Canon imageFORMULA R10 portable scanner review

The Canon imageFORMULA R10 offers effortless, automated document scanning on the go

Canon imageFORMULA R10
(Image: © Matthew Richards)

Digital Camera World Verdict

A convenient solution for document scanning when you’re on the road, the Canon imageFORMULA R10 is lightweight and folds down to little more than the size of a pencil case. It’s USB bus-powered, so doesn’t need a separate bus supply, making it ideal for use with an Apple or Windows laptop. It’s fast and efficient in all but the highest quality settings, complete with an auto document feeder, single-pass duplex scanning and a separate motorized slot for scanning business cards. It’s great for document scanning but photo quality is overly vivid.

Pros

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    Compact and perfectly portable

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    No power supply needed

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    Fast, double-sided scanning

Cons

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    Overly vivid photo quality

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    Pedestrian in top quality modes

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    Pretty pricey

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The Canon imageFORMULA R10 makes scanning simple, just about anywhere and everywhere. The ‘paperless office’ that we were imagining three decades ago never quite happened, and many of us still find the need to digitize printed documents for use in today’s computerized world. That can be a chore if you need to scan multi-page documents one sheet at a time, for example on a printer with a built-in flatbed scanner. And if you’re out and about, you can hardly take your printer with you. This highly portable scanner is designed for the journey and aims to keep things quick and simple.

Specifications

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Matthew Richards

Matthew Richards is a photographer and journalist who has spent years using and reviewing all manner of photo gear. He is Digital Camera World's principal lens reviewer – and has tested more primes and zooms than most people have had hot dinners! 

His expertise with equipment doesn’t end there, though. He is also an encyclopedia  when it comes to all manner of cameras, camera holsters and bags, flashguns, tripods and heads, printers, papers and inks, and just about anything imaging-related. 

In an earlier life he was a broadcast engineer at the BBC, as well as a former editor of PC Guide.