Wanted: Recommendation for Sacnner, simple, USB powered

[dan steinberg]

Hi there everyone! I am looking for a recommendation for a new scanner. My old Canon Lide 20 no longer works with my latest 10.8 mac laptop, nor my Windows 7 64-bit desktop machine.

I'd like to get a new model, that will work with both operating systems, so that I don't have to keep my wife's macbook AIR stuck on 10.6 just for scanning jobs.

My needs are very modest, just scanning of the occasional black and white form or color page from a magazine. No film slides, no doc feeder, etc.

One of my favorite parts of the Lide 20 was that it is powered off the USB cable (no separate power adapter) and is also thin enough to easily stash away the rest of the time.

Besides buying one for me, I will also be buying a 2nd one to send to my folks for them to scan and keep medical forms, etc, so even if I were to spring for Vuescan for my existing model, I would still need a recommendation, since they don't own anything right now.

Thanks in advance!

[onthedownlow]

Just get a newer Canon. I remember the LiDE 110 was the Windows 7 compatible (and OSX) model minimum that worked.

[onthedownlow]

...and that is almost always my recommendation when people just want a basic (but excellent) scanner. Around $50.

[DRR]

Iphone and genius scan works for 95% of my day to day scanning needs.

And it's usb powered too!

[CJsNvrUrly]

When my daughter upgraded from her laptop to an iMac running Lion OS, her Canon LiDE 20 scanner wouldn't scan into Photoshop CS3 anymore. I bought her a new Canon LiDE 210. It kept the same small footprint she wanted. The specs on it were way better than the old scanner and it works with Photoshop! At the time (August), it was around $100/Staples.

[graylocks]

CJsNvrUrly wrote:
When my daughter upgraded from her laptop to an iMac running Lion OS, her Canon LiDE 20 scanner wouldn't scan into Photoshop CS3 anymore. I bought her a new Canon LiDE 210. It kept the same small footprint she wanted. The specs on it were way better than the old scanner and it works with Photoshop! At the time (August), it was around $100/Staples.

did you happen to try her scanner with VueScan? i have an LIDE 30 and my scanner needs are definite needs but minimal. i will be upgrading to ML once i find a few days to deal with it all but i was hoping i would NOT need a whole new scanner.

[Mr Downtown]

I'm also trying to get my older LiDE to work in SL. This looks promising, but my first try wasn't successful.

[JEBB]

I dealt with the same issue and found that VueScan costs the same or more than a new Canon 110.

[zero]

Running a Canon LIDE 110 with Windows 7 64-bit.
Everything works seamlessly, and would highly recommend it.

[Speedy]

JEBB wrote:
I dealt with the same issue and found that VueScan costs the same or more than a new Canon 110.

Except VueScan will most likely keep this and past/future scanners functional no matter what Apple does to it's OS.