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Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner (1306B002) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Canon
Category: CE
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $97.95
You Save: $2.04 (2%)
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Rating:  284 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11.7
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 18.7 x 3.3
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 1306B002
Model: 1306B002
UPC: 013803067880
EAN: 0013803067880
ASIN: B000HDWZLC
Release Date: August 7, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| | High resolution, high speed scanning with USB 2.0 Hi speed interface | | | Built-in film adapter for scanning 35mm and slides | | | 7 easy buttons to quickly copy,scan,e-mail or create multi-page PDF files | | | Spectacular scans: Produce scans with spectacular resolution of up to 4800 x 9600 color dpi. | | | Rich, vivid color: 48-bit color depth yields over 281 trillion possible colors. |
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Product Description
optical resolution: 4800 x 9600 dpi (19,200 x 19,200 dpi interpolated) * 48-bit color depth * scan up to six frames of 35mm film or four mounted slides at a time * high-speed USB interface * hinged expansion top allows scanning of thick items *
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Great Scanning Performance for Photos and Film.
Ready to produce high-resolution scans of photos, documents, even 35mm film and slides? With the CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner it's easy. Seven buttons automate the entire scanning process, so it's simple to scan, copy and create e-mails and multi-page PDFs. This smart scanner delivers a spectacular color dpi resolution of 4800 x 9600 (max.) and built-in retouching technology can further enhance your final images. Plus, the Advanced Z-Lid expansion top lifts approximately 1-inch vertically and lets you produce clear, complete scans even of thick originals such as notebooks. Features include: - Spectacular scans: Produce scans with spectacular resolution of up to 4800 x 9600 color dpi.
- Rich, vivid color: 48-bit color depth yields over 281 trillion possible colors.
- Multi-image scanning: To save time, simultaneously scan up to 6 frames of 35mm film (negatives or positives).
- Faster data: The USB 2.0 interface enables the fastest possible image transfers and scanning speeds.1
- Copy / scan thick originals: You can even copy or scan thick items that do not lie flat on the platen.
- Incredible resolution: The included software greatly enhances resolution, up to an amazing 19,200 color dpi.
- Easy scanning: Large function buttons automate the scanning process—select the use for the image and it's ready in seconds.
1. USB 2.0 Hi-Speed requires Windows XP, 2000 or Mac OS X operating systems. For Windows 98, Me and Mac OS X v.10.2 to 10.2.6 operating systems, the scanner will operate at USB 1.1 specifications. What's in the box
CanoScan 4400F, AC Adapter, USB Cable, Film Guides: 35mm (negatives) and 35mm (mounted slides), Documentation kit: Setup Software & User's Guide CD-ROM, Quick Start Guide, Cross Sell Sheet, Registration Card, Warranty Card
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| Customer Reviews: Read 279 more reviews...
 Great quality for the money January 4, 2007
Briggsmo (Boston)
128 out of 130 found this review helpful
I bought this scanner to replace my Canon Lide 35. I wasn't happy with that one as the quality of the scans seemed only adequate, but it was the only scanner I could find at the time that was the right physical size to fit on the sliding shelf of my computer cabinet. I had to compromise and give up an excellent quality scanner to get one that fit.
Although it only just arrived, I am already thrilled with the Canon 4400F. Not only is it smaller (narrower) than some of the other brands and fits on my shelf, I am extremely pleased with the quality of the scans at several different resolutions, color modes, and sources and with the speed that the scanner accomplishes each task. (The scans of negatives do take a little longer to complete.) I have already successfully scanned black and white documents, color prints, color photos, pages and images from books, and just had my first experience scanning negatives. I was shocked with the excellent quality and color of the scanned negatives and will now plan on getting them all scanned and saved on my computer in the coming weeks. I bought this primarily to scan sections of documents, artwork, and photos, and the negative scanner is an unexpected and very welcome bonus. I likely will not use the buttons on the front, preferring to use the advanced mode on the ScanGear software to have a little more control over the final product.
I did have some problems getting the scanner to work properly at first. After a few scans the ScanGear software and my photoshop CS software would both apparently crash requiring control-alt-delete to force quit the program. I went to the canon website and downloaded their updated driver and installed that and the problem only got worse. I then uninstalled the new driver and downloaded it again, installed it again and rebooted my PC again, and despite my best efforts to get the software to crash, it is working like a dream.
I am thrilled with this product because it works so well and am probably even more thrilled with it because it was relatively inexpensive. Definitely one of my better purchases.
super value March 13, 2007
etalieninaz (goodyear, arizona)
90 out of 91 found this review helpful
Needing to replace my really ancient Visioneer scanner for importing 35mm slides and negatives into CS2 at a higher quality, I settled on the buying either the Canon 8600F or the 4400F. As I see it, the 8600F is an industrial-strength version of the lightweight 4400F, but costs about $70 more. The 8600 is somewhat bigger and weighs 50% more than the 4400F, but otherwise they're pretty much identical in capabilities and operation. In fact, Canon's website shows identical sales blurb for both the 4400F and the 8600F. The supplied software (CanoScan Toolbox, ArcSoft PhotoStudio, NewSoft Presto PageManager, ScanSoft OmniPage SE) are identical for both the 4400F & the 8600F. The PS Elements 5.0 included with the 8600F was not important since I use CS2. The only unknown is what exactly is the difference between the 8600F's "built-in FARE Level 3 retouching technology" and the 4400F's "built-in retouching technology." I suspect it's nearly the same. So I bought the 4400F from Amazon (best price).
Installation was a snap and the first scan came out as expected. A bit slow, but all decent resolution scans are slow regardless of who makes the scanner unless you want to spend big bucks. The only negative is the lack of a power button on the 4400F (if you're like me, you'll always forget to pull the plug when you've finished scanning). Although it'd be easy to put a switch on the power cord, the switch would have to be located near the plug socket, so a switch really wouldn't be all that much helpful.
The net of all of this is that if you plan to do some really heavy-duty scanning and also would like to utilize Photoshop Elements 5.0 for image enhancing, go with the 8600F. Otherwise, use the 4400F.
My crude comparison of Canon's 8600F and the 4400F:
-----------------------------8600F---------4400F
Weight:-------------------- 9.3 pounds---6.2 pounds
Height:--------------------- 4.9 inches---3.3 inches
Width:--------------------- 11.3 inches--10.2 inches
Depth:--------------------- 18.6 inches--18.7 inches
On/off button------------- yes------------no
Photoshop Elements 5.0- yes------------no ($43 @Vio)
Built-in FARE Level 3----- yes-------------?
retouching technology
Cost:---------------------- $160--------- $92
Wow! I'm scanning slides from the 1940s w/in 10 min of setup!!! January 3, 2008
J. Muench (NY United States)
48 out of 48 found this review helpful
I have been toting around a shoebox of my dad's slides since he passed away. There are about 500 Kodachrome transparencies of family vacations, army photos, and all us kids at Easter and Christmas. Even without cleaning the slides, I am completely amazed at how good these are coming out! I was only able to see these in one of those little slide boxes you held up to the light--until today. I'm finding great early photos of my mom from the 40s wearing a fantastic print dress and big curls in her hair! So far I'm extremely pleased with how these are coming out!!!
The scanner is VERY easy to set up. I have an iMac running Leopard. I followed the quick-start guide, popped in the cd, clicky click click, plug it in, did a quick test with a cartoon, and worked like a charm. I mainly purchased it for scanning this bunch of old slides. It comes with a little plastic tray (for lack of a better term) to put 4 slides in. This tray is conveniently hidden behind a white plastic sheet in the lid of the scanner. This tray feels kinda flimsy, so I'm being very careful with it--that is my only concern so far.
With the $99 price, there is no great software for correcting the dust and fuzz. You can however, play a little bit with the image settings. For most of what I have scanned so far, I have only set the Backlight Correction setting to Low or Medium; and you can do this on a slide by slide basis or do them all on one setting. This has made some of the older dark photos look fantastic. I have also used the Rotate to turn the photo right way up or flip it over.
I'm really impressed with the quality and ease-of-use so far. My intention was just to get these into a digital format before they turn to dust, not do magic with them just yet. Like the Technicolor Ektachrome slides are red-red, and I'd like to eventually fix the worthwhile ones of those, as well as do the repair and hair removal needed on a bunch. Overall first impression is this is a great value, and the quality is better than expected overall. If you need to do a LOT of correcting of your slides/film/photos, you may want to jump up a few levels to one with a more advanced Photo-shop-like software to do this all at once.
Update 1/27/08--
I was in such a hurry to get slides digitized when I started using this scanner... Just wanted to pass on what I learned so far. I'm pretty impressed with the software that does come with it. At first pass it didn't seem all that impressive and I thought I was lucky that the slides scanned looked as good as they did! After taking more time--and slowing down to see what some of the other options really did in the panel after you have 'previewed' a batch--omg it does wonders!!! The Ektachromes that are way red, well now they look much more normal. I have gone back and rescanned a bunch of slides from the beginning mad rush I was in, and I have to tell you that they look even more incredible than before. A pretty good scan of a slide of my Mom dated May 1946 is brighter, skin color more natural... I'm very pleased with how this product is working, can you tell?!
Another crumb of advice, get a good quality photo brush to get the dust and crumbs off the slides--I'm surprised how much can get removed with the soft natural bristles. I also got a photographic emulsion cleaner and pads for some of the tough spots. Whatever is in that bottle has removed quite a few of those black spots that always show up on someone's forehead!
And I see the price dropped on this... I paid $99 and thought it was a good deal! Good luck!
Great scanner for images, slides or negatives! December 27, 2006
D. Burton (Kentucky, United States)
47 out of 47 found this review helpful
I just got this scanner about 10 days before Christmas. I've been very pleased - it exceeds all my expectations.
I got it for two reasons: (1) my old scanner does not work with Windows XP, and (2) I've been wanting a good scanner for slides and negatives for many years, but decided to wait until technology and price improved. Well, it was worth the wait! I've already scanned several dozen color slides as well as several negatives and other images. The quality of the slide and negative scanning was excellent! And the speed is great compared to my old scanner. I've not tried all the bells and whistles yet, but everything I've tried so far works very well. Using the slide holder is a little tedious, but for the price I am extremely pleased.
I did considerable research before buying this scanner, and quickly learned that Canon is definitely the way to go for quality film/slide scanners. I first planned to order a Canoscan model that I later found out was discontinued, but this one is a newer model and seems to be as good or better, from what I can tell thus far.
I'll supplement this review if necessary once I've used the scanner some more.
Low Cost, Lots of Features, Bundled Software Good, Quiet, Fast February 9, 2007
L. Evans (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
I love the one touch buttons on the front that loads software and scans all in the touch of a button. Excellent photo quality scans. The software for scanning color photos has a fading correction feature that works great. I never realized how much my old color photos had faded until I used this feature to correct for that. Excellent and easy to use other photo correction capabilities as well as many other scanning options. The lid for the bed has the ability to flex at the hinge pivot point to allow for placing of large books or photo albums. Easy to install software and hardware. Just plug the power cord and USB cord in, run the install and it's ready. Driver support for other software programs works well too.
All around, excellent price and quality!!
The only possible down side is the bed size is basically letter size, so scanning legal size documents is out. That's okay for me, just make sure it's okay for you. Canon has similar larger scanners that I would trust after using this one.
By the way, I had to call their support number because I thought an item was missing in the shipment (it wasnt, just my mistake in un-boxing the scanner) but they were ready to send me a replacement part right away. Excellent support!!
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