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This Brother ADS-1500W scanner features a built-in wireless LAN that enables an easy connection to the Web. An optical resolution up to 600 x 600 dpi and 30-bit color depth ensure details and colors are accurately captured.
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Maybe decent for home use... Not worth the price
on July 17, 2015
Posted by: Megan
If you are looking for a scanner for at home use, I'd suggest buying a printer with a built in scanner. If you're looking for a scanner to use at work for medium usage (daily, but not hundreds of pages), I would NOT recommend this one. This scanner has only the capability to handle very light scanning (maybe 10 pages a week), but if you're only looking for light scanning, why buy a $250 scanner??
-There is no set up required for the scanner, just plug a few cords in.
-Installation of software was a bit of a longer process, but still nothing crazy.
-It scans a little slowly. It claims to scan 18ppm, but if you're scanning at 300dpi or higher, expect closer to 10 ppm.
-Pro: the image quality is decent!
-It advertises duplex scanning, which is nice, but you would naturally assume that it has the capability to scan single sided pages - wrong. If you want to scan single sided sheets to a network (versus USB) it will NOT let you. (If you want to scan single sided sheets via USB it will work). I spoke to customer service and was told that this is just "a limitation of the device". How is it that the device can scan single sided sheets to a PC but not to a network? This is a major flaw in the product if this is ever to be used for anything other than a home scanner (to which again I would ask why a $250 scanner for your home?). This product can't be used by small businesses or offices looking to scan documents to shared networks.
-The device feels very flimsy. The plastic feeder that puts the paper through the scanner snaps into place but feels like if you apply any pressure at all it will snap in two.
-The device gets jammed easily. A simple fix, but still a pain.
-Sometimes it just quits working and you have to power it off and on
-After about four hours of toggling with it (and maybe scanning a total of 30 pages), it refused to scan anything. The screen would read "scanning" for about a minute without doing anything and then would simply return to the home page. While I'm sure this was just a bad device in this aspect, it says a lot about the model as a whole.
-There is no set up required for the scanner, just plug a few cords in.
-Installation of software was a bit of a longer process, but still nothing crazy.
-It scans a little slowly. It claims to scan 18ppm, but if you're scanning at 300dpi or higher, expect closer to 10 ppm.
-Pro: the image quality is decent!
-It advertises duplex scanning, which is nice, but you would naturally assume that it has the capability to scan single sided pages - wrong. If you want to scan single sided sheets to a network (versus USB) it will NOT let you. (If you want to scan single sided sheets via USB it will work). I spoke to customer service and was told that this is just "a limitation of the device". How is it that the device can scan single sided sheets to a PC but not to a network? This is a major flaw in the product if this is ever to be used for anything other than a home scanner (to which again I would ask why a $250 scanner for your home?). This product can't be used by small businesses or offices looking to scan documents to shared networks.
-The device feels very flimsy. The plastic feeder that puts the paper through the scanner snaps into place but feels like if you apply any pressure at all it will snap in two.
-The device gets jammed easily. A simple fix, but still a pain.
-Sometimes it just quits working and you have to power it off and on
-After about four hours of toggling with it (and maybe scanning a total of 30 pages), it refused to scan anything. The screen would read "scanning" for about a minute without doing anything and then would simply return to the home page. While I'm sure this was just a bad device in this aspect, it says a lot about the model as a whole.
Returning this product as soon as possible.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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