[P1] OT: Canon Scanner (was How to apply for lawsuit settlement? & Panther on 366)

[W. J. Morrow]

> <snip>
> I just had a look....what a deal! I love my Canon scanner, but it's a
> whole lot bigger and takes more landscape and the inclusion of PE2 is a
> real deal! 
> </snip>
> 
> The thing that bugs me about Canon and their scanners is the crappy OS X
> support for some of the models.  If you look at Canon's website, they list 3
> consumer photo scanners, the LiDE 20, 30 and the 50 (which has been discussed
> here).
> They all list native OS X support, but if you look closely, the two cheaper
> models (LiDE 20 and 30) require Photoshop 7 for OS X native support.  How many
> people shopping for a cheap scanner are going to have, or want Photoshop 7?
> I love my Canon Cameras and scanner, but this mediocre Mac support is
> frustrating.  
> Sorry about the rant.


I have been using a Canon LiDE 30 scanner for almost a year now and it works
great in OSX. I do not have Photoshop 7. I use Canon's free CanoScan Toolbox
for scanning. No problems at all. It will also scan through Photoshop
Elements, but that is not needed to scan.

Bill