In our tests, color photographs looked grainy and were flawed by horizontal banding. People who are seasoned film and photograph scanners won't love the LiDE 80's scan quality. ScanGear, the scanner driver, is a must, as is ScanSoft OmniPage, for its optical character recognition (OCR) function. The rest of the software package is of variable utility. Installation is simple but tedious there are eight items to install, including the manual, plus Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, which is well worth having. Like its partner, the CanoScan LiDE 50, the LiDE 80 connects to a PC or a Macintosh computer via USB. When the film adapter is in place and the scanner lid is closed (the recommended position for scanning), the scanner lid tilts slightly to one side, adding a funky note to the system's otherwise well-polished design. Two rear ports, one for the USB 2.0 connection and one for the Film Adapter Unit (FAU), are the only inputs power comes through the USB cable. Just four raised buttons on the front-one each for copying, scanning, filing, and e-mailing scanned images-control all functions. It weighs in at just less than four pounds, making it portable enough to travel. With its slender body lightly ribbed, silver-aluminum cover and dark gray trim, the Canon CanoScan LiDE 80 looks like a cookie sheet (it's only an inch-and-a-half thick) and is almost as straightforward.
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