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

This doesn’t print — it’s strictly a scanner — but it’s excellent for documents and very fast. Works well for photos too, easy to use, and definitely recommend it.

My old laptop died that I used to use this scanner on with no issues (I think it was originally Windows 7 that was upgraded to Windows 10). My new desktop has Windows 11 and each time I want to use the scanner, I have to re-install the TWAIN software to get the scanner to work as the software 'forgets' what scanner is attached to the computer. After I finish using the scanner and some unknown amount of time passes, the software 'forgets' again what scanner it is connected so and I have to re-install the software the next time I want to use it. Totally unacceptable and no workaround seems to be available from Canon other than to keep reinstalling the software each time I want to use the scanner. I would have returned the scanner if this has happened from the word go. Put the rating back up to 5 star after I deleted the Canon scanner software on my computer and re-installed it completely. Voila, no more losing the connection between the software and the scanner. Yeah, for all the years I've been using computers, I should have thought of removing and re-installing the software. With that issue gone, it's a really nice scanner especially for scanning significant numbers of pages. I was looking for a printer so I could put several boxes of old engineering paperwork into electronic format. So far, I've been really impressed with the R40. I can scan with my current printer but it's sloooooow, noisy and less than stellar quality. Definitely not a candidate for what I wanted to do. Setup was easy. You have to download the software which is 525 Mb. I missed the note on the download page directing US customers to an download link. My download speeds weren't great but it did come down. Installation went with no problem. Pros 1. Fast. The first time I ran about 4 or 5 pages through it, the scanner was set on 200 dpi greyscale and the pages just whipped through the feeder. I thought both sides could not have scanned but everything was there. Even on 300 dpi color it's pretty fast (max is 600 dpi). Compared to the scanner built into my printer, it's another whole other level of speed. I can't prep the next batch in time to keep up with the scanner. 2. The scanner says it will rotate pages into the correct orientation and overall it does a really good job. I finally found the section in the scanner software that allowed me to rotate a page that scanned in the wrong orientation (having it worked into a right mouse click with some other options would be useful Canon). I want to do some more testing but a couple of tests I did with flipping some pages or putting all the pages in upside down had them all come up in the right orientation (as mentioned, I had some early problems with some scans but that doesn't seem to be an issue now). 3. Handles flimsy magazine paper with no real problems. Ragged edges don't appear to be a problem but any amount of glue from the backing left on the pages and they don't feed properly causing a jam. Any amount of glue is bad. If you run your fingers down the edge and can feel bumps, remove it, trim the edges, whatever. If you can see a flat line of glue, trim it off. Sometimes it will feed, sometimes it won't. 4. Compact, nice small size. With the document feeder installed and extended as well as the output tray, it's about 12" high by 15" deep by 11" wide. Remove the feeder the retract the tray and the dimensions are about 7.5" high by 6.5" deep by 11" wide. 5. All necessary cables are provided. Small point maybe but there's nothing more annoying than getting a new toy and finding out you need to go out for a cable. While many of use have boxes of old cables, that doesn't mean we will have the right one. 6. Return shipping is included if I need to return it or don't like it, I don't think that's going to be an issue. Return shipping can be a nasty surprise. 7. The power supply handles 100V to 240V, doubt I will take it on a trip overseas but it's a nice feature to have. Cons: 1. The software version of the manual is useless. I had pages that were upside down and do you think 'rotate' or 'rotate pages' came up with useful information? If you said yes, you be wrong. 2. I finally figured out how to scan and then get the file written to my hard drive by setting up a one-touch button. Before that, sometimes when I hit 'finish', the file would write to my hard drive, other times it would not or I had no clue where it went to. Drove me crazy at first and really slowed down the overall speed. 3. Does an okay job on pictures but if I was going to scan a lot of pictures, this would not be the scanner I would pick. I didn't take anything off my rating as that was not my purpose in buying this scanner but I'll note it. 2023 comment Last point I'll add is when we came back from a 6 month cruise I decided to save all the daily cruise reports just in case I wanted to go back some time and see what we did on some day. It didn't take very long to scan that many pages, even less when I changed from full color to greyscale which was more than adequate for what I wanted. Full color looks good but does make some big files though that's not much of an issue given the multi Tb hard drives that you can get now.

I have a Mac running the current MacOS, Ventura. This OS has been around since October 2022, not exactly new by OS standards. According to the Amazon product page, this scanner "includes easy-to-use CaptureOnTouch scanning software (Win and Mac)." This short quote contains multiple lies. First, the software is not included. No big deal--the Setup Guide in the box told me to get software from the Japanese Canon web site, which merely asks me if I want Win or Mac. After downloading, installing, and a complete fail, it turns out that the software I downloaded from Japan does not work on Ventura. Canon, how hard would it be to update the Japanese site with a sentence pointing out this major problem? It turns out that the US Canon site has software that they say works on Ventura. I downloaded and installed it. It didn't work, probably because of files left over from the wrong software. I looked in the Canon forums, where a guy from Canon named Arthur wrote that I have to uninstall the wrong software; however, Arthur doesn't bother to tell me how many files there are, what the filenames are, which folders they are in, or how to do that; their installer doesn't uninstall like well-written ones do. Then Arthur wrote to install the most recent software. That didn't work either. I then spent more than an hour on the phone with Kevin in support, who was very patient and walked me through many uninstalls, reinstalls, and restarts, many of which were in conflict with the installer instructions. After all this, some scanning was possible! However, the scanner remains unusable and will be returned because it will only complete a 3-page job after 2-3 restarts of the scanner and 2-3 restarts of the software, with the same two error messages recurring.

I run a small CPA firm, and during tax season we scan a large volume of client documents every day. The scanners built into our multi-function printers just weren’t cutting it—especially when dealing with mixed document sizes and the need for speed. The Canon imageFORMULA R40 has been a game changer. It scans quickly, efficiently, and with excellent image quality, even when feeding stacks of documents that vary in size and thickness. The automatic document feeder works smoothly, and we’ve had far fewer slowdowns and rescans compared to our old setup. This scanner has easily paid for itself in time saved and reduced frustration during peak season. If you’re in a professional office that handles a lot of paperwork, this is a fantastic investment. Highly recommended.

Muy bueno, tan bueno que quise comprar otro y ya está mucho más caro! Me gustaría que me lo dieran al mismo precio, ya que lo compré hace un mes, y ahora cuesta 2500 pesos más caro aprox

ITS A VERY NICE SCANNER, I USE IT FOR MY PHARMACY IN CANADA. VERY FAST OR IT COULD BE LITTLE SLOWER TO SCAN IF WE NEED HIGHT QUALITY IMAGE. SCANS ON BOTH THE SIDES, THESE ARE THE PROS AND THE CONES ACTUALLY MY SYSTEM IS FILLWARE AND THEY DON'T CONSIDER IT AS THE BEST SCANNER FOR THEIR SOFTWARE, IT WOULD GLITCH SOMETIMES AND NEED TO CALL MY HARDWARE GUYS TO FIX IT. SO FAR IF IT IS USED FOR HOME OR SMALL BUSINESS , I WOULD RECOMMEND IT.

Small size and works with Mac OS!

Merveilleux produit.

El escaner es muy eficiente y rápido, lo mejor es que escanea por los 2 lados al mismo tiempo, y no pierde el tiempo girandola u acomodandola.