could be stood on its side, it did not like to scan in that
position. The scanning heads made very unpleasant grinding noises if I
tried to. It wasn't nearly as convenient as the Lide 600F either, as
the way the door opened on the 60 wasn't meant for opening sideways
and usually wound up hitting just about everything on my desk. So I
just left the Lide 60 lie flat and didn't bother.
My favorite Lide model ever made was actually the lide 500F, which is
the previous generation of the 600F. Now, that was one quiet, rugged
beast. The 600F is even more rugged, but a bit louder than the 500F
though still one of the quietest scanners I've seen recently.
On Nov 17, 2008, at 20:28, Scott Howell wrote:
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
Scott Howell
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