I bought this to replace a flatbed scanner which was very cumbersome for scanning 35mm slides. The results were disappointing in the extreme - far worse than the flatbed. Using the software supplied, the results were very bad. I tried driving it from within Photoshop and quality improved marginally but nowhere near to being acceptable: light blue skies turned a blank white while no detail was retained in shadows at all. The results are unusable and it was a waste of money - I'm now using the flatbed again. The company's technical support needed two messages to respond and blamed the software.
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I own two Canon cameras and a Canon printer - all excellent. I therefore bought the Canoscan 4400 with confidence. What a disappoint! I have over 2000 older type 35 mm slides, and had hoped to convert the best of them to photos via computer. The results are way below acceptability. I didn't expect professional quality, but at least a reasonable amateur standard. I have wasted my £60, and DO NOT recommend this particular Canon item.
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As yet I am not impressed with this gadget. My first ZPen was faulty - after charging it for the requisite 6 hours I found that the transmitter (the pen) carried on sending a signal even if it was off the page, resulting in hideous squiggle when looking at the document on the PC. The item was quickly replaced by the seller (Select Home Shopping - via Amazon) so no problems there. The second Zpen, after charging, also did not work - the receiver is not recognised by my (or several other) PC's, even after re-setting, as recommended by the Dane Elec website. The battery is also uncomfortably warm, after only a few minutes plugged in to the USB port. I am sending this one back also and willing to give it one last try.
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Bought this on the strength of two things - reviews and price. Couldn't be more pleased with it. OK it's not the best in the world but for my purposes it fits the bill very well. Didn't cost the earth, scans documents and film at a very acceptable quality and has sufficient user control to make it that bit more flexible without being at all difficult to operate.
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Bought quite a few items from Amazon and had no problems. Item was delivered well packed and the printer was simple to set up. If my comments are what you are looking for in a printer and supplier then I have no hesitation in recommending both. Buy,Buy.Buy.....
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After being a Lexmark printer user for 10 years, I decided to try this Cannon MP610 - mainly because of the useful reviews here on Amazon. I thought I'd add a few comments of my own.
I'm very pleased with the build quality and finish of the printer, and it has a number of features that I like. For example, paper can be added to an upright feed at the back of the machine, and to a tray at the bottom of the machine. I print lots of address labels, so I can keep normal paper in the upright feed, and my address labels in the bottom tray.
The ability to print on printable surface discs is very useful, and there's software supplied to allow you to create your own designs. Discs are easily inserted using a supplied tray, and this is done one ... Read More:
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This is excellent value for money. After a few hours fiddling with it to try and get it to work (the instructions were'nt very good)I got it working.
I have spent hours and hours sorting through hundreds of old 35mm negatives of my wonderful mum and dad who are both now gone. I now have them both captured forever on disc. I'm just sorry I can't show them, they would love it.
By editing the photos on screen, some of them are clearer than the original photos.
If you buy this printer to do cards (like I did) then you'll be disappointed, as it will not print on card. I did get ONE sheet of card through (after 20 or so attempts) and had to push it hard, just at the right time, to get it to go through - and it printed OK, but cannot get another piece of card through to finish my project. What baffles me is that it will take it round the roller when you are told to press the button after it has stated "paper jam" - sometimes even stopping at the correct place to start printing, but after a pause it then pushes it all the way out, like it would if had printed on it.
Apart from that it prints on photo paper excellently and the quality of colour photos (even with cheap refill ink in the sample cartidges) is excellent.
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I'm really impressed with this scanner but, as a Mac user, was extremely disappointed by the software Canon supply with it - some seriously old editions of ArcSoft PhotoStudio and OmniPage SE, both of which are PowerPC editions. They are so old that the suppliers won't offer any support; upgrading to newer versions costs over £110. I got rid of my old HP scanner because their software support was so poor and now find myself in the same situation with Canon. It's a real shame, but this cheapens the product - beautifully made, but with ancient software.
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This printer is very nice. A very good scanning and copying function, with a very thorough set-up process. The printer is very quick and efficient with good ease of use with just the press of a button. The printer also has a fax function but I have never bothered to set that up. The only problem I do have with it though is that it uses quite a bit of ink, and the ink isn't cheap. For the price it is at now is very reasonable; it is of very good build, and looks expensive. The unit itself though is quite large and takes up a bit of room. It does also need a USB cable but they are a few pounds also on amazon!
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