This scanner is great I dont know why people gave it bad reviews?... The Scan took long time but it gave what I want ^^ took longer then 10 days to reach my house ^^

Good scanner. I just needed better quality images for website; better than just digital photos. I have to work on them in photoshop, but if you have photoshop it's a good scanner for the money.

This is a great all purpose scanner. Power supply through USB - so no additional cabling etc.
Great image quality. I have been using it since 2005 - flawless.
Quite compact - so one can carry it in a briefcase, if necessary.
And - works with a Mac quite seamlessly.
Even works with SANE (linux, unix).

Only thing that I miss is the ADF. But of course, that will significantly reduce the portability of the scanner.

I'm really not a tech-expert, so I can't provide details about the technical specifications that make this a great scanner, however, I can say that I have a home-based business and I find this to be a great product for what I need. It's very very light, easy to transport, and the best thing is that you don't need a power cord! Yes, you just hook it up by USB to your computer and that's it, it's ready to go! I also like the software it comes with, it's easy to use and for my business needs it's just perfect.

The Cannon Scanner works very well and the instruction manual is very easy to understand. Having the ability to be able to copy, scan and e-mail without needing to go into the software is very convenient.