We liked our Canon DR-2580C so much that we ended up buying two of them!
They are simple to use, never gone wrong, and are fast. They scan duplex and the quality is very good.
We use it with paperport 9 (paperport 10 is still bugged) and now all our files are quickly scanned and stored electronically.
Overall, we have no regrets about our purchases and, although they are not cheap, we firmly believe you get what you pay for.
M Rawlings
Out of the box I was surprised how compact it was which, was a bonus, as we need to take it on-site with the rest of our IT equipment.
Simple to operate and the numbers quoted in the spec are accurate, which is always a welcome relief.
It works perfectly in tandem with out OMR software package and when we need to buy more document scanners, I won’t be shopping around.
D OBrien
The scanner is very easy use and the software that comes with it is very straight forward and easy.
Full duplex scanning speed even at high resolutions is impressive.
The paper can get jammed really easily if you are not careful.
One thing I have noticed when observing people using the scanner is that if the documents are not held in place by the user in the scanner then there is a tendency for the paper to twist as it is fed into the scanner. This twisting can then lead to paper jams as each consecutive page becomes slightly more twisted.
I feel what is needed is some sort of paper tray that can be attached to the front of the scanner to make sure that all pages are held in place and cannot move
A Johnson
Very small footprint. Fast and reliable although does occasionally take 2 sheets at a time. Much better than my previous £500 scanner
Dr Laurence Lovat
Small, and compact, the scanner has worked very well to date, without any double feeding problems.
Numerous pages of accounts can be loaded at one time, and scanning is extremely quick.
Highly recommended.
Tim Underwood
The scanner is used as a backup to a larger more robust scanner of the same make. It is reliable and the scan quality is good, perhaps a little better than the larger one we have. It is slightly small however and struggles to handle high volume. In these cases it tends to skew some items. Overall a good scanner for low volume work.
Andrew Hopkinson
The Canon DR-2580 is still rocking and rolling after more than 220,000 scans (so the software tells me) in the past six months. I now have two extra networked hard drives, and considerably more elbow room. The time it took was minimal - load the feeder, choose a profile you've pre-set for the material, and re-load a few minutes later, or whenever you're passing the machine. Misfeeds are rare, and only once has it caught me out by feeding two pages instead of one. If you scan without the OCR, and then OCR overnight, the workflow is even quicker. Very solid and very impressive piece of kit.
Nicholas Crittenden
We each have one on our desk (43 in all) and scan incoming post onto our case management system every day.
They are first rate machines with few problems. We are just about to order another 4.
Great product.
Nigel Coe
Most of our staff have these machines on their desk (25) and scan all incoming post and documents onto our case management system. They just keep on rolling day after day without problems. Three now need replacing but only because they are old and worn them out! So far as we are concerned there is no other choise and I am putting in my order now.
Nigel Coe
I bought this scanner after a bad experience with the Canon DR-2510c, which kept misfeeding on stacks of A4 paper. The DR-2580c is basically the same scanner but takes the paper in horizontally and I have been using it extensively and it has not misfed once.
Important: This scanner only takes 50 sheets at a time, not 100 as claimed!
Tradescanners could not have been more helpful in replacing the first scanner with this one.
Andrew Jebb
Bought a DR-2580C back in 2007. It's in daily use and it's excellent - fast, quiet and reliable. We have just bought a replacement roller kit for this scanner, so that should keep it going for another 4 years. :-)
Richard
