Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner
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The Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner utilizes high-luminance white LED lamps so it is ready to scan immediately, with no warm-up time needed. It delivers scans with color resolution of 4800 x 9600dpi. The built-in auto retouching technology helps correct for dust and scratches on originals, revives faded images, brightens faces and reduces graininess. Seven easy buttons automate the scanning process, so it's simple to scan copy and create e-mails and multi-page PDFs. Furthermore, to save time, you can batch-scan up to six 35mm negative frames or four 35mm slides.
- Spectacular Image Quality
- Produce scans with spectacular resolution of up to 4800 x 9600 color dpi and 48-Bit Color - with such high resolution and color depth, you can produce exact copies of your images or documents with rich, vivid color and all of the details preserved
- LED Illumination
- By using white LED illumination, the CanoScan 5600F has no need to warm up, so you are ready to scan as soon as the power is turned on
- Multi-image Scanning
- To save time, simultaneously scan up to 6 frames of 35mm film (negatives or positives)
- Fast Data Transfer
- The High Speed USB 2.0 interface provides fast scanning speeds with previews as quick as two seconds and enables the fastest possible image transfers
- Edit and Organize your Images
- The included software lets you enhance photos, archive them and place your favorite photos in slide shows and e-mails
- One-touch Scanning
- Large function buttons automate the scanning process - simply press the button on the front panel of the scanner that corresponds to the type of file you wish to scan to and it's done in seconds
- Smart Scanning
- The Auto Scan feature automatically detects the type of original you're scanning (photo, business card, personal notebook or form), and automatically scans, processes and saves the image in the appropriate format
- A Generation Green Product
- Generation Green, Canon's environmental initiative is an environmentally-friendly approach that Canon is taking to design many of its current and future products and solutions. The CanoScan 5600F is part of Generation Green through low power consumption, and the energy efficient Quick Start feature that makes it Energy Star qualified. Plus it is RoHS Compliant - a directive from the European Union that restricts the use of hazardous materials found in electronic products. Canon also participates in a Hardware Recycling Program to ensure appropriate recycling of electronics products and the Canon Refurbishing Program so Canon has full control over recovery and salvage for Canon U.S.A. products
| Scan Quality | |
|---|---|
| Scan Sensor | Linear CCD |
| Optical Resolution | 4800 dpi |
| Hardware Resolution | 4800 x 9600 dpi |
| Interpolated Resolution | 19,200 x 19,200 dpi |
| Color Depth |
Color: 48-bit internal / 48 or 24-bit external Grayscale: 16-bit internal / 8-bit external |
| Dynamic Range | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Scan Area | |
|---|---|
| Reflective Scan Area | 8.5 x 11.7" |
| Transparency Scan Area | Not Specified by Manufacturer (Sufficient for six 35mm frames) |
| Film Formats | 35mm x 6 frames (negatives), 35mm x 4 frames (mounted slides) |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Preview Speed | 2 seconds |
| Scan Speed | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Batch Scanning | 6 negative frames or 4 slides (35mm) |
| Automation | Auto Dust & Scratch Reduction, Fading/Grain/Backlight Correction |
| Connectivity | |
|---|---|
| Interface | USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed) |
| System & Software Requirements |
Windows System
Macintosh System
|
| Physical | |
|---|---|
| Light Source | White LED |
| Front Panel Controls | Seven Direct Function Buttons (Scan, Copy, E-Mail and expanded PDF functions) |
| Power Requirements | 120V AC, 60Hz |
| Dimensions (WxDxH) | 10.7 x 19.4 x 3.8" (272 x 493 x 97mm) |
| Weight | 9.5 lbs (4.3kg) |
REVIEW SNAPSHOT®
by PowerReviews(based on 75 reviews)
Ratings Distribution
99%
of respondents would recommend this to a friend.
Pros
- Easy to setup (69)
- Accurate color (63)
- Good resolution (61)
- Excellent software (34)
- Good bit depth (33)
Cons
- Slow (8)
- Poor software (6)
Best Uses
- Photos and graphics (53)
- Publishing (14)
- Large format film (9)
- Reviewer Profile:
- Frequent user (33), Casual user (31), Great graphics (7)
- Primary use:
- Personal (59), Business (12)
- Computer Platform:
- PC (16)
Most Liked Positive Review
I'm Very Pleased With This Machine
I purchased this scanner to clean up and send out some old 35MM slides, also some old prints. It interfaced beautifully with my computer and was easy to use. We were very pleased with...Read complete review
I purchased this scanner to clean up and send out some old 35MM slides, also some old prints. It interfaced beautifully with my computer and was easy to use. We were very pleased with the Canon Pro 9000 printer we puchased some time back and since this scanner had recently won some awards I felt it was a safe bet & it was. As with any new piece of equipment there is always a leaning curve,but the programed instructions really made it very staightforward and I felt very comfortable with it in no time.
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Most Liked Negative Review
Film Scan Not Good
Nice scanner except for the main reason I bought the scanner: to scan 35mm film. Poor design of the film strip holder...the film is not flat when being scanned...film strip ...Read complete review
Nice scanner except for the main reason I bought the scanner: to scan 35mm film. Poor design of the film strip holder...the film is not flat when being scanned...film strip scans come out soft, not sharp.
It does all else very nicely including 35mm mounted slides...the software and controls are easy to use.
Suggest passing on the Canon 5600 if you expect to do film strip scanning. I returned the Canon and now use the Epson V330...much better film scans.
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Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Excellent Software
- Good Bit Depth
- Good Resolution
- Widely Compatible
Cons
Best Uses
- Documents
- Photos and Graphics
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
easy to setup and simple to use
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Good Resolution
Cons
Best Uses
- Large Format Film
- Photos and Graphics
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
Great scanner for the money. I just wish that the footprint was a bit smaller.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Excellent Software
- Good Bit Depth
- Widely Compatible
Cons
- OCR isn't the greatest
Best Uses
- Photos and Graphics
- Publishing
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
The scanner works great. Set at a low dpi it scans really fast. The software included has a awesome interface. The OCR wasn't the best, but for included software you can't ask for much more. I would definitely buy this product again.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Excellent Software
- Widely Compatible
Cons
Best Uses
- Large Format Film
- Photos and Graphics
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
Use for scanning photo's & documents. Easy to install & use. Canon did not disappoint me. Great scanner for the price.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Easy To Setup
- Excellent Software
- Good Resolution
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
I have been wanting to scan our family slides for years to share with my brother and sisters who have not seen them for almost 40 years. They look awesome good quality scanner thanks David
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
Cons
- Poor Software
Best Uses
- Publishing
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
For the price, this is a great scanner. I needed it primarily for documents, which it does well. However, I can also scan and archive old film and slides. It's slow, but I am not doing too many. The only issue is the software that comes with the scanner to create PDFs is very limiting. It does not allow for rearranging pages and other manipulations that are standard on other scanner software applications I have used.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Excellent Software
- Good Resolution
Cons
Best Uses
- Photos and Graphics
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
Purchased with the sole purpose of scanning slides and negatives. Works great.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Good Bit Depth
- Good Resolution
- Widely Compatible
Cons
- Poor Software
Best Uses
- Photos and Graphics
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
While I can see that if you were using this scanner on a daily basis or had a very large volume of work it might be too slow for you. For my occasion use this scanner is perfect. It has already paid for itself!
The only disappointment was that I had to immediately upgrade software upon installation. I was in a hurry to test the scanner and this process just added to my wait.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Good Bit Depth
- Good Resolution
- Widely Compatible
Cons
- Software hard to learn
Best Uses
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
I use the scanner for photos and negatives and it works great, photos scan very quickly and negatives fairly fast as well. I don't regret it one bit. The software was kind of difficult to figure out at first, but once i started scanning using the scanner driver everything worked perfectly and its made me very happy
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Good Bit Depth
- Good Resolution
Cons
- Non-intuitive software
Best Uses
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
The software is both easy to start using and quite powerful. However, the basic and advanced controls do not allow for easy transition from easy to advanced. Quick press buttons make routine scanning easy and can be configured for custom scans. The quality of the images is quite hight for [$] and the negative scanner. Overall if you know what you are doing you will be quite happy. If this is your first scanner or is a gift to someone, expect a larger learning curve to get the best scans.large format transparencies cannot be used with the lid scanner like the medium and 35mm negatives.This is a great scanner to scan family 4x5 photos. It will auto detect up to 4 photos on the flat bed and put them into different files in one scan. A great time saver.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
Cons
Best Uses
- Photos and Graphics
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
I copied both "old" bw photos and color photos. Great quality and ease of use. I like most the ability to copy 4+ photos at the same time and the software creating individual picture files. I have not used the film and slide capability but will soon.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Excellent Software
- Good Bit Depth
- Good Resolution
- Widely Compatible
- Works on Network
Cons
Best Uses
- Photos and Graphics
- Publishing
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
A great scanner- super easy to use, great resolution, great finished product and perfect price. For the money I couldn't have asked for anything more!
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Good Resolution
Cons
Best Uses
- Photos and Graphics
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
I use the scanner mainly for old family photographs. I love it becuase 1) it scans great and gives me a good image, and 2) it is quick and automatically separates multiple photos scanned together and saves them as separate images. I also love the option of scanning multiple pages and saving them as .pdf.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Excellent Software
- Good Resolution
- Widely Compatible
Cons
Best Uses
- Document reproduction
- Photos and Graphics
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
For its price point, I found the Canon 5600F to be an excellent value. I do some professional photography but am not a high-end user requiring features only sophisticated graphic artists can utilize. Some criticize the speed of this unit, but for my needs it's perfectly adequate. Set up and use is a snap.
This scanner fulfills my business needs splendidly, and within its limitations I can reccomed it wholeheartedly.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Good Resolution
Cons
Best Uses
- Photos and Graphics
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
Bought this to replace a dedicated HP scanner that didn't function properly anymore. I am in the process of restoring some old photographs and slides and prefer not to rephotograph the originals.
Slide loading is superior to the old HP unit. Produces good scans of the slides that the HP unit had problems with - and this is just with the standard scanner driver (I use other software to edit the scans). Scan times seem reasonably fast, though I have not yet clocked them.
Lastly, the addition of an on/off switch instead of that terrible lamp timer the HP had was quite welcome.
All in all, this is the unit I wished was availble when I bought the HP several years ago - and B+H offered the Canon at an excellent price.
If this scanner is any indication of Canon quality, my next printer may be a Canon also.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Good Bit Depth
- Good Resolution
Cons
Best Uses
- Large Format Film
- Photos and Graphics
- Publishing
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
i like the idea that you still can get that little old films back to life!! it's jut what i needed to scan old family pictures into good quality digital images ! happy to have it !
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Good Bit Depth
- Good Resolution
Cons
Best Uses
- Photos and Graphics
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
This scanner was very easy to setup and use. Had it up and running within 15 minutes of opening the box. Excellent for scanning pictures, but can also do scans from slides and negatives.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Excellent Software
- Good Bit Depth
- Good Resolution
- Widely Compatible
- Works on Network
Cons
Best Uses
- Publishing
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
This scanner is just what we have been looking for. We have not used it much as yet, but when we have used it, it is so much better then what we had. we are happy.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Good Resolution
Cons
- Slow
Best Uses
- Photos and Graphics
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
Serious amateur; Use to scan travel, nature, and old family photos, film, slides.
Things that are great: Easy to use; Canon tech support very helpful with driver installation; software good for basic image correction and cropping. I am a fan of Canon products and this scanner does not disappoint.
Not so great: Slow for scanning film and slides, but probably similar to others in this price range
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Accurate Color
- Easy To Setup
- Good Resolution
Cons
Best Uses
- Photos and Graphics
Comments about Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner:
Doesn't cost much more than the low quality slide scanners that are low rez and only scan slides. The Canon produces hi rez slides and is a great flatbed scanner to boot. Excellent product at a great price.
- Primary use:
- Personal
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- AC Adapter & Power Cord
- USB Cable
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Film Guides
- 35mm Film Strip
- 35mm Mounted Slide
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- 1-Year Limited Warranty with InstantExchange Program and Toll-free Technical Phone Support
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