Works well. Love the compact design. Really saves on desktop space. Speed is sufficient for nearly any task. Only holds a few sheets at a time, but seems to feed well. Like that it is powered by USB. The price is right for its capabilities too. A definate recommend!

A portable scanner is inevitably something of a niche product, but if you sometimes need to scan documents when you're out visiting clients then Canon's new P-215 might be just what you're looking for.

Fast; Compact portable scanner; Draws power from USB on host computer

Expensive; Relatively modest scanning resolution

I like how compact the unit is, the software installed easily and works fine. Canon is a world leader in digital image processing so that is why I went with the unit. I was able to get a good deal on Ebay for this. Cons. Typical Canon. No AC power source included and no case included.

I HIGHLY recommend this scanner. I can store it in my Laptop bag, and pull it out anytime I need it. I have scanned hundreds of pages of documents with it and am very pleased with the PDF output.

I love this little scanner; I literally can't believe how often I end up using it; I scan just about everything with it including important receipts, documents, and more; I thought I would use this a few times per month, but once I got used to using it, I now use it almost every day for one thing or...

Before receiving the scanner, I was aware that the 3rd party software Vuescan was not supporting the P-215, but I had hoped to get it to work; Even trying to use the twain drivers, I couldn't get it to work.

A growing subdivision of the scanner market is mobile devices, which derive all the power they need from a single USB connection. Most are fairly basic, but Canon's ImageFORMULA P-215 goes quite a bit further than most.

Can scan ID cards; Neat cover/feed tray; 20-sheet feed tray

No case supplied; Photo scanning could be better; Bit heavy for true portability

Checked out a lot of portable scanners. This was best for the price. No complaints---works as advertised....simple, fast, high quality PDF. Highly recommend.

Everything I need for a good price; easy to set up ; small learning curve

Sometimes grabs more than 1 page at a time

Perfect for mobile workers who need to keep up with the paperwork, but who are frequently on the road and so don't have access to a permanent office, the Canon P-215 undoubtedly fills a need.

Canon's P-215 is the only portable device in the company's ImageFormula range of high-speed document scanners. Despite a footprint half the size of a sheet of A4 paper, it incorporates an automatic document feeder (ADF) more commonly found on full-sized scanners and MFPs.

I would be very careful purchasing this item if you run Vista or XP. You''ll probably be happy with it if you are on Windows 7. If Canon fixes their software, this would be great. For now, I can only use it in the mode that has only simple scanning.

You don''t need to load software to get this scanner to work; The scanner has self contained software for simple duplex scans; It comes with software to do more advanced scans.

I was unable to get this to work on computers using Windows Vista and XP with the extra software; It worked with no problem on Windows 7; When I called Canon, they too had problems.

The Canon P-215 scanner is excellent. It efficiently scans both sides of a page at the same time. Scans are automatically created as PDFs, which makes it easy to store or share the files. A nice feature is that this item doesn't require a power supply.