[amo]

Hi all,

I'm anticipating getting an iMac in late July for college, and I'm going to need a scanner for photo-copying and stuff. I am a bit of a fan of Canon products and really like the CanoScan scanners, namely the <a href="http://consumer.usa.canon.com/scanners/index.html" target="_blank">N670U and N676U</a> because of their size and USB-power.

I know Canon had some BETA drivers for these scanners a couple months ago, but pulled them off the net for some reason. I have also heard that OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) has better support for scanners. Does anyone with a Canon scanner similar to the ones above have any idea on the future of these and OS X? I suppose I could just wait and see for myself when I do get my iMac, but I'm a bit impatient with Canon since they have only told me "We are currently working on support for Mac OS X."

Thanks for any info you give! Oh, by the way, I did run a search on the forums for CanoScan and Cannon Scanner but didn't find any results, so forgive me if this is a repetative topic.

[Kristoff]

Canon pees me off regarding the OS X support.

But, Vuescan supports my FB630Ui, so who needs Canon.
The scanner is great, it's the lack of interest in porting drivers that pees me off.
But, I am happy, because now I can scan.

So, I recommend Canon's hardware, but you'd do good to buy Vuescan anyway.

<small>[ 06-25-2002, 11:54 AM: Message edited by: Kristoff ]</small>

[Milo Waye]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by amo:
<strong>Hi all,

I'm anticipating getting an iMac in late July for college, and I'm going to need a scanner for photo-copying and stuff. I am a bit of a fan of Canon products and really like the CanoScan scanners, namely the <a href="http://consumer.usa.canon.com/scanners/index.html" target="_blank">N670U and N676U</a> because of their size and USB-power.

I know Canon had some BETA drivers for these scanners a couple months ago, but pulled them off the net for some reason. I have also heard that OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) has better support for scanners. Does anyone with a Canon scanner similar to the ones above have any idea on the future of these and OS X? I suppose I could just wait and see for myself when I do get my iMac, but I'm a bit impatient with Canon since they have only told me "We are currently working on support for Mac OS X."

Thanks for any info you give! Oh, by the way, I did run a search on the forums for CanoScan and Cannon Scanner but didn't find any results, so forgive me if this is a repetative topic. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">they released a final version 6.5.0.0 or something. i used the beta which i installed without incident, and it worked well and i installed the released version on my Mom's Cube and did it right, :relief: and it works well; then did it on my own Cube and did something out of order and hosed it so badly never did get it to work. had to d/l vuescan to use the scanner.

[Zoom]

I've got the 670 and have had no problems under OS 9. Haven't tried OSX yet. It's a nice little scanner. It's a little loud and a little slow, but I like the fact that it's USB powered and so very small. I think it's a good choice, assuming you can find drivers for OSX.