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Media Type Photo ; Receipt ; Business Card ; Paper
Scanner Type Document
Brand Canon
Model Name imageFORMULA
Connectivity Technology USB
Product Dimensions 3.7"D x 11"W x 1.6"H
Resolution 600
Item Weight 454 Grams
Wattage 7 watts
Sheet Size 600 dots_per_inch

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  • Stay organized: Easily convert your paper documents into digital formats (searchable PDF, JPG, and more) or scan directly to the cloud (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Box, QuickBooks Online, Evernote, SharePoint, and more)
  • Convenient and portable: Use anywhere, from home offices, classrooms, remote offices, and anywhere in between
  • Handles many different document types: Receipts, photos, business cards, plastic or embossed cards, reports, long documents, and more
  • Fast and efficient: Scans both sides of a document at the same time, in color, at up to 15 pages-per-minute, with a 20 sheet automatic feeder
  • Bundled software: Powerful, yet easy-to-use scanning software, as well as a business card organizer and a document manager
  • Backed by a one-year warranty and US-based technical support
  • Broad compatibility: Supports Windows and Mac (MAC OS 10. 13, 10. 14, and 10. 15 with the latest Canon driver and Canon CaptureOnTouch software); TWAIN driver also included

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Portability
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4.7
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Easy to use
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4.8
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Tech Support
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600 dots per inch
8.5 x 11
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USB
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Scan Anywhere, And At Any Time
Stay organized, anywhere.
Convenient and Portable

Convenient and Portable

Use anywhere, from home offices, classrooms, remote offices, and anywhere in between. It can help meet the document capture needs of stationary users and “road warriors” in healthcare, legal services, financial services, and many other areas.

Reliably Handles Many Document Types

Reliably Handles Many Document Types

Scan receipts, photos, business cards, plastic or embossed cards, reports, long documents, and more. Automatically adjust multiple feature settings to deliver optimal images with just one click.

Easy to use. Ultimate flexibility.
Fast and Efficient

Fast and Efficient

Scans both sides of a document at the same time, in color, at up to 15 pages-per-minute, with a 20 sheet automatic feeder.

Broad Compatibility

Broad Compatibility

Supports Windows and Mac (MAC OS 10.13, 10.14, and 10.15 with the latest Canon driver and Canon CaptureOnTouch software); TWAIN driver also included.

Bundled Software

Bundled Software

Comes with powerful, yet easy-to-use scanning software, as well as a business card organizer and a document manager.

Customer support

HI SPEED USB Certification TID:11007230. Certification Date 1/16/2018.

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Product Description

Great for both home office and small office settings the ImageFORMULA P‐215II Scan‐tini mobile document scanner is an ideal solution for both Windows and Mac environments. Complete with a built‐in card scanner the P‐215II scanner's compact size simple use and high‐quality imaging bring sophistication to mobile information capture storage and collaboration.

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  • Customer reviews

    4.2 out of 5 stars
    4.2 out of 5
    522 global ratings

    Customers say

    Customers like the compactness and portability of the scanner. They mention that it's a nice asset and that it has a fast scan speed. They also like the image quality, and appearance. However, some customers have mixed opinions on performance, ease of use, quality, software and other aspects of the product.

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    49 customers mention39 positive10 negative

    Customers like the scanning speed of the product. They mention that it's fast, satisfied with the scan speed, and that the double-sided feature is handy and a time-saver. They also say that the scanner is efficient and easy to use.

    "...It is compact and versatile. The double-sided feature is handy and a time-saver...." Read more

    "...WOW! FAST!..." Read more

    "...so I do have both USBs connected (won't work without both) and it's fast. That's a plus...." Read more

    "...I am satisfied with the scan speed as long I'm just doing a few documents at a time. I would scan a book with the copier at the office...." Read more

    43 customers mention43 positive0 negative

    Customers like the compactness of the scanner. They say it's easy to setup and use, portable, and has good software. Some mention that the portability is a nice asset and the best portable scanner.

    "The Canon P-215II scanner works well for light-weight jobs. It is compact and versatile. The double-sided feature is handy and a time-saver...." Read more

    "...This things pros: Small, portable, easy to set up.But the cons...oh wow, how much time do you have?..." Read more

    "...So overall, good for docs, not good for pics IMHO. The unit itself is pretty small and would be good if you needed to be mobile with it...." Read more

    "...will straighten the image of a crooked document (automatic), it's compact (pretty small footprint), and the quality of the scan is certainly fine..." Read more

    22 customers mention22 positive0 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the scanner. They mention that it is well-thought-out, well built, and functions flawlessly. Some say that it feels like a Canon. Overall, customers are happy with the quality of the scan documents and recommend it to others.

    "...wanted to like this product as its feature set, software, and design was way better than the similar Fujitsu s1300 that I own...." Read more

    "...Then you need this thing! It's compact, feels sturdy, scans fast, and the scans look good...." Read more

    "...Canon builds quality printers and scanners. Wish there was a battery option and included power plug...." Read more

    "This scanner is inexpensive, small, and so far, has held up well...." Read more

    19 customers mention15 positive4 negative

    Customers like the image quality of the scanner. They say that it does a good job with pictures and documents, and the visuals mirror the original print material. They also say that the scanner is sturdy and professional looking.

    "...The scanner glass is not dirty, the photo is not dirty and it's not a compression artifact (happens with JPEG minimum compression, BMP, TIFF, ...)...." Read more

    "...to a feeder it worked awesome, it is super fast two sided, and image quality amazing so easy to use and the price is amazing compare to whats out..." Read more

    "...It was easy to use with my Mac & the visuals mirrored the original print material. It's a workhorse as well...." Read more

    "Worked very good, and did scan documents and pictures very clear. Directions could be a little clearer for the novice. First time..." Read more

    120 customers mention78 positive42 negative

    Customers are mixed about the quality of the scanner. Some mention it's a fantastic scanner, produces a decent enough scan, and does a great job of working with their computer. However, others say that it fails to scan one page at a time, feeds stacked paper poorly, and doesn't like heavy paper. Additionally, some customers report that the scanner doesn's drivers work on Windows 10.

    "I purchased this scanner to save my receipts. It dose an excellent job and copies both sides at the same time...." Read more

    "...I was able to scan hundreds of pages and then print them out with my laser printer in a fraction of the time it would have taken to stand at the..." Read more

    "......" Read more

    "...beause the Canon TWAIN driver has a setting for "deskew" and it works pretty well...." Read more

    67 customers mention46 positive21 negative

    Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the scanner. Some mention it's really easy to use, with a simple interface and excellent scanning quality. They say the process was painless and very fast. However, some customers say the instructions are rather poor and the page wouldn't insert easily into the feed slot.

    "...I have not been disappointed. the software is very intuitive and easy to set up...." Read more

    "...This things pros: Small, portable, easy to set up.But the cons...oh wow, how much time do you have?..." Read more

    "...It was immediately recognized by my laptop and I scanned a couple of test pages. WOW! FAST!..." Read more

    "...The software interface is fairly straightforward but the instructions are rather poor...." Read more

    33 customers mention14 positive19 negative

    Customers are mixed about the performance of the scanner. Some mention that it works pretty good, has no problems using it with other programs, and works well for light-weight jobs. However, others say that it's basically useless except for one page at a time, and that the drivers are somewhat useless with most laptops and PCs these days.

    "...me through his tech-check routines, he determined that the scanner was defective. He said he would "overnight" me a new replacement...." Read more

    "The Canon P-215II scanner works well for light-weight jobs. It is compact and versatile. The double-sided feature is handy and a time-saver...." Read more

    "...Well. That's it. It was a nasty troublesome device to use until I plucked out that "seperation pad." Now...it just scans and never whimpers...." Read more

    "...documents once scanned, presents high quality 2-sided scanning, lightweight and easy to carry with me and then set up with home computer again!..." Read more

    20 customers mention9 positive11 negative

    Customers are mixed about the software. Some mention that the included software is pretty good, adequate, and usable once you get the hang of it. However, others say that it's not the best, and that Canon does a very poor job at updating the software, making it fail and not able to read receipts.

    "...The software could be better. It lets you save "shortcuts" for scanning tasks you do often, but it doesn't let you give them names!..." Read more

    "...Too bad.The Canon software is usable once you get the hang of it if you can force yourself to endure its tedium in light of the..." Read more

    "Plug and scan right out of the box! The scanning organization software is weak. You are the organizer...." Read more

    "...Anyway, easy to set up, the software that comes with it is useful. I have a folder on my desktop that I made just for this scanner's output...." Read more

    Wonderfully portable!
    5 Stars
    Wonderfully portable!
    The first thing one will notice is the size of the Canon P-215II Document Scanner. Measuring at only 11 inches in length about the size of 2 rules wide, this scanner is VERY portable. Seeing the size, I was a bit skeptical with how it was going to work, but was pleasantly surprised.The Canon P-215II was very easy to set up. It came with a "Before Use" guide told that told exactly what had to be hooked up and how to use the installation disk that made it almost fool-proof for setting up and using the scanner. Unfortunately the User's Guide wasn't as clear and not nearly as easy to use. It is downloaded from the disk and opens in a PDF file, not a problem, but how it is categorized, subdivided and the descriptions/instructions leave much to be desired. The scanner is pretty much straight forward, though, so you can easily piece together what you need to do and how to do it.The scanner scans all thicknesses and sizes of documents and it removes blank pages, automatically corrects and fixes the image quality. This scans pretty quickly, although not as quickly as a more stationary scanner. It feeds the papers through evenly and scans both sides at once. There is a nice feature that you can set where it recognizes text and will turn the scan so it is upright and readable. No more upside down scans.The scanner did well with different sized papers: letter, envelope, recipe cards,as well as business cards. There is a separate place to feed cards through. That I found a bit awkward, but it scans them nicely with no jams.This scanner comes with a Power Supply USB cable and no A/C adapter. You need to purchase that separately. Because of this, I found it perfect for using with a laptop - again making it more portable. I think the Canon imageFormula P-215II Document Scanner is quite an amazing piece of technology. I am thrilled with its portability and have found it would be something to take with me on both personal or business trips. What a time saver it would prove to be. Take it along on the holidays and scan in family recipes and other documents you might want to save: birth or death certificates, etc. On a business trip, you won't have to worry about carrying tons of papers around or fooling with business cards. There are just so many applications with this being so easily portable.Included in the box:* Scanner* USB Cable 3.0 Type A/2.0 Micro B* Power Supply USB Cable* Before Use booklet* Warranty Card* Set-up DiscI am using Windows 7 and did not have any issues installing nor am I having any issues using the scanner with it.
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    Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024
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    I purchased this scanner to save my receipts. It dose an excellent job and copies both sides at the same time. It also automatically will straighten a crooked scan and will automatically rotate the image upright if it is upside down, if you choose that option when you set it up. The one thing I was disappointed in was if the receipt is over 11" long the scanner thinks there is a jam. Simple solution just fold the receipt over on itself and the scanner will automatically scan both sides and correct the text being upside down.

    I have owned a lot of Epson & HP printers and always had trouble with them. I purchased a Canon Printer 20 years ago and I have never had an issue, So, I decided that I would try this Canon scanner. I have not been disappointed. the software is very intuitive and easy to set up. If you need a portable scanner or a scanner that does not take up a lot of space, buy this one!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2015
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    I bought this to scan five years worth of all kinds of banking and other statements in preparation for my 92 year-old mother's Medicaid application. Well, the scanner didn't work (out of the box) so I called Canon. Actually got a very able tech on the phone almost immediately. After about 10-15 minutes of walking me through his tech-check routines, he determined that the scanner was defective. He said he would "overnight" me a new replacement. It actually arrived the next afternoon, with a prepaid, return label for the bad unit. Since then, the replacement scanner has worked flawlessly. I have scanned several hundred pages with little effort. Scans both sides of the page (very handy for bank statements). If you have both single side and double side pages to scan, you need to set it for "duplex" (double) and scan them all, then go back and delete the blank pages before you close that particular file. You cannot re-open a file and add pages, so you need to do a little planning. But, I have a feeling that's kind of universal. Directions say you can feed as many as 20 pages at a time, but I have kept to ten, but that's me. I was able to scan hundreds of pages and then print them out with my laser printer in a fraction of the time it would have taken to stand at the copy machine and crank them out. And, I have digital copies that I can pull up quickly in case I need to provide back-ups (not unusual when dealing with an outfit like Medicaid).

    The only caveat is that the paper needs to be flattened to feed properly. So, if you have separated, stapled pages, make sure the staple holes have been flattened out or the pages will drag each other through. By the same token, pages that have been stored in a folded position (ie: inside an envelope for three years) will also tend to drag each other into the feeder. But, those problems would apply to pretty much any sheet-feeding device. I have also scanned a few professional journal articles without any problems.

    Bottom line: This little scanner is awesome. Canon support was awesome. Hope I haven't just jinxed myself. I highly recommend this scanner.
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    Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2015
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    The Canon P-215II scanner works well for light-weight jobs. It is compact and versatile. The double-sided feature is handy and a time-saver. I initially connected the scanner's two USB cables to a 2.0 hub but that did not work. I then connected the cables to two 2.0 USB ports on my PC and it worked fine. The software interface is fairly straightforward but the instructions are rather poor. I found I had to just try various setting in the interface to get the results I wanted.

    On a side note, the first unit I received was defective. Everything seemed to work OK except the feed motor in the unit would work intermittently so that documents may or may not feed through when "SCAN" was clicked on the interface screen. I worked with Canon technical assistance for about an hour and the tech determined it should be replaced. Canon shipped a new unit and I received it the next day with a return label enclosed. I returned the defective unit in the same box.
    Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2022
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    This is a review of: Canon ImageFORMULA P-215II Mobile Document Scanner . One big plus right off the bat is that this uses a standard TWAIN scanner driver. That means you can use any of your favorite software for scanning and archiving and you are not obligated to propietary software to use the Canon P-215II. (I think Fuji scanners require Fuji software. I did not like that idea.)

    Another mention I'll make right off the bat is that this thing will clog and misfeed way too often when paper is placed in a stack. There is a workaround I'll mention later. But, unless the paper is exactly flat and unwrinkled and unless you fan the stack to fluff it before inserting it...more than likely pages will misfeed and you'll spend a lot of time examining the scanned input to see what's missed. Then you have to re-scan to capture those missed items and then you have to assemble those re-scans into the batch of previously collected images.

    I don't like that but I have to admit I had the same problem with an expensive Xerox brand document scanner I used in an office several years ago. So, if that $900 Xerox had problems feeding paper I'm not going to kick up a terrible fuss over this $200 Canon with the same frailty.

    I had the previous model Canon P215 and this newer model (Roman Numeral II) is just like it except Canon's graphic user interface (gui) became more tedious and spread out. They should have left the software alone, I think. Unfortunately, the good old software version for the old P215 won't work with the new Roman Numeral II scanner. One version of the software fails to recognize the other version of the hardware. Too bad.

    The Canon software is usable once you get the hang of it if you can force yourself to endure its tedium in light of the benefits it offers. There is a "Pro" version of the ScanTini software. It's got some good points and some bad points. You'll have to try it yourself because it would take me hours to discuss all the details. All versions are free.

    If you just can't stand that software which they call Canon ImageFORMULA, install it anyway and then just don't use it. But, by installing it, you'll have the driver and graphic user interface that you need for any other scanning software you might choose. You will have to install the Canon scanner software in order to have available the necessary little utility application that lets you change the settings in the scanner for detection of very long pages. The utility lets you set the scanner to work with v-e-r-y l---o---n---g pages like those point of sale "cash register" receipts and such that are way too long for other machines to manage.

    You can leave the Canon P215II set for long pages, actually. They claim it makes it scan more slowly in some situations if you leave it set for long pages but I've never experienced the problems. Nevertheless, I still set it for regular lengths unless I am scanning those hugely long ribons of paper that come from stores these days. You know what I mean, those ribbon strips that have sales data, warranty data, rebate data, and al that stuff burned on thermal printing paper--the paper that turns yellow in a short period of time.

    One of my favorite alternate scanner software applications is the open-source scanner software called NAPS2. It's great. It's got an easy to use GUI and it has OCR for pdf files and all the things you need. (I think NAPS2 stands for something like Not Another Paper Scanner Version 2.)

    This Canon does misfeed. I said that. You know that. So, I decided to heck with stacks. It just takes too much time and effort to fix the misfeeds in a batch. So, I tried feeding one page at a time. Well...even that was troublesome. Sometimes a page wouldn't insert easily into the feed slot or sometimes it would be sucked in but it would be crooked to the point that it would crease and wrinkle the paper. Dang!

    So, finally, I removed the part they call the "seperation pad." The "seperation pad" is a consumable--meaning that eventually the rubber wears out. So, being a consumable, it's an easily removed part that everybody can remove. It takes no tools. Just pinch the tabs on it and pull it out. Look at the owner's manual. The manual will guide you to removal if visual examination gives you no clues. If you break it...no big deal...you can pick up a new set of "separation pad' and "pressure roller" for about $30 at our favorite auction site. (Don't bother ordering from Canon if they show the set as backordered. I waited months and the order was never fulfilled. I was going to order a spare set. I gave up and haven't needed them. Some day my pressure rollers may get hard and slick but they've been going strong for years and seem none the worse for wear. If I do need some, I'll go straight to the auction site where there are sellers knowing that they have it on hand to ship.)

    Once you remove that "seperation pad" you can get ready to do 100% faithful no-snag feeds except for one thing: Windowed envelopes will snag unless you place them with the window down. But, if you just be careful with windowed envelopes. and if you wait for a page to exit before you feed in the next page...you will have 100% reliable totaly enjoyable scanning experiences even if you don't insert the pages exactly straight and even if you never place it exactly in the center of the feed slot.

    It seems it doesn't have to be exactly horizontally centered side-to-side because the Canon hardware will capture only the paper image and it will crop it to proper edges. I don't know how it works...it just does.

    So, it might be nice to slam a stack but if I have to spend a lot of time fixing misfeeds...it's easier and uses the same amount of time if I manually feed each of the 30 pages that would have been in a stack. (I think it's about 30 pages of 20 lb paper max specified in the manual...or something close to that amount.)

    If you set the Canon TWAIN GUI for automatic feed, it will sense when you've shoved something into the slot. You don't even have to hold it perfectly straight beause the Canon TWAIN driver has a setting for "deskew" and it works pretty well. (NAPS2 has a more accurate and more reliable "deskew" so if you use NAPS2 use that and disable the factory "diskew" in the Canon TWAIN GUI. Other document scanning software I have also offeres deskew functions better than the Canon deskew function.)

    Well. That's it. It was a nasty troublesome device to use until I plucked out that "seperation pad." Now...it just scans and never whimpers. (Although you have to be sure you remove all staples and remove binder clips and if you spill something on the paper...well...you know.)
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