Brother DS700D Compact Duplex Scanner - Retail Packaging

I just recieved this and it was easy to set-up even with a lack of instructions other than put disk in and load before plugging in the scanner. I tried various types of items to scan and all came out great. Color, b&w even a photo. It is small enough to fit in my bag next to my portable printer so I always have a scanner handy. I was very impressed with the double sided scanning which is fast and easy. I have already recommended this to my fellow sales people and i highly recommend it to all that are in need of a portable scanner.

I purchased this scanner to use with my iMac. Fortunately I also have a PC; otherwise I would return the scanner to AMAZON. The software works so poorly on my MAC that, in my opinion, it should not be sold as "compatible with Lion". If you are planning to use the scanner with a PC, buy it.

My Ratings:

For MAC: 0-Stars

For PC: 5-Stars

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I was looking for a document scanner for household use. This one had all the features I wanted, duplex, compact. So, I bought it. I was so disappointed by it's performance that I decided to return it the next day!

Pros:

1. Lightweight, compact.

2. Installs easy

Cons:

1. If you are feeding documents, there will be a black leading area at the top of the scan. Because it starts capturing the image even before the paper is into the scanning area. This is absolutely unacceptable. How does this thing make it to the market?

2. If you are trying to feed multiple documents, there is no way you can avoid the black area at the top of the scan.

3. The page is scanned kind of slanted, no matter how hard I try to scan it straight. The feeder won't eat the paper straight.

4. The PDF files generated are humongous! I understand these are image based PDF files, but my flatbed scanner does that too... but file sizes are manageable.

It was a total waste of my time.

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This duplex scanner work well and has a good price, but would be excellent if it had adjustable paper guide to keep document straight.

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I have a Macbook Pro OS X 10.8.3. Before doing the installation I noticed the software on the disk was only good up to 10.7 . So I went to the brothers website to download the latest drivers for the scanner. The scanner worked fine. The scanner comes with other software from 3rd party vendor and I had to go the the 3rd party website to download the upgrades that support os x 10.8.3. I had no problems using the scanner or the software. The unit does what I expected from it.

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