Canon DR 3080C Path-Through Scanner--A reliable, heavy duty scanner
Written: Dec 17 '03
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Pros: Fast, reliable, 50+ sheet feeder, scans color
Cons: Not suitable for scanning photos, very pricey!
The Bottom Line: A reliable, heavy duty scanner for businesses that want to go paperless.
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| azwaracres's Full Review: Canon DR 3080C Path-Through Scanner |
The DR 3080C is about 13 inches wide and 10 inches deep when closed. When the cover is down for scanning it's about 18 inches deep. It's about 7.5 inches high.
I've been using one of these at work for 2 1/2 years--our goal was to become a paperless office, so for the first 9 months we had it, I was scanning probably at least 4 hours a day/5 days a week. I have scanned tens of thousands of pages, maybe a 100,000+, and the unit is still running fine. The Canon DR 3080C is one of the most trouble-free and reliable pieces of office equipment I've ever used.
It handles all sizes of paper--from receipts to legal size. If you have tabloid size (11 x 17) you'll have to either shrink it on a copier or cut it into 8.5 x 11 size sheets.
I was scanning files that were 20+ years old. I'd take the file folder to the copy room and take out staples, paper clips and make copies of stuff I knew I couldn't scan: onion skin paper (remember that?--it's too thin), some darker color papers (green especially), anything odd shaped or with rips.
My rule of thumb for maximum # of pages in the scanner's feeder is 50 though you can get 60+ w/out problem. (Tip: I'd count out 50 pages then scan them and check that all scanned. I'd wind up with several .tif files that I'd merge together when I was done. It's a lot easier to find a missing page among 50 than among several hundred pages. And yes, it can occasionally skip a page, especially if pages have been folded together like in a business size envelope--get those creases out!)
Sometimes the "skip a blank page" feature will skip a page with only one line on it, so it's best to duplex (scan back and front) everything, then go back and delete blank pages. We save our scanned files as .tif files accessible using the Kodak Imaging software. I use Canon's PixUtil for the actual scanning, although you can use the Kodak Imaging as well (if I want to scan in color, I MUST use Kodak Imaging.) Usually we scan at the Enhanced Text level--it's black & white plus picks up handwritten stuff better than at just black & white but nowhere near the memory requirement of grayscale.
So, in conclusion, it's a lot of money for a scanner but a very reliable piece of office equipment for businesses seriously wanting to go paperless.
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Amount Paid (US$): 3500
Interface: SCSI
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