Canon D660U USB Flatbed Film Scanner
Details
- Availability:
- No longer available through SilverGelatin.net
- List Price:
- $99.99
- Average Customer Rating:
- 3.5 out of 5
- Manufacturer:
- Canon Computer Systems
Features
- Flatbed scanner with built-in 35mm film adapter for negatives and slides
- 600 x 1,200 dpi resolution for prints
- 35mm-film scanning at 1,200 x 1,200 dpi
- USB connection to Macintosh and PC
- 42-bit scanning for more than 4 trillion colors
Description
Film and photo scanning has become a true pleasure. No adapter hassles. No add-on kits. Everything you need to create high-quality scans is built into the CanoScan D660U USB Flatbed Scanner. And all of it is available with the push of a scan button.Lift the cover, insert your slide or negative and press the external film scan button. The D660U scanner, with its built-in backlight, produces spectacular film scans using VAROS technology. In fact, it features remarkable resolution, making more than four trillion possible colors available for richer, more robust images. Press the second external scan button for convenient photo-print or document scanning at an impressive high-quality for Web sites, graphics-design projects, duplicating or archiving photos, or simply scanning text for integration into word-processing documents. The only thing is easier than using the D660U scanner - setting it up. A simple USB cable plugs into any compatible Mac or PC. Load the software, complete with step-by-step instructions, and you're ready to go. Plus, the included free software suite features numerous easy tools to help you create great-looking projects, enhance and manipulate photos, or integrate scanned text.
The Canon D66OU flatbed film scanner makes scanning photos and film easy. Everything you need is provided to make the best quality scans. You will not need any adapters or add-on kits. Simply lift the cover, put your slide or negative down, and press the film scan button.
With a built-in backlight and using VAROS technology, the D66OU produces film scans at an incredible 1,200 x 1,200 dpi. A 42-bit resolution makes available over 4 trillion possible colors. This assures that your images will not only be rich but vibrant too.
But that's not all. A second scanner button makes it convenient to photo-print or document-scan for Web sites--all at a high-quality 600 x 1,200 dpi. Use it for graphic-design projects, duplicating, whatever. You can also scan text and integrate it into word processing documents.
Simply plug in the USB cable to your PC or Mac and you are ready to fly. Easy software comes with step-by-step instructions. The many tools available on the software will help you create better-looking results, whether you want to enhance or manipulate a photo.
The D66OU weighs 5.7 pounds and measures 10.2 by 17.3 by 3.9 inches. It comes with a one-year limited warranty and the Canon Extended Service Plan. --Linda Anderson
Spotlight customer reviews
Poor Quality Control & Support
[ Posted: 2005-06-16 ]
Be warned - DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT
Unfortunately I can not give this a Zero Star. When purchased new the scanner was faulty, and exhibited poor quality control with particles inside the scanner. It was returned for repair under warranty twice, and finally the main curcuit board was replaced.
I was present when the unit was being reassembled after the replacment of the board and was horrified to see the service tech use metholated spirits to clean the underside of the class as the owners manual clearly states not to do this !!!(it has his grubby finger prints all over it from the repair work).
Despite spending several thousand dollars on Canon products over the years, I will not be buying another Canon product.
Poor quality control and customer services can only be rewarded in this manner.
Dust Inside, aka DOA
[ Posted: 2002-08-17 ]
When you get it, check the inside glass with flash light before you plug it in. Mine was peppered with grime and dust; Scans show these as white specks everywhere! I'm returning this product from company that does no quality checks on its product.
Mine also had DOA film scanner.
You can be sure I'll try to avoid all future canon products.
Veeery sloooow!!
[ Posted: 2002-07-29 ]
I just purchased a 660U scanner. After a 20 minute trial I decided to return it and get my money back. It takes 6 minutes (yes six minutes) to scan a single negative in high res mode. This is absolutely useless
Almost perfect
[ Posted: 2002-04-18 ]
I purchased this scanner for the 35mm negitive scanning. I wasn't disappointed. I setup the machine, installed the software and was up and running scanning negitives in about 30 Minutes. Very nice negitive scanning at 1200x1200 for the price ( I was not interested in purchasing a 400.00 film scanner). Photo scanning was simular in quality. Overall a good product.
The only thing from making it a 5-Star was the time it took to
scan negitives was about 3 minutes though it seemed like forever.
Poor photo quality scans, not worth it for the money
[ Posted: 2002-02-02 ]
Bought this scanner because it was supposed to be a good photo scanner, but when i got it and set it up the quality was worse then the scanner i had gotten for about 60 bucks a year or two earlier. For just everyday scan use and not for nice photo quality scans it worked ok. Was very fast, just don't reccommend if you are looking for a high qualtiy scan. Returned and it took forever to get my money back.