ScanSnap iX1300 Compact Wireless or USB Double-Sided Color Document, Photo & Receipt Scanner with Auto Document Feeder and Manual Feeder for Mac or PC, Black

I’m probably crazy but 20 years after college I still was holding onto my college notebooks and I refused to throw them out. We needed the space and so I decided to scan them with a printer/scanner combo. With over 25 classes of notes, it was taking an hour per class PLUS the notes were not duplex so I had a scan of the odd and even pages. As with just about any printer, I basically need to fix it every time I use it. The printer/scanner experience is just a trash fire. After so many paper jams and not trying to lose my sanity, I started looking for another solution. It didn’t take long to find this amazing scanner. Amazon delivered fast and the install was effortless on my Windows 11 PC. The instructions are so easy to follow, you connect it with a physical wire and then immediately it shows you how to set it up for wireless. It just works EVERY TIME. This thing is fast. As I stated earlier, it was taking me an hour to scan a single class of notes with my printer/scanner. This scanner completed all of my 25 class notes in under 3 hours. Plus all the scans look beautiful AND they are duplex (front and back of pages) in PDF format. The software is so easy to use. I’ll admit that the first few scans required some adjustment but once I got it tuned it was perfect. I was also afraid of getting any new devices since space is at a luxury in my home office. This thing is small. It folds up and I can slide it into a drawer. Everything about this device is awesome and just well designed. If you need a scanner look no further. It isn’t cheap but you a definitely going to love what you are getting if you pick up this scanner. Just the time saved during the holiday season more than made up for the cost.

I had a stack of historical documents that needed to be scanned and was trying to use a manual scanner to slog through it. This device wasn't cheap but I figured I'd splurge and see if it performed as promised. I hadn't even had the thing out of the box more than two hours and I was finished. Couldn't believe it. Installed the software from the web, powered it up, hooked up the USB then configured it for WiFi. It connected no problems, disconnected the USB and loaded up my first stack of documents. Hit the scan button, saved to a folder as PDF. Great quality, the software is basic but offered fantastic editing options like rearranging the order of pages when you stacked them wrong. The scanner copied both sides at once and detected if it was blank or not. I am absolutely amazed at how easy it was to setup and to use. Folds up nice and compact for storage when you are done. WiFi means only one cord going to it. I'm loving this thing.

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 like this scanner for documents. It’s fairly simple to use and goes quick. The option to scan both sides, or not, is clutch. The software is more clunky than it should be. Figuring it out - options - changes - what to do - is deep in and very old fashioned. It also updates A LOT. I am not easily able to figure out what they updated and what’s changed. BUMMER, because I like the device - but again, the software is antiquated.

A comparison: I had a fuji scanner prior to this a 6130 which is a more business oriented and sturdy scanner. I had to give that up when Microsoft upgraded me to windows 11 without my approval. Ricoh bought Fuji scanner division. My Scansnap IX1300 is not as sturdy, but it is lighter and fine enough for home use. I was able to connect it to my wifi and by wifi to my personal PC easily. You don't have to be a network engineer to figure it out. It actually scans much faster than my Fuji. Now two 8.5 x 11 pages being scanned both sides in about 4 seconds where the fuji would be closer to 10. It also has a front feed which is good for things like receipts and business cards. If there is a shortcoming it is in the software where I found it a bit trying to figure out how to get it to save with the naming convention I wanted, but I did figure it out. I'm not sure what the feeder capacity is, but I've done about 10 pages successfully. The one contact I had with their support was impressively good, real people real fast with real concern and real knowledge. Bottom line is for a home scanner (or even a low usage business scanner), this is a good option at a reasonable price. Color seems to be good and resolution is high enough, but I do not do a lot of color scanning, so I can't give a good reference for that.

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

This scanner is amazing, so small yet can scan multiple items into your laptop or phone in seconds.

Great!

Je l'utilise depuis 3 jours et je l'apprécie beaucoup. Très facile à utiliser. J'ai scanné des papiers, des reçus et des photos. On peut mettre jusqu'à environ 25 feuilles ou photos à la fois. Je n'ai eu qu'un seul bourrage de papier, mais il faut dire que le papier était très épais. J'ai scanné les feuilles une à la fois et je n'ai pas eu de problème. J'ai aussi essayé de mettre plusieurs photos à la fois et ça l'a très bien fonctionné. Je cherchais à scanner plusieurs photos rapidement et facilement, et pour cela, ça fonctionne très bien. Pour les photos d'archive ou celle qui demande un traitement particulier, je ne pense pas que ça soit le meilleur scanner pour ça.

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.