I am a mobile notary and I needed a fast, reliable, mobile scanner. I bought this and returned it because it wasn't compatible with my chrome book. I instead bought a doxie q , which had great reviews and it was absolutely awful. I decided to buy this one again and if I needed to I would buy a laptop it was compatible with. What I discovered is this has an app for iphone and all I needed was a hot spot for the scanned docs to go directly to my phone. I scan ids front and back and pages and pages of docs. This has incredible clarity, is super fast and never feeds crooked or messes up the original. I read some reviews that said it feeds crooked and chews up the original. I can only imagine that those people are paid to badmouth this scanner. This is such an awesome product. I would most definitely recommend it. This has absolutely changed the way I do business and has added incredible value.
After reading all the negative reviews I was concerned about the functionality and quality of this 1700W scanner. I have a monochrome laser printer from Brother that I have been happy with so I took a chance. I have been happy thus far.
Set up was easy. I plugged it in and turned it on. I followed the instructions to connect to my wifi network. I installed the app on my phone and my computer (mac). I tried to use the apple software to scan without using the brother app. Didn't work. So I downloaded both the iPrint&scan app from the app store and the software from the brother website. It has been working great. Some the pages scan a little crooked what do you expect for <$200? It's only a minor issue.
I had a devil of a time setting up this scanner. It offers about six ways to control the scanner. For two reasons, I wanted was to scan to a shared folder on the local area network: so, all of our computers could make use of the scanner, and we could operate the scanner while sitting down with it, as it resides in a separate room with other network equipment. So, I wanted to sit down at the scanner, ask it to scan, see that it did so successfully, and then walk to the computer in another room to access the produced pdf file. We use Apple computers and the difficulty in setting up the scanner had to do with setting up a separate, limited account for the scanner, opening up the firewall just enough to let the scanner in, ownership, and file permissions, and more. Particularly difficult was figuring out the correct path name that the scanner would use to find the shared folder. After much searching, I found an example that immediately led to the solution. It took me two days and about 12 hours to get it working. It would have been faster if Brother's documentation or help site showed an example of the folder path for my circumstance. After setup, it has been a beauty. I have used it for a week, and I wonder how I ever got along without a document scanner. It is fast, it is small, and it produces high quality PDF files. If it shows the reliability that my Brother printer and old phone fax machine have demonstrated, I will be very happy.
So far so good. I was unimpressed with the way the item shipped, no extra boxing just a label on the printer box, fortunately despite taking several hits the unit seems to be OK. This nifty little scanner is compact and easy to use. Had no issues connecting to WiFi and was able to scan directly from the phone app. The phone app is OK but you cannot name or rename file scans which means extra work of finding the file and renaming it. I was happy with the scanning speed. It scans double sided with one pass through, which I love. Only complaint so far is the pages struggle to stay straight, which is a big minus.
The not-so-good first: It was a little odd to figure out and set up the "workflows" which are apparently the one-touch settings you can make up, but only took a few minutes. Annoyingly, it scans the stuff face-down, which was not clear from anything, but one pure-white test scan later lets you learn that really quickly.
Also, on the wifi, it doesn't always seem to want to scan from the scanner buttons but always works from the computer. None of this is a non-starter for me since I'll likely always have this near my computer, filing the data as I go.
BUT It's small, folds up well to store, and light. So, even with those limitations above, it's exactly what I need.
Feature Product
- COMPACT DESIGN AND FAST SCAN SPEEDS HANDLE A VARIETY OF DOCUMENTS - Scan single and double-sided, documents in a single pass at up to 25 ppm(1). Easily scan documents up to 34" long, receipts and photos using the 20-page capacity auto document feeder.
- EASY-TO-USE AND SAVES TIMES - 2.8" color Touchscreen display for one-touch scanning to preset destinations and device settings management. Auto Start Scan lets you simply drop paper into the feeder to initiate auto scanning to a predefined profile.
- COMPATIBLE WITH THE WAY YOU WORK - ADS1700W supports multiple "Scan-to" destinations: File(2), OCR(2), Email(2), Network, FTP, Cloud services(7) Mobile Devices(3) and USB flash memory drive(4) to help optimize your business process.
- VERSATILE SCANNING AND CONNECTIVITY - Wireless scanning to PC, cloud apps(7), mobile(3) and network destinations plus Micro USB 3.0 interface for local connections. Dedicated card slot easily scans business and photo ID cards.
- OPTIMIZE IMAGES AND TEXT - Enhance scans with automatic color detection/adjustment, image rotation (PC only), bleed through prevention / background removal, text enhancement, color drop. Software suite(6) includes document management and OCR software.
Description
The Brother ADS-1700w compact desktop scanner offers fast document digitization, built-in wireless networking, and easy-to-use color Touchscreen. Scan stacks of double-sided, color and black and white documents up to 25ppm(1) in a single pass with 20-page capacity auto document feeder. The ADS-1700W scans documents, receipts and photos, plus business and plastic ID cards using a dedicated card slot. Scan to multiple destinations including File(2), OCR(2), Email, Network, FTP, Cloud services(7), Mobile Devices(3) and USB flash memory drive(4).
The ADS-1700W is ideal for home or on-the-go professionals and makes scanning easy with features that facilitate scanning including: programmable one-touch scanning that scans at the touch of a button; Auto Start Scan scans to pre-configured destinations; a dedicated card slot that lets you scan plastic cards; plus scan and retrieve files without having to install special software on the connected PC. The ADS-1700W is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux as well as TWAIN, WIA, ICA, and SANE drivers(5). Includes a one-year limited warranty and free product lifetime online, call or live chat support.
(1)Color and monochrome scan speed, LTR at 300dpi. (2)When connected to a PC with applicable software. (3)Requires connection to wireless network. (4)USB flash memory drive sold separately. (5)Drivers and bundled software available via download on manufacturer’s website. Internet connection required. Refer to User Guide for more information. (6)Features dependent upon downloaded driver and software. Bundled document management programs downloaded separately on manufacturer’s website. Internet connection required. Refer to User Guide for more information. (7)When connected to a PC. Requires the Brother iPrint&Scan app, internet connection and account with desired cloud service. (8)Requires USB 3.0 compatible PC and cable (not included). (9)Requires mail server support. All referenced trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective companies.
I can't believe how compact and how fast this scanner is. I love that the software lets me control it from the computer and post scanned documents directly to the appropriate folder with the workflow.
My husband loves this. He likes to keep all his documents in an organized fashion and this machine is helping him doing that super easily.
I've wasted money on small scanners in the past only to find a scanning app on my phone is better. This Brother scanner is exactly what I wanted: fast, small form factor, and 2-sided.
Fast duplex scanning. Can use in pdf or jpeg format.
Great for doc scan, but only adequate for photo scan.
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