Canon imageFormula ScanFront 400 Review
The Canon imageFormula ScanFront 400 ($1,995) is comparable in speed and duty cycle to several much less expensive document scanners, including the Editors' Choice Epson WorkForce DS-860 ($1,249.99 at Amazon) . Unlike most, however, it is a "networked" scanner that has no USB port for connecting directly to a single PC, though it does have three USB 2.0 ports for connecting peripherals, such as a mouse, keyboard, and thumb drive. It resembles other models in the ScanFront family, with a control panel consisting of a touch screen that acts as an interface to a full-blown tablet-like operating system. And, like some other Canon document scanners we've reviewed, it saves to image PDF and searchable PDF formats faster than most competitors.
Design and Features
Weighing just under 10 pounds and measuring 9.1 by 12 by 11.1 inches (HWD) with its trays closed, the ScanFront 400 ($1,496.00 at Amazon) is a little bigger and heavier than several competing models, including the HP ScanJet En...
The Canon imageFormula ScanFront 400 network document scanner may be expensive, but it provides elegant and efficient scanning, as well as speedy conversion to searchable PDF, from a 10.1-inch tablet-like display and OS.
Elegant tablet-like interface and matching Web UI; Very fast text recognition when scanning to searchable PDF files; Supports multiple users and profiles, as well as scanning to several destinations at once; Configurable from nearly any Internet connection
Expensive; Documentation may complicate setup; Unexceptional OCR performance at default resolution