But if you are looking at an 8x10 photo hanging on the wall from across the room, you aren't likely to notice a big difference. The Canoscan 660U works just as well on more routine scanning jobs, offering resolutions of up to 1,200 by 600 dots per inch. And scanning is even easier. Just insert the object and push the scan button on the front of the scanner. That automatically launches a program that is functionally identical to the one used for slides and negatives.
Output is excellent, focus is good and colors are right on the money.
If you need to copy or convert documents, the Canoscan 660U is up to that job too. Using the including Omnipage Pro optical character reading software, which is top notch, you can easily transform pages of text into Word documents. Tony Briggs is managing editor of online services.