Canon CanoScan LiDE220 vs Epson WorkForce DS-860N

With a maximum optical resolution of 4800 x 4800 dpi(dots per inch), this model is designed to scan and capture high resolution photos and documents - you can expect to get very vivid results. Compared to other competitors' models, the colors of your scanned images look more like the original document.

If you wish to scan a photo, you have an additional option to restore the color and remove the dust to enhance the image. This makes the scanned photo more clear and life-like.

The Canon LIDE 220 is a fairly fast scanner, even at higher resolutions. Scan quality or resolution is measured in dpi - dots per inch. It takes more time to scan at higher resolutions.

According to ExpertReviews, it takes 15 seconds to scan a A4 document at 150 dpi and 18 seconds to scan the same document at 300dpi. Scanning a 6 x 4 inch photo at 600 dpi takes 21 seconds, at 1,200 dpi it takes 68 seconds. These are very decent speeds for such high-quality scans.

The LiDE220 costs noticeably less, but has similar quality scans compared to other competitors' budget models in the market.

You just have to click the Automatic Scan button and it will instantly scan and adjust the settings for your documents and photos. This means that everyone in the office can use the scanner with very little expertise.

It has a Send To Cloud feature that allows you to upload your document directly to cloud services after scanning. You can adjust its setting so your document goes straightly to your cloud services such as Evernote or Dropbox.

It doesn't take up a lot of space in the office, since it measures only 250 x 365 x 39 mm. It takes even less tablespace in upright position using the removable stand.

The LiDe220 supports Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 / Vista SP1 & SP2 / XP SP3 32-bit and Mac OS X v10.6.8 or later.

This scanner suits an office, where many people are in line to scan their documents. This Epson is 3-6 times faster than most office scanners and can scan at an outstanding speed of 65 ppm(pages per minute). The scanning quality at this maximum speed is 600 dpi which is high enough for most cases.

Optical Character Recognition(OCR) turns pictures into editable text. Epson DS-860N with its software can do it without mistakes with fonts as small as 6 points. This means that you don't have to make manual edits to the text later to fix mistakes.

This Epson lets you use a stack of up to 85 sheets, when usually you can insert 20-30 pages into your scanner at a time. This saves valuable time in the office, since you can scan all your documents in one go.

You don't have to worry about facing technical difficulties and having to acquire a new scanner for the next 5 years, since that's exactly how outstandingly long the warranty is.