Visioneer SXP2205D-WU Strobe XP 220 600 DPI Portable Scanner with One Touch PDF and VRS Image Enhan

Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I had a heck of a time trying to get this running. The short story is go to the Visioneer web site to download the latest tools and utilities. I have it running fine on a Windows 7 notebook.

I have a standard flatbed scanner for photos that is my primary use, but for quick scans of bills, receipts etc., it's a great addition. I save everything to PDF and can shred most paper keeping the documents as files backed up on disc. For tax purposes, it's ideal. You have everything searchable and no digging through papers and file drawers. I am not almost completely paperless and this is the way to go.

The quality is pretty good, and everything textual is crisp and printable. Obviously not intended for photos or artistic use, even though it is a color scanner. I prefer my standard flatbed. This is merely a companion to my paper shredder.

The current (MSRP) list price is too high, but the sale price is currently 64% off. That's about right.

Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program Summary: The Visioneer Strobe 220 has great specs, moderate performance and is absolutely 5-10 years behind in user interface. The installation even feels older. That said, it scans OK and the software bundle includes the excellent Omnipage Professional 15 and the venerable Paperport 11.

Pros:

Nice bundle with scanner hardware, drivers, OCR software (Omnipage Pro 15) and organizer software (Paperport 11). These appear to be full versions and work in their function.

Good price for the bundle.

The scanner is fast enough that it isn't an issue for a few pages (seemed like

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