Recommend me a scanner please

[ChrisH]

The technology department is looking for 2 A4 scanners with a budget of £100 each.

 

My supplier has recommended a LiDE 500F which I have never heard of.

 

Can anyone comment on these scanners or suggest some alternatives?

 

Cheers

 

Chris

[Geoff]

Epson and HP are decent. Also have some cheap and cheerful UMAX scanners which do the job too.

[Ric_]

I've always sworn by the LiDE 20 (which may have been supersceeded by the LiDE 25). Nevfer really seen the point in anything 'better'. The result from these are more than adequate and scanned at 1200dpi your printers aren't going to do the scanned images justice anyway.

[Nij.UK]

i had an issue with an cheap HP printer, i just wanted to install the TWAIN driver for the scanner and then use other software to control the scanner....

 

But HP didnt just release the TWAIN driver for that scanner, and i had to install about 300MB worth of there products.... if you dont have a problem with this then thats cool.... and HP do, do decent scanners

[Guest richard]

I agree with Ric_ I have no problems at all with the canon scanners I have here.

[danIT]

currently sat next too canoscan 4200f, works brilliantly, highly recommend the lide20/25 expecially love the fact its power is provided via usb no need for seperate power supply, which makes it ideal for use in the classroom moving from computer to computer.

 

we did buy two that just for some reason stopped working, scanner wasnt recognised and scanner light wudnt move. they were lide20's

[Dos_Box]

I like Canon scanners lots, and have brought 2 for my own use over the years.

[E1uSiV3]

I vote for the LiDE 25s too, ive used several, the best bit was i used a driver pack that allowed me to preinstall the scanner so it could be used on any comp in the school by anyone, pair that up with front mounted USB ports and no external PSU needed and it became very attractive. You could buy about 6 for £200 too probably.

[Sylv3r]

Another vote for the Canon's. You can pick them up for about £40 and are well worth the money.

[ConTheITGuy]

Canon here - Lide 30

 

 

Andy

[sahmeepee]

We have a nice canon one here... only cost about 40 quid, runs off USB power, nice scans, does everything we'd expect really.

[plexer]

Canon again here HP ones are nice too but for the price and performance the Canon's win. Think we got some 3200F's and some lide's

 

Ben

[GrumbleDook]

Another vote for Canon, Lide 30 for me please

[SimpleSi]

I use Canon Lides as well (bought about 20 in last year).

They give excellent scans and they are not memory gulpers like the last 4 HP I installed before switching to Canons.

 

I just install the basics - I never install any extras and just use my normal applications to launch the scanner interface.

 

regards

Simon

[Joedetic]

Cannon Lide 35 is what i've got at home...but i think we've got the 30's at school.

 

Cannon must be raking it in!

[john]

Epsons for me please, have used Canons, but they are no good in Art / Design area, they seem too thin and flimsy for me and some Art / Design book are very heavy, they just don't seem robust enough. I don't like HP scanners, have had them before and they just ain't worth the problems they bring with them, I have always liked my Epson scanners and always will. My fav one is the GT 10000+ (big SCSI based A3 scanner) they are cracking bits of kit, but at over £1000 they are an ikkle bit out of your budget, but you cannot fault them.

[Dos_Box]

I don't use the thin Canons. The mainstream desktop type are fantastic and have features that their similarly priced rivels don't have (film scanners etc).

[beeswax]

I don't use the thin Canons. The mainstream desktop type are fantastic and have features that their similarly priced rivels don't have (film scanners etc).

 

I should forget about the film scanning facility in most scanners, unless you're prepared to pay real money. The top-end Minolta Dimage and Nikon Coolscan come to mind. For scanning documents/pictures the Epsons are no bad deal.

[Guest richard]

Epsons for me please, have used Canons, but they are no good in Art / Design area, they seem too thin and flimsy for me and some Art / Design book are very heavy, they just don't seem robust enough. I don't like HP scanners, have had them before and they just ain't worth the problems they bring with them, I have always liked my Epson scanners and always will. My fav one is the GT 10000+ (big SCSI based A3 scanner) they are cracking bits of kit, but at over £1000 they are an ikkle bit out of your budget, but you cannot fault them.

 

Our geography dept has a GT10000+ and I have to say that iot is a brilliant bit of kit though it is heavy and expensive.

[Nij.UK]

we have got 2 of the epson GT 10000+ and i have to agree with richard and john, they are an amazing piece of kit, they are on the pricey side though, but i would say they are worth it..... very quick also!

[Guest]

Just purchased a HP SCANJET 5530 - and managed to get it working with windows scanner wizard without any need for the HP junk

 

Also those GT 10000+ with the Scanner Server is awsome. So quick and a great way of sharing in a suite.

[john]

I dont have them with the Scanner server but know of those that do and they are great with that as well. I have 2, one in Geography and one in Design, but we are using the scanning function on the copiers quite a bit now so that means we have got some more A3 scanners that are quick to access as well.