The edge detection doesn’t work with the back blackground, but it’s not a big deal since you can manually select the card edges.Ī lot of folks recommend 300dpi resolution, but I kind of like 600dpi. I suppose I could get some black paper and put it on the scanner, but this works for now. I noticed if I scan with the lid open, I get a nice black background which makes the cards look better in my eyes. I just worry about damaging the card when I remove it from the sleeve.Īs with most scanners, the background color is white. I guess it’s something I’ll just have to get used to. If I take them out of the sleeve/toploader, then it scans just fine.
(usually the bottom of the card) It’s a bit frustrating as I have a lot of cards at the minimum in a penny sleeve. If you scan in a card that’s in a toploader and/or penny sleeve, there is a glare/shine on one or more edges.
I don’t really blame the scanner for this but have to mention it.
#How to install canoscan 9000f software#
Note: This is using Photoshop CC and other software may or may not offer this functionality. You just select the card area in the software and the scanner will scan each card into its own file. This also lets you scan multiple cards at the same time.
Even if the card is rotated, it is able to scan it in straight. If you put multiple cards on the scanner, it will attempt to find the edges and only scan that part of the page. The next thing I noticed is that it has some sort of edge auto-detection. It can preview scan the whole 8.5″ x 11.7″ area in a few seconds. The first noticeable thing I noticed about the scanner is that it is fast. The scanner showed right up when I did an import so it was time to scan some cards.
#How to install canoscan 9000f driver#
I went to the Canon website, installed the macOS driver and opened up Photoshop. However, on Saturday afternoon I got a knock on the door and it was USPS with the scanner! I opened it up and it appeared to be in brand new condition. I didn’t hear back from the seller, so I assumed it wouldn’t ship until after the Labor Day holiday weekend. (usually only takes 2 days via USPS to get stuff from up there) So I got it for $41 shipped which I was super happy about! I also noticed the person was in northern Illinois and I dropped them a note asking if they could send it out on Thursday so I might get it Saturday. I offered $25 and it was immediately accepted. In the past, I have not had much success getting much of a deal with this but figured it didn’t hurt to try. They wanted a measly $35 + $16 shipping for it. The Apple website had the 9000F as one of the supported scanners in the latest macOS Sierra (10.12). Thinking it was a typo, I opened the description and sure enough it was the 9000F. I searched for a couple of models on eBay to see what a used one would cost me. I have a Mac, so I wanted something compatible with the latest macOS which sometimes doesn’t work with older peripherals. The Canon Canoscan 9000F was one of them that was recommended. I’d been reading some forum posts and a lot of people suggested getting a CCD based scanner for cards. It works, but it wasn’t giving me the quality I wanted. I was getting tired of taking pictures of my cards with my cell phone.