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Canon CanoScan 9950F
Reviewed by
Jeff Dorgay
on 10/21/2004

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  • Type: Flatbed scanner - Desktop
  • Optical Resolution: 4800 dpi x 9600 dpi
  • Scanner interface type: IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
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The good: Adequate all-in-one scanner; quiet operation

The bad: Spartan feature set; lackluster scans.

The bottom line: An OK scanner for an OK price.

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  • CNET editors' rating: 3.0 stars Good
    Detailed editors' rating
      Design : 8.0
      Features : 7.0
      Performance : 6.0
      Service and support : 8.0
      Overall score: 6.8 (3.0 stars)
  • Reviewed by:
    Jeff Dorgay
  • Edited by:
    Rebecca Viksnins
  • Reviewed on: 10/21/2004
The Canon CanoScan 9950F gets our vote for one of the coolest flatbed scanner designs on the market. Its blue-backlit power button and shiny, black body make it look more like a BMW than an office machine. Alas, looks aren't everything. The 9950F's speed, scan quality, and feature set are solid but not spectacular.

You won't have to give up much desk real estate for the 9950F; its 11.4-by-20-inch footprint occupies relatively little space. Setup is simple. Just install the necessary drivers and software, and connect the scanner to a USB (PC) or FireWire (Mac) port; you'll be ready to scan in about 5 minutes. Four buttons for accessing basic scanning options (Scan, Copy, PDF, and E-mail) line the front panel. From within ScanGear's interface, you can select between two scanning modes, Simple and Advanced. In Simple mode, you can choose the type of original (reflective, positive, or negative), pick from a few output sizes, and select 150dpi or 300dpi output resolution. Advanced mode gives you more control; you get tools to adjust brightness/contrast, gamma, and a pair of tone-curve palettes, with scan resolutions available from 75dpi to 4,800dpi. If you have a group of originals that need the same corrections applied, just save the settings in the Favorites box and reapply to subsequent scans.

Unlike some manufacturers that license Kodak's Digital ICE technology for restoring prints, Canon uses its own technology, which is simply called Dust And Scratch Removal, from within ScanGear's option menu. While much faster than the Digital ICE implementations--about 3 minutes for an 8x10-inch scan compared to about 10 minutes for the same scan with ICE--it doesn't work as well, removing fewer specks and costing you some sharpness. A 300dpi 8x10 scan took 1 minute, 10 seconds.

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  • alaTest.com

    Editors' rating: 86

    Summary: alaTest has collected and analyzed 226 reviews of Canon CanoScan 8000F from international magazines and websites. Experts rate this product 81/100 and users 85/100. Comparing these reviews to 33511 other Scanners reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 86/100 = Very Good.

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    Editors' rating: 100

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  • macworld.com

    Editors' rating: 90

    Summary: The CanoScan 9950F bumps the optical resolution up from 3,200 dpi to 4,800 dpi. It supports both FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 connections and ships with a stack of film holders to hold just about any common format

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  • pcmag.com

    Editors' rating: 80

    Summary: The Canon CanoScan 9950F is an all-purpose scanner with good OCR accuracy, one-button scanning to PDF format, and a bundled document-management program. But the emphasis is on film, with scans of reasonably good quality and a design that lets you ...

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  • goodgearguide.com.au

    Editors' rating: 90

    Summary: Canon's CanoScan 9950F is a great scanning option for expert users who need high-quality powerful tools, and speed.

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