iX1300 Compact Wireless or USB Dual Sided Document Photo Receipt Scanner with Automatic Document Introduction and Manual Feed for Mac or PC - White

No obvious from the listing that this will be shipped to the UK form Overseas. Arrives with a non -UK power plug

Great!

This is a wonderful small but powerful scanner that substantially speeds up the scanning process. Its sheet feeder rapidly processes documents and scans both sides of the paper in one pass. It automatically will detect text and rotate the pages so that they are right side up and even do optical character recognition on them to make searchable PDFs. You can quickly scan photographs with the single sheet slot at the front bottom. So much faster than using a flatbed scanner or even a multifunction printer/scanner with document feeder. This unit is so much faster.

Setup was easy. I have a windows desktop. I did USB connection. Downloaded the software after googling it. I just went through 300 pages in no time. This was amazing to see how it took on so many pages in little effort. I also didn't have to tell it that the papers were double sided, it just knew. I haven't tried any other scanner but as a first time experience, this was perfect.

I've used Scan Snap scanners for over a decade at work. I bought this one for personal use at home. It's a fast scanner for a low price. Normally the faster it is, the more you pay. The software has good features and is easy to figure out. They make a great product that just works.

I have been buying, owning & operating tech gadgets since the late 70's and this scanner ranks up there with the best on that list. Just look at these features: a) USB or Wi-Fi option b) compact size - easy to pull out when needed and then store for later - not a lot of desk space c) duplex scans of standard paper document in about 2 seconds each d) duplex scans photos at 600dpi in about 5 seconds each e) auto top feeder (about 10 sheets) or manual front feed We have another brand's multi-function color laser unit that we bought several years ago (for a good chunk of cash) which has served us well. However when the wife suggested we scan all our old photos (boxes & boxes of loose photos and shelves of photo albums) - I knew I was not going to spend years scanning two or three photos at a time with that thing's flatbed scanner. I read the reviews and most suggest another brand's scanner that is almost twice the price of this one. I decided to take a chance and be a bit more thrifty and it has worked out more than I could have hoped for. Mostly that decision came down to this model's manual front feeder. In one week I have spent about 4 hours with this scanner and have scanned almost 1k photos. The most time-consuming part is taking the photos out of the albums. I just pop them in the front manual feeder and then let the scanner spit it back out where the photo then drops into a bin underneath for disposal - each photo takes about 5 seconds scanning at 600dpi and the quality is good enough (note: the quality really depends on how good the original photo looks. those old 70's polaroid's are not going to scan and then be able to printed at 24"x36" size down the line - let's be realistic - but they look good enough to me on the computer reviewing them afterwards). My only wish is that it could scan at 1200dpi but that would certainly jack up the price. There are a few pictures which we put aside to scan with the multi-function scanner for this reason because those pictures have more sentimental value. I had two occasions this past week needing to scan a full-size paper bill and decided to use this instead of the multi-function. It scans a piece of paper both-sides so fast that it is done before you blink. The software is very basic but it is completely functional. Since this is just a scanner I am glad the software just concerns itself with the simple scan settings and not image manipulation or PDF editing. I have purpose-made software to do that other stuff.