Eleven inches wide by 16 deep, the canoScan LiDE 600F supports media of about 8.5 x 11.7, or most legal sized documents, while weighing in at about 6 pounds and measuring just 2 inches tall.

Midrange so far as pricing goes, it has an optical resolution of 4800 dpi x 9600 DPI, and interpolated resolutions of 19200 x 19200.

Powered by a high speed USB 2.0 port, the Canon Canoscan LiDE 600 F features 48 bit color and single pass scan mode for more rapid scanning of your documents or photos.

With an expandable hinged lid, it is well able to handle more bulky 3 dimensional objects such as books, however the lid does not entirely detach.

Has the ability to scan film as well as photo prints, and plain paper by the use of the film adapter that is included with the package.

The LiDE 600 F does have the ability to direct send scans in email as well as to offer scan to text for text editing capabilities.

Bundled with the scanner, ScanGear CS, Arcsoft Photo Studio, the scanner drivers and utilities as well as Presto, Page Manager and Scansoft Omni Page, to provide for your text editing, and the Canoscan Toolbox.

Operating systems supported are Apple Mac OSX, OSX10.2, 10.2.6 as well as all windows operating systems including Windows 98.