there are so many different scanner wands out there. i just want to carry one around w/ me to scan books &amp; some photos. would you recommend this one?
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Yes. It scans color or b&w, pdf or jpg, and has 3 settings for fesolution. The docking station charges the battery in the scanner or you can charge it through a USB port on a computer. Docking station feeds anythjng up to 8 1/2" and has slider to match the width of your document. I got rid of my flat bed scanner entirely. Remove the wand from the docking station and use it to scan books and photo albums. It adjusts the scan if you move it a little too fast or slow. I get my best scans by putting an 8x10" glass plate from a photo album on the object to be scanned. The plate smooths out the document to be scanned and allows smooth motion of the scanner. I like this better than he $300 Neat scanners.
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I was never able to use the scanner, I wasn't able to get past set-up. I returned it and purchased a pandigital scanner, it has 2 rollers to avoid blurring, it can be used as a wand scanner & it snaps into a small base to allow pictures to be fed through & allows up to a 1200 dpi. This has a rechargeable ni-cad battery & I'm very pleased with it.
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I have not noticed any markedly less quality compared to the HP Photosmart scanners I had before, but it may not be quite as good as my dedicated Canon scanner. If scanning photos is your primary objective, I would not rely on the Epson WorkForce. I would get a dedicated scanner.
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I have both, and the ScanSnap gets my vote. The Neat Receipts idea is great, but the software didn't deliver. It was good at character recognition, but after scanning only 100 documents/receipts or so, it started loading extremely slowly, and got slower and slower each time I scanned a new receipt. It was basically useless, unless you want to wait 10-15 minutes for it to load, and the same amount of time to scan one receipt. I don't know about you, but my paper backlog amounts to a lot more than 100 receipts. I went out and purchased the ScanSnap. There's no character recognition, but if you just want to digitize your documents and receipts, the ScanSnap is your product. Compared to the Neat Receipts scanner (when first purchased) it is as fast (or faster) with single or double sided scanning. It automatically detects blank pages, and it has never once jammed. It creates a pdf wherever you want it saved, and I can easily email the document (which I often do, instead of faxing). ScanSnap is still as fast as the day I opened the box. It gets my vote hands down. Maybe someday they'll add character recognition to the included software.
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I personally have not tried "it's" portability but in my opinion it would be portable. The scanner is not heavy, bulky or awkward to handle or transport. I would say that it could be used with/in a backpack for large screen laptops. The scanner has excellent copying abilities and I dial down the pixels to speed up the copy process without losing quality.
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More accurate because it does not depend on your ability to move the wand smoothly. The Flip is ideal for scanning small items: little journals, snapshots, business cards.
947228
It is absolutely not portable. I love this scanner and the way it clears up old photos but it is a stationary scanner.
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I love may Canon scanners. I have two actually, both stand alones, but I don't have a Mac computer .. and no other software is needed with either of my scanners .. hope this helps.
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I've scanned a few photos and it did ok but I wouldn't buy it just for photos, I would buy a scanner that is made for photos. I purchased and use this for documents. I think you will get better quality with an actual photo scanner.
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The Magic Wand takes batteries for use anywhere you want to scan. It comes with a USB cable to download into your computer.
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I'm also interested in scanning bulky books. This scanner sounds good because it's fast. The film/slide capability would be a great bonus, but fast book scanning and OCR are my priorities. One big question is whether or not the lid can be removed. Another Canon model only accommodates media up to 1 inch thick. Meanwhile, I have found the Plustek Opticbook 3600, designed _specifically_ for book scanning. So other book scan fans should take a look at this one.
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Yes. It works beautifully! We have had it for several weeks now and already find it indispensable. It scans quickly and the output is high quality!
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It works just fine. You would place the scanner on the book, with the top taken off and move it around the book page. Depending on how big the old book is will determine how many times you have to move the scanner. One thing I learned the hard way was that I didn't overlap the scanned pieces enough at the beginning and the stitching software couldn't put it into a whole piece. Otherwise I have taken this with me on my genealogy quests with great satisfaction. Only problem, as I've mentioned before is the battery dependence. Bring extra memory cards or have the ability to download from the little card. Without a card or battery, it doesn't work.
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Scanning documents is easy. The thing eats batteries and is a pain if there are staples in the documents or if you are trying to scan a book. The file sizes are BIG even if you choose small ones. I've had to get apps to shrink them if I am going to save them, even as .pdfs. Over all, I love the scanner because it saves me a huge amount of time.
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Yes, I love this scanner. It detaches from the base to do books, and is very good with pics when attached to the base. High quality.
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I've just used it for slide scanning, and it's a manual, one at a time operation, but it goes remarkably fast. I literally had hundreds of slides and I was surprised at how quickly I was able to scan them once I got in a rhythm.
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Hi... I've had several Scanners, and before I purchased this one, did a huge amount of research. This one is tops in all areas. Great resolution, and top notch in all that I do with it. Then there is the question of might the one you buy, be made on a Friday or Monday, as rsch indicates some stuff made on those days, NOT very good.