Canon imageFORMULA R40 Office Document Scanner Receipt Edition, for PC and Mac, Scan & Extract Data to QuickBooks Online, Color Duplex Scanning, Auto Document Feeder, Easy Setup for Office Or Home Use

It was little hard with any direction how to use the Canon Formula R40 at first. But after reading and coming up my own Photo files. The scanner works great, No wasted time of resizing your photos. Now you have more time working on your projects and have all your photos in one place. Should have purchase this unit years ago, the old fashion of scanning photo with my lift up lids days are over. My photos are scanning much better now. The only issue was No information on how to use the scanner its self and saving your photos. I would give big 10 rating on the Canon scanner it is worth paying for. I purchase the extra warranty, which I do not want to used.

I like it! I needed a new scanner for my Windows 11 machine as my old scanner does not support Win11. This thing is quick. I love the option to not scan blank pages. Keeps the final files a bit smaller. I will not be using this for photos. That will still be done on my old scanner with a Win10 laptop, as my old scanner is much better for photos.The instructions could stand a bit more clarity as some of the options in the included software are not as intuitive as one might hope.Packaging was excellent. Setup is quick and easy. As with pretty much everything these days, you have to download the software from the vendor site where it used to be included with the scanner. Oh well. Progress (?) I guess.

I rarely return items as I try to do my research and even if something doesn't work for me, I will often pass it on as a gift to someone who will enjoy it. I am old but not stupid. I followed set-up directions to the letter. When I loaded the driver I got a corrupt file message telling me to trash it. I did and then reloaded the driver. Same message. I jumped online to see what happened. Was told to shut my computer down and try again. Did that. Same problem. Told to go in and change some settings. Did that. Same problem. Went online and found others were having the same problem. Another suggested that the adaptor I used to connect it to UBC was the problem. When I went to return it, Amazon showed me a troubleshooting video that asked me if I had plugged it in. I am not a stupid person. I believe that this is an excellent printer if you can load the driver. I did do my research. But I suggest you try to load the driver before ordering one of these to see if it will load onto your computer first.

This item was a life saver. I work from home and have tons of documents that I need to save on our work server. I bought this scanner due to the reasonable price and small size ( I live in an apartment and already have a pretty big printer). I was skeptical. But once installed and ready to go, it worked like a charm. I typically have about 4 batches a day. Each batch can have anywhere from 3 to 200 pages. And I had a months worth of batches by the time I got around to buying this. I got caught up in no time. The software is user friendly. The only thing that was different from the industrial size one in the office is you have separate any batch over 50 sheets. But the software is so easy it makes this a cinch. You just scan the first group, put in the next and click Continue. Rinse and repeat until done. The groups are automatically combined into one pdf and saved to wherever you have them being saved. I would NOT suggest using the 600 dpi as it is slow as hell. I set mine at 300 dpi and it is great for my purposes. Not the best picture quality but definitely good enough. I'd share a picture but my documents are finance related. I'd be fired. LOLSo in the end, the only test left is longevity. I will post an update if this thing craps out on me prematurely. Fingers crossed.

If your scanning needs are like mine, I can quickly explain why I believe the Canon DR-C225 II is the best scanner for you. I’ve tested the DR-225, this Canon imageFORMULA R40, and the Epson WorkForce ES-400 II. Let me explain how I use a scanner so you can judge the relevance of my comments for your decision. I only use my scanner to archive (i.e., go paperless) and email hard copies of docs. Usually I scan a page or two, but sometimes I'll scan 500 pages or even more. All my docs go to PDF format. I rarely scan photos, but if I do, I’ll use the flatbed on my multifunction printer. (If I have lots of photos I use scanmyphotos.com. They are great.) I do not need wireless. You may think that you’re not going to use a scanner that much. I would encourage you to be openminded. Once you get it, you might use a scanner much more than you think you would.I started with these three scanners because they are in my price range, they are highly rated, and they use TWAIN drivers. (TWAIN drivers are a somewhat important consideration. I will explain why at the end of my review, in the details section.) There are two reasons I eliminated the Epson scanner. One is that both of the Canon scanners have the ability to automatically sense text direction and rotate pages so they are vertical. That means it doesn’t matter how you put the document into the automatic document feed (ADF). Put it in upside-down or right-side up and it still comes out right-side up. This is especially handy if pages are inconsistent, that is, if there’s an inadvertent upside-down page or two. The Epson does not have this capability. So you always have to put the docs into the ADF upside down, facing toward the back of the ADF.Another reason I eliminated the Epson is that it will not copy pages with Post-It notes. Both of the Canons and the Epson can detect double-feeds and you can turn this capability off. I turned it off because Post-Its will signal a double-feed and the job shuts down. Sometimes what I scan has Post-Its and I want them in the scanned document. Or, I will sometimes tape a small pieces of paper to a document I’m scanning. For example, I might tape small receipts, a clip of a spreadsheet, or a business cards to the back of a document. Even with the auto feed detection off, the Epson detected a double-feed and stopped scanning. Once I shut the double-feed detection off, the Canons scanned the pages just fine. Even if I taped an index card to the back. The Epson stopped scanning, even though I tried several times. (Note: I find the double-feed detection unimportant. I had my previous scanner for 9 years, scanned tens of thousands of pages, and just didn’t have double-feed problems.)Deciding between the two Canon scanners was a tough call. One minor consideration is the output tray of the R40. In my test of the three scanners, I scanned the same 300-page document that was a tough test. The doc had different page sizes, different thicknesses of paper, many pages had staple holes, some had Post-It notes, and so on. The output tray of the R40 and the Epson didn’t handle this challenge very well. The pages would clog up, collect out of order, or some pages would be pushed out of the tray. That’s not the case with the C225. I just didn’t have to pay attention to the scan - it just ran. My second reason for eliminating the R40 could have been a fluke. I installed the scanner software, ran it for a while, then a few days later I updated the software on my multifunction printer. When I tried to scan more documents, my computer could not find the R40 driver. I did not have that problem with the C225. So, I just went with the C225.I liked all three scanners. As I said, I’ve scanned a ton of docs over the years and am pretty well paperless. Over the years I have found that the decision-making factors I’ve described here are important ones for my needs. If they are for you, too, then I believe the Canon DR-C225 II is your best bet.DETAILS: I mention that the TWAIN driver is important, not a deal killer, but important. There seems to be some confusion on drivers based on other reviews, so allow me to explain. Drivers handle the interface between your computer hardware, computer software, and the scanner hardware. Through the driver you set the parameters for your scans (e.g., paper size, duplex or simplex scan, resolution, color, scan blank pages). All scanners must have some kind of driver. TWAIN and ISIS are the two industry standards and have been for about 30 years. Canon has a TWAIN driver, which is the most popular by far. Some scanners drivers are proprietary, or closed. The proprietary systems will not interface with as many apps as TWAIN. More important, proprietary drivers tend to become obsolete because they are updated by the manufacturer. After a scanner has been upgraded by a generation or two of newer scanners, the manufacturer probably doesn’t see the need to keep the old, proprietary scanner up to date. TWAIN is a standard and must be kept up to date. I simply cannot imagine any legitimate reason for having a proprietary driver in this day and age of “open systems”.One last thing. My previous scanner was a Canon DR-C125 which I bought 9 years ago. It was the predecessor of the DR-C225 and it’s still going strong. (I gave it to my son.) It was such a great scanner that its performance influenced my purchase of the C225. Here are quotes from my review of my old C125:“6/29/13. I HAVE YET TO EXPERIENCE ONE JAM OR MULTIPLE FEED. For years I've been putting off scanning the contents of 3-ring binders I have collected. They are old. The stacks of binders are 5 feet tall, I'd guess well over three thousand pages. And the paper was not in good shape. I received the Canon DR-C125 yesterday afternoon and began scanning. It scanned this giant pile of paper with no jams or misfeeds! That, to me, is astonishing. It is also the most important attribute of a scanner from my perspective.8/9/14 Update, one year later. I just received a 100-page insurance policy in the mail. The staples were only slightly smaller than horseshoes. (Staples damage paper and are a big cause of jams.) The post office apparently ran over the envelope with WW II surplus tanks. I pulled the horseshoes out, put the 100 pager in the Canon, started it, and did not have a single jam. As a matter of fact, I do not recall a single jam in the year I've had this scanner. Wow. For me, putting a big document in a scanner and turning to other work without having to watch for jams is terrific.8/3/17 Update. Here it is more than four years later and this baby works as well as the day I bought it. Yea Cannon.5/23/21 Update: This scanner is still working GREAT.”