Canon Reviews

I purchased a new Multipass C530 hoping to use it with my laptop computer, operating under Windows 2000. I quickly learned that using the C530 with my laptop was very inconvenient. The drivers for the fax/scanner interfere with the operating system start-up when disconnected from the C530. Canon tech support suggests that laptop users load the BJC-4000 drivers and set the C530 to DOS print mode. Evidently this works for some, but not for me. Best to use the C530 for desktop computers only.

I have had this scanner for about 2 years and have never had a problem with it. The drivers are a little hard to find on cannons web site if you are running xp. it has a one button interface that you press when you want to scan something and it will ask you what program you use for the picture. that is a nice feature. The "scangear" drivers and software are pretty good and let you do some simple things when you preview the scan like brightness, contrast, cropping, before you do a final scan.

If you want to print your pictures at high quality than i would resommend getting a higher quality scanner, but this is a great deal and qorks great for small images and posting your photos up on the web!

Picked this up for (...) - and except for lacking the Z-lid of the newer Canon scanners, it works like a charm. Only uses a single USB connector and smooth as silk when used inside of Photoshop. I've actually left his scanner in my briefcase and forgotten it was there. A great compliment to a laptop, and a breeze to operate.

I have been using this scanner for approx. 1 year and have had no problems at all with it. I realized when I bought it that it was not the new FB630U scanner, but a refurbished or factory-reconditioned scanner, and anticipated problems, however, the only difficulty I had was hooking it up and that was due to my lack of knowledge, not the scanner. I called the company and they very pleasantly walked me through the installation and I haven't needed anything since. My experience with this scanner has been comparable to it being a new scanner.
There are sometimes "lemons" produced in all things, new or re-furbished but I would not hesitate to recommend this product based on my experience with it. Due to this also I would not hestitate to buy another product that had been factory reconditioned if I were carefully managing my money.

If you want to print more than one item at a time you have to wait till the first item is completly done printing. There is no multi-tasking with this unit. I aligned the cartridges like the manual told me yet words are split in half. It works, it's cheap, it makes a lot of noise, when your not using it it's making noise and doing something over there.

I've bought this housing at B&H photo, in NYC, to take my camera to a kayaking trip down the delaware. Unfortinately I was unable to do so, not only did it have a hole through which water was able to get inside, the line along which the two plastic pieces are stitched together came apart when I tried to put the camera in. I got a feeling that a ziplock would protect my camera better than this bag. I brought it back for a full refund, the next day.