I would chose lots of other drives for this purpose before choosing this drive, because the drive is far too forgiving in the way it reports errors. It’s a very good drive for reading, however.
Suggested CD-R scanners:
Recommended:
BenQ DW1655 (and 1650/1640/1630) with Advanced Disc Quality Scan in CDSpeed 4.7+
Plextor Premium or Premium2 with PlexTools or PxScan
Plextor PX-760/755/716/712 with PlexTools or PxScan
OK but limited:
NEC ND-4551A/4550/3551/3550 (scan at 32x)
Optiarc AD-7173A/7170/5170 or Sony AW-G170 (scan at 32x)
Any LiteOn CD-RW drive that isn’t too forgiving