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trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Mac and the Mac logo are trademarks of
Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. The "Built for Mac OS X" graphic is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., used under
license. All other product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.

Technical Information*

Scanner Type

Flatbed, color and monochrome

Scanning Element

Contact Image Sensor (CIS)

Light Source

Three-color RGB LEDs

Maximum Resolution 

1200 dpi

(Optical)
Maximum Resolution 

1200 x 2400 dpi

(Hardware)
Maximum Resolution 

9600 x 9600 dpi

(Interpolated)
Scanning Mode

Color: 48-bit internal/48-bit external
Grayscale: 16-bit internal/16-bit external
Black & white
Text enhanced

Document Size

8.5" x 11.7" maximum

Interface

USB 2.0 Hi-Speed

Dimensions (W x D x H)

10.1" x 14.7" x 1.5"

Weight

4.0 lbs.

Windows

®

System

Windows

®

XP: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, 566MHz/128MB RAM

Requirements**

USB, 233MHz/128MB RAM;

Windows 2000: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, 566MHz/128MB RAM

USB, 233MHz/128MB RAM;

Windows Me: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, 566MHz/128MB RAM

USB, 233MHz/128MB RAM;

Windows 98: USB (USB 1.1 equivalent), 233MHz/128MB RAM 

Macintosh

®

System 

Mac

®

OS 9.0-9.x: 128MB RAM;

Requirements

Mac OS X v10.1 or later: 128MB RAM (Classic mode);
Mac OS X v10.1.3 or later: 128MB RAM (Native mode)

***

Software

CanoScan Setup CD-ROM Including: ScanGear

®

CS (Windows/Mac), CanoScan 

Toolbox (Windows/Mac), Arcsoft

®

PhotoStudio

®

(Windows/Mac), ArcSoft

PhotoBase™ (Windows/Mac), ScanSoft

®

OmniPage

®

SE OCR (Windows/Mac),

††

Adobe

®

Photoshop

®

Elements (Windows/Mac), NewSoft

®

Presto! PageManager

®

(Windows) and NewSoft Presto! BizCard

®

(30-day trial version, Windows only)

Power Requirements

Powered through USB port; no AC adapter required

Maximum Power

2.5W (1.5W standby)

Consumption
Environmental Conditions

Operating temperature: 41° to 95°F

(without condensation)

Operating humidity: 10% to 90% RH

Warranty

†††

1-year limited warranty with InstantExchange program

Ordering Information

Scanner

CanoScan LiDE 50 USB Flatbed Scanner

7876A002

For More Information Visit

www.usa.canon.com/consumer
www.canoscan.com

For the name of the nearest dealer, call:
1-800-OK-CANON

Canon U.S.A., Inc.

One Canon Plaza
Lake Success, NY 11042
1-800-OK-CANON

Canon Canada, Inc. 

6390 Dixie Road, Mississauga
Ontario L5T 1P7, Canada 
1-800-OK-CANON

Canon Latin America, Inc.

703 Waterford Way, Suite 400
Miami, FL 33126 
1-305-260-7400

PISG-C428-0602

35-36484

CanoScan

LiDE 50

USB Flatbed Scanner

* Specifications are subject to change without notice.

** Systems with Pentium

®

III or higher, Celeron

®

(566MHz or higher),

AMD: Athlon,™ Athlon MP, Athlon XP or Duron are recommended. 

*** ScanGear

®

CS driver (Plug-in compliant) and CanoScan Toolbox,

quick scanning utility are available in Mac OS X native mode. Plug-
in compliant application is required.

† System requirements vary by application.

†† ScanSoft OmniPage SE (OCR software) requires Mac OS 9.1 to 9.x,

Mac OS X (classic mode).

††† InstantExchange warranty program is subject to certain conditions

and restrictions. See 

www.canontechsupport.com

for full details.

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