Can anyone comment on the ADF scanning from a software perspective? I was told the printer produces excellent quality however is way below par on the scanning software side due to the program locking up when scanning a 10+ page doc from the ADF...
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For black & white scans in PDF format it scans 30+pages fine. When I switch to color scanning of the same document I usually have to break the scan up into 3 to 4 parts to scan all the documents. I use a PDF converter software to bundle all the pages into one document to make up for this minor issue.
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Hi Chad Kessler, You posted this a LONG time ago -- about 14 months ago -- and didn't get any replies. Maybe you're still monitoring it, or maybe you found an answer elsewhere. Anyhow, I thought I'd toss in a tip anyhow. No, I don't know what the problem is, or exactly how to fix it. But elsewhere on these discussion boards (leastways, a year ago) was a fellow named Wayne. I THNK it was Wayne Fulton. I remember he was a fount of knowledge about scanning, always quite generous. Now, just this week, I came across a website set up by Wayne Fulton (I believe the same guy): scantips with the www and the dot-com as appropriate. He's literally written an entire book about scanning there (a 101 basic book AND a 201 intermediate book). It's actually a bit more than mere basic stuff. He's been a lifesaver to me. He even provides his email address and might be willing and able to answer a question directly, although I think you'd want to check through his writings first to see if he offers any insights. Maybe this is a year late, and the problem was long ago solved. But if not, check out Wayne's website.
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Well after reading on the canon for the last hour my only question has to do with OCR; no real reviews on how well the Canon performs in this area. There is one fairly major drawback to the Canon from what I can tell: no export to MS Word. Again I haven't tried the thing, but I've read the manual, and there is no mention of the capability. To me this isn't a big deal, I'm more worried about archiving than reformatting. The big plus of course is the apparent scan rate of 15 ppm. With that, I think I'm sold. I have the 215 ready for checkout.
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Yea I'm wondering the same. I' d really like to get this and I need a scanner now. Maybe someone can check with fujitsu and let us all know about an update?? Then again it appears so good why change it??
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I have another model Canon printer that I just purchased new. I did this on this one. I haven't had it long enough to run out of ink, but if this works it makes Canon the best printer to buy. I may upgrade to a better canon.I had an HP. It was an older HP AIO with no monitors on it. I think HP sent a code to all the old ones to disable everything but the printer as my scanner no longer works no matter what I do. I googled it, and there are tons of people who've posted the same exact problem with odler HP printers.
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Thank you for your quick reply. What about the MF4690? I posted a similar question regarding that one. It seems much newer. Does it happen to have a function that somehow supports duplex scanning, without having to *manually* re-order the pages?
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it is ok. The printer overall is amazing, but I would say the scanner on it is probably the weakest feature. It works just fine, but it is much slower than a full industrial copier like you would find in a large office. It works for our needs, but if you scan to digital a lot (a few hundred pages a day or more), you may wnat to keep looking. The ADF is adequate, but not 5 stars. Maybe 3.5 stars.
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I have a 3520 (which I think is essentially the same printer) and it does work, but you might not get all of the features since the entire epson software suite is not installed. It actually works well (2530 and 3520) and finds the printer on the network...you can scan and print easily. What I think you lose are features like scan to PDF...not sure if you can do duplex (scanning and printing), use the ADF, things like that. But, for both basic print and scan I think this will work fine (assuming it is the same as the 3520).
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My 610 works and produces above the norm consistently, had it since 2007 and I've had HP's, Epson's , etc and what really makes the 610 shine is to scan, save to desktop, and attach to an email, documents, photos, text and flawlessy. In fact I got Canons website for upgrades for software etc. and thought why??????????????. If it ain't broke........................Good all around every day machine but a photo above 8x10 should be handled by a Canon, I believe 9000 pro or an Epson 3880 for superior print quality!
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I was like wow ty! Epson 3800!and i looked at the price and it was $1000+!!! oh man! o_Ois there any other printers thats good that is around $50 - $200?I'm trying to be a manga (comic book) artist and I need something that prints and scans good.What would you recommend, a printer that is also a scanner? or just buying a scanner separatly?
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It looks like you can set the ADF for high speed scanning for up to 35 pages. I have not tried this but you should be able to download the manual to confirm this.Good luck!
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What sucks is that the HP software makes scanning super easy for the PC but on a Mac you have to go through preview or image capture, etc. and it takes longer... more tedious. Personally I wish they would update the software so scanning works with Mac as well. But other than that, I love the printer!
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The scanning worked initially, but there has been some kind of communication breakdown between the printer and the computer. Haven't figured it out yet. Otherwise the scanning, when it worked was acceptable. I am not computer savvy and could only do one page at a time. It is not user friendly, but it probably just needs someone with a knowledge of these kinds of tools.
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I've only scanned a handful of docs-seems to work good. Our multi page feeder works great. We have the 8910 at our front desk-small healthcare office & I have our old 8860 back by my desk & that still works good including multi feeder after 5 or 6 years. We like the Brother machines after several bad experiences with HP. Good luck. Jim
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Lia I too am looking for a new printer. I have searching the web for reviews and have found only a few which is not much of a help. It apprears the MP 620 looks, please let me know what you think. Thanks:)
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Yes, I am working with it and had no problems. I just installed it a few weeks ago, following the procedure in the manual, then the firmware was automatically updated and then connected to the computer with the drivers and apps previously installed from the cd. I printed from word, open office, gimp, illustrator, chrome, adobe reader, and all of them worked fine, I am using it with a usb cable but because I need to test large heavy graphics, but the speed when printing wireless was as fast as usb for letter size documents. The drivers are current. No compatibility problems or popups.
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I have to agree with A. Geib I bumped up the phyical memory, used quality paper printed at the highest resolution and got very good resultsIt is abit slow on the first thing printing and sounds like a jet when I turn it on, but it was worth the money so far, I also have a Brotherat work and its a workhorse.I've used HP's Lexmark, Cannon, Epson it compares to them all, the interesting thing for me is watching the sell price move up and downI may start tracking it for fun.