Canon imageFORMULA P-208II Portable Scanner | Double-sided Scanning | USB Powered for Home, Office or when Mobile | 10 Sheet Feeder | Driverless Scanning with Canon CaptureOnTouch Lite Software

This is such a good little portable scanner. In a world of CamScanner and similar, sometimes people can think "what's the point of something like this", but actually it's such an amazing device, I wanted to go into a little more detail about it. PROS 1. It's lightweight and very portable (more about that below) 2. It scans as well as other more expensive high quality scanners 3. It can scan duplex (double sided) 4. It can scan more than one document at once (believe it or not, it has like a small sheet feeder) CONS 1. It's not a high speed scanner like in an office (but it's not slow either). USES (as promised) 1. We used it in the office to scan everything from A4 to little petrol receipts 2. I use it when going to help relatives with scanning important documents - here is the even better part - within the scanner is a small disk drive which will get found when you plug it in to a USB port of someone's computer. On the drive is software and the drivers to run the scanner, so no need to take discs, download software, search for drivers, take a separate USB etc, it's all within the scanner. 3. It's robust, and because it's so simple to use (one button operation) it's easy for anyone.....however, the software allows you to configure so many options, so when the button is pressed, you are getting exactly what you want and how you want it. I would have given it 5 stars on "Easy to Use", except it took a little while to realise about the scanner having the internal drive with everything you need on it - once you figure that part out, it's 5 stars across the board. This is definitely worth the money, and highly recommended.

I unpacked and commenced setting it up today. It took 5 mins. But I posted a community question saying I had Windows 10, it scanned but wouldn't save the photos. One response said it was a waste of money. Well, I'd like to report that my own stupidity was the reason. I wasn't fully following the instructions. Once I'd got over the teething problems, I scanned about 150 photos in no time. Easy to pop into files so I'm hoping to complete 7 boxes of photos onto my PC in about another 4 days of scanning. It is so quick at scanning. And senses if a document is double sided so scans back and front just by popping the document in. I could scan multiples of photos - just feed them through one after the other. It's quiet, efficient and has capability of altering the clarity, brightness etc of images. Also you can rotate the images. I would thoroughly recommend it for sorting all your photos. We have a scanner within our printer but this little one just connects right next to my laptop without me having to leave my desk. Added advantage is because it only needs to connect with my PC I can use it anywhere. A brilliant buy and I would thoroughly recommend it.

Biggest concern was the software to run the device would be slow, for me if the device slower then using a mobile app ( taking picture converting to pdf and emailing to myself) then the product would be a fail. To my relief its great. Out the box it has some paper work (quick start guide, instructionmanul and cd). I use the device one 2 pcs running windows 10, a personal pc and my work laptop. I installed the driver and software on my personal pc but not on my work laptop as it doesnt have a cd rom plus i dont have the permission as an administrator to run. Luckily the product works right out the box no need to actually install the cd. You plug the device after windows does its thing it work. In your windows (10) explorer the device will appear as though it a seperate device, click the icon and your into user interfa e its pretty simple and self explanatory. The scan quality is good, the character regocnition work good depending on the source scanned and overall the scanning is quite quick. Ive probably scanned over 250 a4/letter paper and it picked up by the feeder with very few snags. Ive only scanned paper that are no fold or only a few folds, the most paper ive fed the device in one go was 10 and it picked each sheet with no snags or picking up 2 sheet instead of one. It much quicker then using a mobile app as especially if your scanning double sided. The default software you get to choose the scan quality whether its colour greyscale etc, whether you scan in simplex duplex or skip a page so pretty does all i need it to, the scanner (or maybe windows) remeber the setting you last scanned on so remeber to change if you scanning requirement change. A minor gripe but not really a major issue is it usesold mini usb in on the device with pc end usb 2.0, wish it used a type-c or even mico usb as the the older wires are now not as readily avaible so try not to loose the wire. If you scan infrequently but when a bunch at a time and are using apps on a phone this (for me at least) is a time efficient option i wouldnt recommend if your job require daily bulk scanning as there a quicker options out there. Overall happy with the device.

in my tech life i used so many different scanner, but this one is my favourite: * it's compact * easy to use * and good value for money definitely i live in a small house where i don't have enough space so i was looking for a compact scanner without all the drama of connecting to mains and having massive desk. So after a intense research i decided to buy this one and i am writing this review after a prolonged use and i can suggest anyone is looking for a portable scanner this one is one of the best. pro: * lots of scanning option EX: receipt, bank card, even odd shaped paper. NO PROBLEM * no power cord required. LIFE SAVING * Duplex enabled (front and rear scanning at the same time) Con: * because is very compact you have to be very careful with cleaning

Up until recently I had a multi function device from Canon (combined printer and scanner) but it wasn't particularly easy or light to move around, so I was on the lookout for a combined portable printer and scanner. Unfortunately I found that Canon doesn't make such a device, but ended up buying their portable printer (iP110) and this device as the scanner. First thing to note - it's fast - very fast - if you scan at the default setting which is black and white, it churns through a page very impressively (around 1s) - if you ramp it up to colour and 600dpi (the top setting) - it slows down quite a lot - but then again so do most scanners. This is the 2nd version of the P-215 scanner (as signified by the II postfix on the model name), and has been around for a while - the software that you get for this device is a little confusing - it comes with CaptureOnTouch v3.2, however if you look at the support website the Pro version (v4) is also available. If you choose to install v4 then you should uninstall v3.2 first - it will not install "over the top" of v3.2. The other worthy thing to note is that it comes with 2x USB cables - one is a micro USB data connector and the other is for power (it ends in a yellow power connector) - you are supposed to be able to get a "wall wart" adapter for this, but I've been unable to find a part number, and to be honest as long as you have 2x USB sockets, you don't need one. I connected this to my desktop PC, installed the software and it worked straight away, however on my laptop it was a slightly more involved affair - I know for a fact all my USB ports work on my laptop, yet I had to try different USB ports in order for the printer to work correctly - I am not sure whether this is due to the amount of power being drawn from a particular controller or a firmware issue (there are no firmware updates for this printer on their support site), but I had to use different USB ports depending on when I had powered my machine on (i.e. it changes between each reboot of the laptop). This device is also supposed to be able to scan even if it's not connected to a computer (and indeed is recognised as a drive when connected to a PC) but I have not yet used this functionality and will report further when/if I do so. There is also an optional WiFi adapter for this device which I had to purchase separately which allows you to operate this scanner independently and do not need to plug this scanner into a computer - it is in effect a USB Ethernet adapter. My recommendation ? Do not buy the WiFi unit or scanner - now I have used this device for a few months, it has become extremely irritating and if I could return it I would. Firstly I haven't been able to get the USB Ethernet adapter (Canon badged) working properly on Windows 10 (only Windows 7 is supported but I didn't find this out until after I had purchased the device and tried to get support on it - I say tried as no one from Canon called me back to assist further). Secondly although this item has a sheet feeder it is very temperamental in whether it picks up ANY pages - let alone any pages after the first. In daily usage I find I have to give the scanner a helping hand and push the paper into the scanner in order for it to pick up properly - this issue is exacerbated if you have a piece of paper which has been folded up (e.g. a letter) which you are trying to scan. I really wish Canon had tested this product further in their R&D labs before releasing it to the public. This device is so bad I will think twice before buying Canon again in the future.

I bought this to replace a previous Canon scanner that I had stolen. This is better than before - plug and play (but has driver disc included) and powered by the USB cable. The options for scanning are easy to follow - you can pick the quality for text or photos and it is quicker and easier to file than the previous model. Also gone are the little sticky out paper feed arms - but at no detriment to the feeder. I use this daily for work and would not be without it. You can put up to 10 pages in the paper grab and it will feed happily. If you are sneaky you can top this up as it goes along if you have more pages. You can single sheet feed and file multiple pages into one document and it is easy to delete any pages that are not right, re scan and reorder them. It is no good if you wish to scan from books or magazines unless you tear the pages out! The carrier bag (which is extra) is well worth the money for keeping dirt and dust out of it in your bag and keeping the cable with it! To me, comparing it to a flat bed scanner, would be like comparing wifi to dial up! Slick, quick, quiet, light and easy to use. A winner winner in my book!

The package reads or infers cable connectivity to Windows or Mac; but the package that I received presented only a cable for Mac. Disappointing in the extreme!

EDIT: What I wrote below was valid in 2016. 8 years on, Canon are still selling the product, but haven't upgraded the CaptureOnTouch app for Mac users for several years. Consequently the software is unstable, heading towards unusable. What a shame - it turns a brilliant little product into another obsolete piece of electrical waste. But they're still selling it... This is one of those rare tech purchases where the product doesn't only meet your expectations, but exceeds them. Generally duplex scanners with ADF cost £150-£300. I decided to take a bit of a punt on this. After all, surely a small, portable, USB-powered scanner couldn't really be up to much, could it? In fact it's a brilliant bit of kit. Don't let the size fool you. It scans A4, both sides simultaneously, taking a few seconds per sheet. The ADF function works better than averagely well, with few misfeeds. (If you've not used an Auto Document Feeder before, it means you can put in up to 10 sheets at once (perhaps a few more) and the scanner will automatically pull them through in sequence, scanning both sides of each sheet automatically.) The manufacturer's Mac software is very well-designed and easy to use, with options to scan to PDF, or direct to email, Evernote, Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, or a printer. If you choose the automatic settings, it will automatically detect page orientation (even when it varies within the same document), and even discard blank pages - ideal when scanning things like multi-page pension statements where half the pages are single-sided and half are duplex printed. When scanning to PDF, the software automatically OCRs the document and embeds the text data within the PDF, making PDFs fully searchable with the ability to copy and paste text from the image on screen. This is a valuable bonus as it takes out a step and another piece of software in your workflow. Scan quality can't be argued with; I've not tried photos, only documents, but for documents it's great. If you have bits of paper lying around and find manually scanning & filing them a chore, this is a great investment in time-saving. I used to scan hundreds of pages, one side at a time, in a manual flat-bed scanner. I can probably do with the P-20811 in ten minutes what used to take me a couple of hours.