Not many people would have come across the IBM name on a scanner but it does have a range and, as can be seen here, maybe they aren't doing enough about making people aware of the product.

The IdeaScan is a fairly nondescript looking piece of equipment. It looks blocky and is longer than the usual proportions for an A4 scanner. This is due to the inclusion of five buttons on the top which are one-touch scanning functions.

IBM has included a full suite of software in addition to the TWAIN driver. The MGI PhotoStudio SE suite is the main application for importing your scans and manipulating the images. PhotoStudio itself lacks some of the features and finesse of the higher-end packages but has a number of effects that will keep most novice users amused for hours.
There are also some novelty applications that may or may not foot your requirements. One is an image database which allows you to collect images into arranged albums. There is a photo printer component to the Suite which allows you to add effects to a scanned image or image from disk. It also has the ability to arrange photos on a page.

Lastly, PhotoFantasy is a cute program that provides a basic photo setting where you can slot in an image that you choose, for instance, your face on a bodybuilder's torso. PhotoFantasy has a number of different scenarios and like PhotoStudio will attract a lot of attention from neophytes.
The IdeaScan scored solidly in most categories. It lined up in third place overall in terms of output quality although its colour accuracy was severely tested by the colour target test scan, coming in with the lowest score from our judging panel. Where it picked up was in our OCR scan. The IdeaScan was the most accurate scanner of the lot when it came to pulling a difficult page of text together, recording only seven errors in total. Consider this compared to the Mustek scanner which accounted for a whopping 137 errors from the same page.

IBM won't win many friends with the IdeaScan 2000's price but the package will get the novice up and scanning with a minimum of fuss. It only lacks a more accomplished photo editor to rate higher in our estimation.