Canon Lide 210 Scanner: How To Scan Higher Than 600 Dpi?

I bought the Lide 210 scanner under the impression it could scan at a resolution up to 1200 dpi. The maximum the drop down list shows for scanning resolution (using the program that came with the scanner) is 600 dpi. For anyone that has one of these am I missing something?

I'll add another [recent-buyer] Canon LiDE 210 question - how do I select a small scanning area of say, 2 x 3 inches? No matter what I do, it uses the entire scanning glass 8 x 11 to make scans. It doesn't help that the manual's written in pidgin Vietnamese-English!!

At the moment, I tend to think this Canon's HIGHLY OVER-RATED.

Would this link from Canon USA Support help either of you gentlemen?

Doug,
When I get home I am going to look at my settings. My scanner isn't scanning the whole bed but I can't from memory tell you what the setting is to change it.

Zuzu, That looks like it has possibilities. I have been using Navigator and it looks like scan gear is more flexible. Thanks for the suggestion.

I have a Cannon Lide scanner and use the Scangear software that came with it. It is downloadable anyway from their site.
To scan a smaller area I use "preview" then I can select the area required... much like the "crop" function that is in photo software.

re the resolution at 1200. I believe some setting cannot be scanned at that resolution. You have to set the "scan mode" drop down menu to Color Photos... You mave have Color (Multiscan) set as default which wont do 1200. Try Color (Photos) sttting.

Using "preview" may work, but it's certainly a backwards way to do it, if that's the way Canon has designed it. Right now, the new Canon is sitting there gathering dust, and I'm using the OLD faithful OneTouch 7300, which works fine, but is slower than the dickens.

yes....but if I don't use "preview" before I scan, how else can I know what size to make the crop to make the actual scan?

Correct, I think most scanners work that way. Any of the scanners I have ever owned have been like that, at least. Especially on high resolution scans, a preview and crop becomes almost essential - it can take forever for graphics programs to work with a full page of 1200 dpi stuff. It's far better to crop out the stuff you don't need so you're working with a much smaller area to begin with.

Ryan

Can you still return it?..if so..get yourself an Epson.
I've been using them for years...great scanner..great program.

OK, I see the problem is my terminology. I rarely if ever scan "part" of a page. Nearly all the time I am scanning a cover (set for 5 x 7 inches) or a stamp (set for 2 x 2 inches. After the scan, there's generally nothing to crop.

The big mistake affecting clarity and detail (and your TIME) is to use the entire scanner glass to scan one stamp, and then crop away 90%. That guarantees poor results.

I also scan coins, with pretty good results; usually set scan area to 2x2 or 3x3 and use 600dpi. I usually "lighten" the image one increment brighter.

My Navigator software says auto detect for document size. I can't find where this can be changed yet so I guess I am not much help.

My now ancient Canon LIDE 20 came bundled with PhotoStudio software. It allows scans up to 1200 dpi. It's worked perfectly for over 10 years, and if it ever gives up, I'll certainly replace it with another Canon.

I figured out how to scan at 1200 dpi but it wasn't very intuitive. Starting the Canon Navigator software I can choose autoscan or scan photo/document. I choose photo/document and then set it for color photo. Now, instead of pressing the scan button I need to check a box that says use scanner driver and the scanner driver button is no longer grayed out. clicking the scanner driver button takes me to scan gear which is a screen that has alot of different settings to tailor your scan one of which is 1200 dpi scanning. Zuzu's link helped get me on the right path this figure this out. Thank You!