Anyone using a Canon USB 2.0 scanner?

[Aquaman]

Anyone using a Canon USB 2.0 scanner? I'm using the Canon 670U but I was thinking for my next scanner I'd get the one with the USB 2.0 supporrt. Is it much faster than the USB 1.1 scanner I have?

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Peter]

They aren't any faster, just like most of the "USB 2.0" stuff out there. If the box says "USB 2.0 Full Speed", then that's a case for the Bullsh*it Detector.

USB as of specification 2.0 has three speed levels: Slow, Full, and newly introduced High. Yes, Full speed is less than High speed. Stupid this is, but good for the marketing. "USB 2.0 Full Speed" sounds a lot faster than "USB 1.1", but it's the same thing. You want a "USB 2.0 High Speed" device.

See www.usb.org for the standardized logos that tell these apart.

regards, Peter

 

[LED]

I'm using one and the actual scan is much faster but as Peter mentioned there is 1 wait for the light and scan adjustment...Beautiful scans non the less and the price is right along with a slides adapter which I wanted

 

[*kjm]

Originally posted by: LED
I'm using one and the actual scan is much faster but as Peter mentioned there is 1 wait for the light and scan adjustment...Beautiful scans non the less and the price is right along with a slides adapter which I wanted

Im in the same boat as LED .... I got the D1250U2F for the slide adapter. It does have the highspeed USB lable on the box also. I dont know how slow the old USB scanners were because my old Umax was a SCSI model. I can tell you this one is just as fast as my SCSI model was, at least it seems like it. I have not set them side by side and tested and I don't plan to because this one is plenty fast for me.