Canon CanoScan N650U USB Flatbed Scanner

Amazon.com Product Description
This CanoScan flatbed scanner delivers 600 x 1,200 resolution in a slim package, just over 1 inch high. It uses a single USB cable for both power and data from any compatible Mac or PC. This scanner offers 42-bit scanning with more than four trillion possible colors. It also has an external programmable button for fast, one-touch scanning.

Another handy feature is Canon's exclusive Z-Lid expansion top, which allows you to scan bulky items, such as books and magazines. Many other scanner covers lift only at an angle and become uneven and awkward when scanning anything that isn't completely flat; the N650U scanner cover includes a special expansion hinge that lifts up to 1 inch vertically and lies flat to create extra space.

Product Description:
The groundbreaking CanoScan N650U USB flatbed scanner launches a new era in scanning performance, innovation and value - giving you the power to do so much more, for so much less. At just over 2,5 cm high, the N650U scanner is one of the thinnest flatbed scanners in the world. It's also one of the easiest to set up and use. Connect with just a single USB cable to any compatible Mac or PC - no power cord or bulky transformers are necessary. Just plug it in to your computer and scan photos, graphics, copy and more at a remarkable 600 x 1200 dpi for crisp, clear images. Plus, 42-bit resolution gives you over four trillion possible colors for richer, more robust scans. It even has an external programmable button for fast, one-touch scanning.Canon's exclusive Z-Lid Expansion Top will change the way you scan bulky items, such as books and magazines. Many other scanner covers lift only at an angle and become uneven and awkward when scanning anything that isn't completely flat. The N650U scanner includes a special expansion hinge that lifts up to one 2,5 cm vertically allowing the lid to lie flat, creating the space needed for bulky items.

Canon CanoScan N650U USB Flatbed Scanner
Average customer rating:

Not for Mac, or anyone for that matter.

Nice scanner, but useless after upgrading computers

worked great until the glass broke

works OK but some limitations

Canon N650U USB flatbed Scanner BOO

Canon CanoScan N650U USB Flatbed Scanner

Manufacturer: Canon Computer Systems
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

600 x 1,200 dpi resolution, 9,600 dpi interpolated

USB interface provides power, no AC adapter required

42-bit color depth, over 4 trillion possible colors

Expansion top for scanning books and magazines

Ultraslim, fits in most small office spaces

ASIN: B00004Y66R

Product Description

The groundbreaking CanoScan N650U USB flatbed scanner launches a new era in scanning performance, innovation and value - giving you the power to do so much more, for so much less. At just over 2,5 cm high, the N650U scanner is one of the thinnest flatbed scanners in the world. It's also one of the easiest to set up and use. Connect with just a single USB cable to any compatible Mac or PC - no power cord or bulky transformers are necessary. Just plug it in to your computer and scan photos, graphics, copy and more at a remarkable 600 x 1200 dpi for crisp, clear images. Plus, 42-bit resolution gives you over four trillion possible colors for richer, more robust scans. It even has an external programmable button for fast, one-touch scanning.Canon's exclusive Z-Lid Expansion Top will change the way you scan bulky items, such as books and magazines. Many other scanner covers lift only at an angle and become uneven and awkward when scanning anything that isn't completely flat. The N650U scanner includes a special expansion hinge that lifts up to one 2,5 cm vertically allowing the lid to lie flat, creating the space needed for bulky items.

Amazon.com Product Description

This CanoScan flatbed scanner delivers 600 x 1,200 resolution in a slim package, just over 1 inch high. It uses a single USB cable for both power and data from any compatible Mac or PC. This scanner offers 42-bit scanning with more than four trillion possible colors. It also has an external programmable button for fast, one-touch scanning.

Customer Reviews:

Not for Mac, or anyone for that matter........2006-11-10

I remember this scanner as being good and working well. That is until I changed over to using a mac. Now I can't find a driver for it anywhere - not even on the various worldwide canon websites. All they have are a plug-in to use with Photoshop and an uninstaller - you'd think they would create a driver to install before having an uninstaller, right?

I am very frustrated and haven't been able to find anything useful after long searches. If canon aren't interested in keeping their older models functional or providing updated software/drivers for them, then it will only be a short while before whatever you have bought is forcibly obsolete and you have to buy another one while throwing out something that is in perfect working order (if only you could get an update for it).

I don't want to throw out my scanner and I don't want to have to buy another one, it's such a waste of products and money. Add to that a Canon digital camera that broke in less than a year (when I then I found out my warranty was only for 6 months) and a Canon printer that is very unreliable, and I am not very happy with Canon at all. They advertise themselves as a high-end, reliable brand, but from my experience they are not and I won't be buying any more canon products in the future.

Nice scanner, but useless after upgrading computers.......2005-05-27

I have had this scanner for a couple of years and I loved it with my old Windows 98 computer and my Mac OS 9.0 laptop. Then I bought a Mac Mini with OS 10x. I have had compatibility nightmares ever since.

I found out that it'll work with OS 10 IF and ONLY IF I install Adobe PhotoShop or Elements. Why should I have to spend $100 or more on software to get an $80 scanner to work? So, I got my laptop back out and started scanning and working on my graphics files on the laptop, where I have expensive programs that I cannot yet afford to replace. But in order to get an external CD Burner to work I had to upgrade to OS 9.1.

Now, after just upgrading from Mac OS 9.0 to 9.1 I have to go through the whole process of troubleshooting again. I've already spent half a day in total frustration.

This scanner should be off the market - without new drivers it's totally useless. It's more of a shame because I had liked it very much until a couple of months ago. There should be no reason for Canon and/or Mac to get appropriate drivers up and online.

worked great until the glass broke.......2003-05-05

I had this scanner for a couple years. I thought it worked really good. I used it mainly for scanning pictures, and they were very sharp. Then one day the glass shattered into hundreds of tiny pieces with no apparent explaination.

works OK but some limitations.......2002-03-21

Unlike some of the others with this unit, I had no trouble installing and using it (one I got the right drivers, that is -- J&R Music world initially sent me the wrong disk, grrr).

Though it runs a little slow, it does make reasonably clean scans, and makes MUCH less clutter on and behind my desk than most other machines, which is why I bought it.

People need to know, however, that the lens has crummy depth-of field, which means that anything that is not dead flat against the glass will look fuzzy. My previous scanner could make acceptable images of small three-dimensional objects; this one won't.

Also, the color balance is kind of off, too blue-tinged. With my Paint Shop Pro, I need to subtract a little blue and add a little red to the scans to make them look like real life.

I assume that both these problems (poor depth of field and color imbalance) come from the dim scanning lamp neccesitated by the low power available to the unit.

Canon N650U USB flatbed Scanner BOO.......2001-12-19

Would like to know if it is not to late to return as has never worked correctly! Keeps telling me not connected (never the twain will meet) when know it is!

Canon CanoScan N650U - Flatbed scanner - Letter - 600 dpi x 1200 dpi - USB

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Canon CanoScan N650U - Flatbed scanner - Letter - 600 dpi x 1200 dpi - USB

ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Office Electronics | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
ASIN: B0000V6DHI

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