CanoScan LiDE 400 Colour Flatbed Scanner, Black

I needed a basic scanner to digitise 100 documents. Set up was quick and within no time I was able to have digital copies stored locally as well as sent to a Google Drive folder automatically for sharing through the scanners own software. It's a good bit of kit and I was able to scan all of my documents in under an hour. The time per scan pass was reasonably fast. I was very happy to see this scanner is powered over USB which makes it very useful if it's needed when away from home or out of the office. If you're a mobile worker with a laptop or tablet, you will be able to power this scanner through your USB port. I haven't used it to scan photos or artwork so couldn't comment on how well it reproduces colour images. But grey scale documents and OCR is spot on.

The Canon LIDE 400 is my third of these type of scanner I have had over time starting with the Lide 110. Previous Lide models all worked reasonably well except from panel scanner buttons which stopped many years ago on MacOS, a software issue probably. My Lide 220 didn't survive the upgrade from from Ventura 13.6 to Sonoma 14.0 via should add though the same would have happened going to Windows 11and it's about 10 years in the market. I tried the usual things but it didn't really seem to budge so decided not to sweat the problem and just get a more up to date Canon. First, Amazon supplied wickedly fast arriving 7:43 AM less than 12 hours after ordering. The Lide 400 is the top of the range of Lide scanners, the 300 is about £20 cheaper but loses some document scanning options exchanging USB C for a micro B on the back of the cheaper model. I mf you are going portable I'd go for the 400 because those micro B are super delicate and only go in one way. I mainly use it for document scanning though quoted resolution and apparent facilities make it good for photography too I bet. For document scanning the Lide 400 claims about 8 seconds scanning time whereas my old Lide 210 10 seconds, the difference isn't readily apparent in practice so the cheaper Lide 300 would have done just as well for that document scanning. I am a Mac user so that is what I will concentrate on, there are loads of people out there who have reports with Windows. Box contents: - Scanner - USB A to C cable - Scanner stand - CD (see below) - Documentation Only thing to do is remove the tapes, other packaging and unlock the scanner head (bottom towards the front). Then hook up the cable and make Mac OS aware via Printers and scanners of the new unit detected via AirPrint although it's a scanner and no Wi-Fi involved. Effectively this means support is built into Mac OS itself so there is no driver from Canon. To save this being too long some bullet points: Good * Scanner is very nearly plug and play affair with Mac with respect to driver install. You just have to add the scanner from within the Settings app, it is an AirPrint device even thought it is not a printer. * IJ Scan utility is dark mode - hooray! * Very clear fast document scans at 300 DPI should be good for higher resolution photography work. * Scanner front panel buttons which actually do work, previous models buttons stopped working (some kind of software issue). Not so Good * The CD only contains a Windows installer, for Mac you will have reach Canon's driver pay to download any relevant companion software. * There seemed to be some teething issues with detection of the scanner, I managed to resolve by juggling connections of my 16 port USB hub to fix. * IJ Scan utility is very much more complicated than it was, not good for keyboard users. I accept though that this is a very niche thing. Most others want more buttons and functionality which it does provide.§ * You cannot tweak the precise behaviour of the physical buttons on the scanner.

There seem to be very few basic scanners about and this one works well - you can use it with an Apple Mac or with Windows. It came with a lead which I did not realise so had ordered another one separately which was slightly irritating. The installation is incredibly easy - you have to plug in the scanner's lead directly into the computer and there is no other electrical connection. It comes up instantly with the information you need to instal it and then you can download the manual if you need to. It loses a star here because I think the manual is quite unnecessarily complicated. There are buttons on the end of the scanner which are absolutely straightforward - the only sad thing is that there does not appear to be a facility for scaling an image up or down in size or for cropping. The only way to crop an image is to use the facility that "stitches" two images together which is not ideal. The stitching facility and the fact that you can scan several images at once is good though. I really don't need the stand that makes it possible to store the scanner on its side - a space-saver I suppose but a fiddly widget. A useful office tool in every other way.

I bought this exclusively for scanning in old photos and for £65, I am very happy with it. It took me about 2 hours to scan 250 photos. I scanned two at a time at 600 dpi and the quality is fine for me. The software for this scanner will automatically separate and crop the photos, so by scanning two at a time, as long as you leave a gap between them, the scanner will create two separate images on your computer and they will be perfectly cropped and aligned - so you don't need to keep them straight when putting them into the scanner. It takes about 30 seconds for the scanner to scan 2 photos at 600 dpi. Once you play around with it to make sure you know what you're doing and that you're happy with the quality, it doesn't take long to work through the photos and scan them all in. The software (which can be downloaded) is pretty straightforward and easy to use. If you are on macOS, you don't even need any drivers (not sure about Windows but they are all on the Canon website anyway). The only thing I will say is that this scanner has a lock switch on the bottom - I've no idea what this is for (maybe to stop your kids from scanning stuff?) but it is important to put it to the unlocked position or the scanner won't work. And if you unlock it whilst it's already plugged into the computer, you will need to disconnect and reconnect it to the computer (i.e. unplug / plug in the USB cable) after you put the switch to unlock, otherwise your computer might not detect it. This scanner also does not need any power source / plug socket, which is handy. It gets power from your computer (the USB cable is supplied). Overall I am very happy with this scanner - it did exactly what I wanted it to do and it was pretty cheap.

Evening all. For anyone considering this scanner for recent Macbooks or recent Mac OS versions, a word of warning - there is no easy way to get this scanner to scan at 2400dpi to 4800dpi resolutions, which is the whole point of this scanner, most cheap Printer all-in- ones already do you to 1200dpi after all. Canon for reasons best known to themselves, don't not have up to date drivers on their website for MAC OS 26 Tahoe. Canon also only seems to support the higher resolutions noted above with additional software known as ScanGear, that only works with, you've guessed it, up to date drivers that aren't available for the latest Macbooks. Apple's inbuilt Printer and Scanner software will only support up to 1200dpi on this scanner, it shows the 2400 and 4800 dpi options, but it hangs and fails to scan every time. Canon also only includes a USB C to USB A cable, with the USB C end required for the scanner socket. As you will know, recent MacBook's do not have USB A sockets, and Canon only endorses the included cable for correct power and data transfer, when using their cable plugged directly into your MacBook (i.e. not via a USB A to C adaptor or dongle. Hopefully this is useful to others, avoid this scanner if you have a recent Mac and don't want to spend hours on forums and Canon's own poor driver site trying to find workarounds. Going to try an Epson instead, who at least seem to bother having driver support on their site for Mac OS 26 Tahoe and prior recent versions.

I read with trepidation the reviews that said the scanner was not compatible with the latest MacOS Tahoe but the suggestion was groundless. The package arrived on the prescribed day in good order and the scanner was well protected. Setting up was a bit of a trial but not too difficult; however, so far I haven’t managed to find out how to provide a scan preview that I managed with my old Canon LIDE 9000 which is incompatible with the latest OS. So you scan and then check to see if it’s OK which is a bit of a retrograde step. Otherwise it is all quite straightforward and it produces good facsimiles. The only other aspect that is a little annoying is that as the scanner does not have a separate power source being powered by USB C connections, if you leave the computer on sleep the scanner periodically wakes to let you know it’s still present - this is not a major issue for an otherwise excellent piece of equipment.

The Canon LiDE 400 is a brilliant colour flatbed scanner. Setup with my MacBook Pro was effortless, plugging in and working instantly with no drivers needed. Scans are impressively fast, even at high DPI, delivering sharp results. Reliable, sleek, and highly recommended. Perfect for home, office, and creative projects alike.

This is for LiDE 400 installed under Windows 8.1 I tried the CD and I tried the online install. Both came to a halt at Step 2 when you are asked to plug in the USB C cable. Step 3 never arrived. (Thanks to another reviewer I had remembered to move the Unlock slider on the base of the scanner.) I could have gone round in circles all night but on forcing an exit from the Setup routine I found that there was now in fact an entry for Canon Utilities in the Windows Start Menu with the IJ Scan Utility as a submenu item. And IJ Scan seems to work fine. You'll need to tweak the settings for each scan type to save files with custom names, with your preferred resolution and colour, to a folder of your choosing. Canon seem to imply that the LiDE 400 Scanner can also be connected to a USB 2 port but, given its power requirement of 4.5 W, I seriously doubt it ... unless you want to fry something. Thank heaven for the Acronis image made before attempting this install. 5 stars for the hardware, 1 star for the install process.

Ottimo scanner, dopo mesi e mesi di utilizzo intensi funziona tutto correttamente

Recibí el escáner hace unos días. Es fácil bajar los controladores. Apenas lo estoy empezando a probar, editaré esta opinión cuando haya terminado con eso. Sólo les quiero advertir que el aparato no tiene botón de encendido/apagado, lo cual a mi me resulta muy incómodo porque se enciende cuando lo conectas a la PC por USB y lo tienes que estar conectando y desconectando cada vez que lo usas. Tardé un buen rato en poder escanear un documento por 1a. vez porque te pide mover una palanca para desbloquear el aparato y nomás no la encuentras: LA PALANCA PARA DESBLOQUEARLO ESTÁ EN LA SUPERFICIE DE ABAJO. Ahí verás los iconitos de un candado abierto y otro cerrado. Días después ya lo he empezado a usar. Es muy rápido, escanea con una gran nitidez y tiene funciones muy cómodas, como enviar de inmediato por correo lo que acabas de escanear o poder imprimirlo sin necesidad de guardarlo primero. Sí lo recomiendo.

Estamos ante un escáner que ofrece una calidad media aceptable, con un correcto funcionamiento y una correcta velocidad de escaneo. Sin embargo, tiene dos grandes inconvenientes, que lo hacen no apto para todas las personas. El primer inconveniente es su precio. Quiero decir, la variabilidad de su precio. Tan pronto pasa de los 85€, como apenas llega a lo 50€. Cuando se sitúa en torno a los 85€ no es recomendable en absoluto, hay opciones que por un poco más nos ofrecerán un salto cuantitativo y cualitativo tanto en prestaciones, como en calidad de imagen. Al rededor de los 50€ es una excelente opción, con una estupenda relación calidad/precio. El segundo inconveniente es con sus drivers. Estos no se instalan correctamente en las últimas versiones de Windows 10. El asistente de instalación llega a un punto en el que se queda bloqueado, siendo incapaz de finalizar el proceso de instalación. Si se cierra el programa de instalación o se reinicia el ordenador, en un principio parece que todo se ha instalado correctamente, ya que nos encontramos con que el escáner aparece correctamente configurado en el administrador de dispositivo de Windows, y el programa de gestión disponible en el menú de programas. Pero al arrancar el programa de gestión del escáner, e intentar escanear un documento cualquiera, nos encontramos con el problema de que nos sale una ventana de error de comunicación con el escáner. Este problema no se resuelve ni desinstalando ni reinstalando los drivers ni cambiando el cable de conexión. La única forma de solucionarlo es utilizando la opción de "Actualizar controlador" que nos brinda el "Administrador de dispositivos" de Windows 10. Si accedemos a esta opción, y luego le decimos al cuadro de diálogo que busque los controladores automáticamente, veremos que el driver del escáner se actualiza -supongo que obteniendo una versión optimizada en la base de datos de controladores de Microsoft- y que si ahora volvemos a intentar utilizar el programa de gestión del escáner, podremos comprobar que ahora sí que funciona todo de forma correcta. Así que de nuevo, si obviamos los inconvenientes que tiene este escáner, estamos ante un producto correcto para un uso doméstico, con una buena calidad de imagen y unas opciones de personalización de su uso sencillas pero muy funcionales.

Ich benutze diesen Scanner schon seit einigen Jahren und habenun einen zweiten für einen Bekannten besorgt und installiert. Die Installation über die angegebene Homepage ist selbsterklärend und unkompliziert. Es liegt auch eine Treiber-DVD bei. Der Anschluss erfolgt über ein beiliegendes USB A 3.0 auf USB C Kabel. Der Scanner kann mit dem beiliegenden Ständer auch aufgestellt werden, um bspw. Platz auf dem Schreibtisch zu sparen. Die fünf Tasten an der Front erlauben einem schnellen Zugriff auf die wichtigsten Funktionen. Diese können über die Scannersoftware beliebig konfiguriert und auf die persönlichen Anwendungszwecke angepasst werden. Mit der Qualität, Schnelligkeit und dem Scanergebniss bin ich sehr zufrieden. Im Vergleich zur Qualität und der gebotenen Leistung empfinde ich den Preis im Vergleich zu anderen Herstellern als fair. Ich bin zufrieden und kann eindeutig eine Empfehlung aussprechen.

Good as expected