I thought this would be my solution to the 2-3 things I wanted to scan in a magazine before donating them to the library. It seemed like it was going to be perfect until I noticed the bottoms were cut off every page I scanned. I tried scanning slow, fast and in between. I reset all of the settings and calibrated the white balance twice. Nothing worked. My scan would always show the bottom of the page not scanned even if I scanned the table, magazine page and let it run back onto the table. The scan would show wood, magazine page with bottom cut off and then wood again.I called VuPoint's customer service but the woman I spoke to was more interested in chewing gum than offering any helpful answers or suggestions. She told me just to return it, which I did. I had no issues with the return and this review is on only my experience with the product itself.
I'm half tempted to get another one just to see if it does the same thing and if I ended up with a defective item but I'd rather try to find one in person to test out before ordering online again.
Before purchasing a wand scanner, one should try using a digital camera first (good cameras have a macro mode that allows sharp pictures to be taken at very close distances). The results for photo imaging book or magazine pages will likely be acceptable for most people, and if one has a camera phone, the tool will be readily available when out at the library for example.
If one is planning on scanning mostly photos, consider a flatbed photo scanner such as an Epson V33 or a Canon instead. For about the same price, the scan quality will be much better.This thing works really well. I've scanned about 100 old photos so far and the quality is about the same as the scanner on my printer but it takes about one-twentieth of the time. Not too heavy to carry in my bag. The battery life isn't as bad as some people say. Just turn it off between batches of docs or photos. Great value compared to the more expensive ones at Staples. Bought the flat scanner bed on another site for $10, free shipping. It's not quite as smooth as I'd like but that doesn't affect the quality of the doc. I'd recommend the bed if you're going to do a lot of home scanning.Quality of scans are decent. The quality of scans you end up with depends greatly on your skill with operating the scanner. It takes some practice to move it evenly and at a steady pace to end up with a good quality scan. Even when you don't move the scanner steady the scans are of acceptable quality. You must calibrate the scanner first (very simple procedure). You can increase the quality of the scans by buying the table top scanning stand ($13 $18) which also is required to achieve 900dpi.
For the money this is an excellent scanner. Versatile because you can scan anything flat, pictures on the wall, labels on a box too big to put on a flatbed scanner, etc. When you need a better image than you will get with a cell phone this a good solution. Scanning books and magazine pages takes a bit of effort, but not so much you can't get the hang of it within minutes. I even scanned a still image off of a 40 inch LCD TV. It was pixelated but you could clearly see the face I was trying to capture.
You get Abby sprint software (ver 9) which allows you to convert a .jpg to text with outstanding results. The scanner itself produces either .jpg or pdf files.
The controls are very simple, the ability to preview the scan is a nice feature allowing to zoom the preview image up to eight times magnification. It is easy to switch between file formats and the dpi settings. I am still using the same batteries that were included (two AA's) after two days of scanning and about 25 scans from 300dpi to 900dpi. So battery life for this is great.
For a portable wand scanner with preview of scans and three levels of quality settings this a great value and a must have where a portable scanner is essential. If it was just a little easier to use and the quality of scans just a bit better I would have given it 5 stars.
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