How is the scanner for photos?
1346152
I have found the scanner to be every bit as good as a HP5P that I have previousy used for color family photographs. It has high resolution which allows enlargement of smaller photographs with high quality resulis. It is so handy to use, I never use the HP any more. I might add that the scanning software included is excellent. Wendell Hanson
1346153
For scanned photos I'd rate it poor. Printing photo from compeer somewhat better.
1346154
We are a Mac (Apple) household. I say that because the printer comes, of course, with a 'scan' option and settings. These only work on Windows PCs. Not a problem though since the way to scan on a Mac is to use the Image Capture application that comes with the Mac OS. It works very very well. As for scanning pictures, the quality is very good.
1346155
It does a fine job. I have scanned several photos and have been very happy with results. You can set the quality to various levels to meet your demands.
321410
It won't scan negatives but some users, including me, have had good luck with photos and others have not. It depends on the quality one wants.
1044332
Yes, it takes a while to scan, but the results are nice. Make sure the glass and the negatives are clean to start. My PIXMA is still working many years later.
1509278
Absolutely. My only problem with the scanner was that it said that it could scan negatives but failed to say only 35 mm negatives. It scans photos great and I'm happy with the results.
390801
You can set the DPI between 150 and 600. It can handle photo's but remember this scanner is all about speed. If your looking to do some photo's that is really high quality I would look at a flat bed scanner.
1218647
Yes you can use it to scan your photos and the resolution is wonderful, colors are exact and very crisp. Great scanner.
1043270
Photos are loaded and scanned individually.Although I LOVE my ION scanner, I would not recommend you purchase it to scan photos. Buy an inexpensive flatbed scanner, instead. This item is great for scanning negatives - and that's what I use it for. The quality of the scanned photos is not that great, however.
621817
Yes. We scanned a number of photo's for my father-in-law's memorial, both old and new and it did a great job. Very fast and efficient in handing the scan and the file save.
194469
I havnt tried photos but the it is a good quality document scan and does several at a time in the document feeder.
1247068
It did not work good on any photos. I found that the ScanSnap 300 by Fujitsu works excellent on all... plus it is good for documents.
1064305
Have you used this scanner for a mounted 35mm slide? What is the ease of use and the quality of the scan? I am looking for a scanner to scan many, many slides from my father and need ease of use as well as scan quality.Many thanks,Helen
1312412
I've used it for photo's and haven't had any problems. I scan everything in at 300 dpi, and it's pretty speedy. I have not tried doing 150 dpi though. It does auto crop and fix any skewing or rotation that may have happened too.
1064181
Yes, I recommend it. I've had four different scanners. This is by far the best, light, multiple resolution settings, color or b/w. I love this one.
32282
No experience with scanning photos. We however scan large quantities of documents without issues of damage. The image quality is very good, but never tried with a photo. Sorry. That being said, photos tend not to be standard paper sizes and it does have the adjustable guides on the paper feeder, so I think that will help keep them lined up.
991456
I just finished transferring all of my photos to digital copies and am very happy with it. It does take a little getting to know the driver and settings since it defaults to quick scan for ID copies in business environments.
1662571
Hi Andrei. It's pretty quick actually. I never scan more than say 10-15 pages at a time though. The auto feed works great for this too. I actually own 3 of these all-in-ones for various locations.
2243204
It scans photographs pretty well. I don't think it's quite as good as my Epson v500, but it's "good enough" unless you're doing archival work and want the absolute best result you can get. The software does little to no post-processing, and your only choice of output for photographs is JPG (which is always a "lossy" format, as opposed to TIF or other "lossless" format). I don't know if it's the particular JPG compression or the scanner itself, but there is a [very] slight "tiling" effect to the scanned photographs. I suppose overall, I would give it a 7.5/10 for photos. Additionally, since it is a sheetfed scanner, if there is any dust on the scanner "lens", you will end up with a line, as opposed to the V500, so you need to keep that clean. On the plus side, you can scan multiple photos (of approximately the same size) automatically from the document feeder tray, and you can scan the back of the photos at the same time to keep context (many people write notes on the back of photos, which takes twice as much time to scan if you are using a photo scanner). I will upload an example of this scanner vs my V500 in the "customer images" and you can judge for yourself. (edit: never mind...Amazon won't allow me to add customer images for this product) The image is at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pg9fxsfvvdmutlj/S1300i_vs_V500_comparison.png