canoscan 5600F question

[Runscott]

I love the 9000f - as Chris said, very fast scans, plus I can scan negatives and slides. The software is somewhat complicated (to me anyway) but I think I have it figured out. Look for new, improved runscott scans soon.

Probably 3-4 times faster than the Epson it replaced, and much more reliable. Well worth the extra $70 or so.

[E93]

I've had one for nearly two years now and love it. Never a problem.
JimB

[Leon]

I have a ways to go to get to be proficient with it....It seems all s/w is just a little bit different...picked this e121 up at lunch today...good enough to practice on. I am a sucker for centering though am not sure what I will do with it. Last one like this I picked up is the M116 Smoky Joe I kept

[CW]

Your mileage may vary, but this is how I scan with Canon's software (MP Navigator EX 2.0)...

Open program, click "photos/documents"

check the box "use the scanner driver", then click "open scanner driver" button

Once the program opens I click on the "advanced tab"

Under "output settings" I set the DPI to 300.
Under "image settings" I only turn Descreen to "on"
(everything else under this category is either "off" or "none")

In the lower left, I click "preferences", then click the "color settings" tab

I change it from "recommended" to "color matching" and use the settings:

Source: Canoscan 5600 Reflective
Target: sRGB iEC61966-2.1
I leave the "monitor" box checked, then click "OK"

I will typically do a preview to be sure the card is straight, etc., then I scan

[Tabe]

I've had a different Canoscan model, the "Canon CanoScan 4507B002 LiDE110 Color Image Scanner" as Amazon calls it. It was awful. Terrible results, no matter the setting and extremely slow performance.


On a not particularly related note: Anybody know of a good scanner for doing piles of photos? One that auto-feeds photos through? I've tried four or five already and all of them either: A) Wouldn't scan at 600 dpi; B) put little white lines in the photos; C) had bad color reproduction; D) scanned everything too dark; or E) All of the above.

My ideal would be something like the Brother DS620 scanner that I'm returning to the store tonight. It's fast (roughly 5-8 seconds for a 4x6 photo), it's really easy to use, it pulls photos through its feeder in a straight (not crooked) fashion, and so on. But everything comes out way too dark, no matter the settings I use.

I have hundreds of photos from the pre-digital era I want to scan and flatbeds are simply too time-consuming and annoying for a task like that. Online services simply cost way too much - 20 cents a pop for 600 DPI scans? C'mon.

Help (if you can)!

[GoldenAge50s]

I've had a different Canoscan model, the "Canon CanoScan 4507B002 LiDE110 Color Image Scanner" as Amazon calls it. It was awful. Terrible results, no matter the setting and extremely slow performance.

That's because the LiDE110 has the CIS scan element instead of the CCD element that we all need to scan anything w/ depth, such as a slabbed card.

However, the CIS is SUPPOSED to be OK for any perfectly flat items such as photos, I would think.

[Tabe]

FWIW, I was scanning photos.