CanonimageFormula DR-C225 Home Office Document Scanner

Great hardware. I have scanned folded and crumpled letter and legal size documents, as well as various sizes of paper and cards like driver license and business cards. All scanned well and quickly with few jams.Software is good. I already had Paperport 14, so I skipped that. Canon's Capture on Touch is pretty good, once you figure it out and set up the profiles you want. You can set it up to create a separate pdf for each page or all pages into one pdf file, color, B&W, greyscale or automatic. I found that using B&W on a crumpled carbon copy on pink paper removed the color and the wrinkles. Very pleased with the scanner and software.Drivers are an issue. I installed it on Windows 7. When I upgraded to Windows 10 the computer could not find the scanner. I emailed customer support and got a reply in a couple of hours (on a Sunday!) that there was no Win10 driver yet; as a current product it would probably get one, but no ETA available. So kudos for a prompt response, a Bronx cheer for its content.I resolved my driver issue by using a NextBook that is running Windows 8.1. Driver and Capture on Touch work fine, and I set up the profiles to save to a folder on OneDrive. Then I go to the Win10 computer and move the file to other folders on that computer. It works, but I am looking forward to the Win10 driver. Another reviewer indicates that Canon expects to release the driver in 2 - 3 weeks.When the Win10 driver is released, and I determine that it works property, I think I will increase my rating to 5 stars. I am debating whether or not to knock off a star for what appears to be an habitual delay in developing drivers for new operating systems that other manufacturers do not seem to encounter. Googling revealed a similar delay in delivering drivers when Windows 8 came out.UPDATE 8/29/15: Windows 10 driver and software are out. I haven't tried them because I dropped back to Windows 7. There were just too many articles about Windows 10 phoning home with all kinds of information for me to feel comfortable. So I have given it 5 stars because it is a great scanner.

I'm using this to digitize my life -- tax returns since the 1980s, rental property info, financial records, etc.! It installed easily -- I'm using Windows 10 and I was operational within about an hour. I've done about 10,000 pages with very few problems -- staples, crumpled paper and the like -- all things I should have fixed before I did the scanning. The software is great -- I scan to PDF files stored on my desktop, then rename and migrate them to permanent storage -- I'm saving multiple copies -- online, cloud and USB drives! Already have more than 4 GB of data! While I'm scanning, I've found that the software presents it correctly but when opening the PDF files later using Adobe Acrobat, I sometimes have to rotate the view - no big deal. Another thing I like about the software is that it senses whether there's anything on the back of a page and scans/doesn't scan as appropriate -- GREAT! I like this so much, I'm thinking about buying another to keep in case this one ever breaks down! I know that there's a version that's Internet enabled, but I'm comfortable with the USB 2.0 connection. I thought that it might be a bit slow and that a USB 3.0 connection might be better, but it's very fast -- it's rated at 20 ppm, and it does that -- front and back simultaneously.

I have used this machine for almost 10 years and I love it. The only reason I had to buy a new one is becuase I finally convinced my boss at my current job to get it. It is a workhorse. I used it daily at my last job and scanned nearly every document that crossed my desk. I managed HR and accounting so that means lots of paper. Aside from the occassional jams, which were always easy to clear, it never gave me any trouble. It didn't need serviced or repaired. It just worked and did a quality scanning job. I loved it so much I bought one for my home and have used that one for years, but not as heavy use, of course.The hardware is great, the set up was easy. I can't speak to the software that comes with it. We had a third-party e-filing system at work that it worked great with, Intact by InfoDynamics. At home I just used it with my existing folder structure. I am just now exploring how to use PaperPort, the included software, as we don't already have software at my current place of employment.

This is an awesome scanner. I haven't used the Fujitsu scansnap ix500 which is (apparently) this scanner's closest rival. However, I went with the Canon because I wanted a smaller footprint for the desk in our kitchen. I'm planning on going paperless with this scanner for all our mail / documents. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because it doesn't have wifi or bluetooth. I don't love having to have it plugged in via USB, but it is worth the smaller footprint and vertical U feature that spits the paper back up vertically so that you don't have to worry about how the paper will spit out in front. It's nice though that you can adjust it to spit out the front if you have a thicker document or business card, notecard, etc.I plan to scan mostly to PDF and the file sizes, text quality, and OCR recognition at the default levels is really good. I didn't even need to adjust the defaults until I wanted to scan our property tax receipt which is a weird multi-page stuck (glued) together but not full size sheet. The software kept telling me that it detected a double feed scan and it would abort (even though I adjusted the U turn thing to feed straight through and the switch on the right side was up, so the indicator showed orange which is supposed to not separate the pages when feeding). It took some fiddling to figure out but all I needed to do was add another shortcut that had the advanced settings enabled with 'Double Feed Detection' disabled.All and all I'm very happy with the speed and quality that this scanner provides.