Brother Portable scanner as per the front page ribbon on Officeworks' site. They claim a reduction of $160 ($209 original price) and Ebay seems to bear that out with prices ~$160-$200
Perhaps not for everyone but it has its uses - hey live out your circa 1990 Bond film fantasies.
So Modern!
I had a quick scan of the deal, seems pretty good
another cute device that modern smartphones have killed off….
These days can't beat scannerpro or similar app on the iPhone for quick convenient scanning, and immediately able to emailed, stored in dropbox etc.
Where else are you gonna get 600 x 600 DPI resolution?
:p
Who is trying to think of reasons why you NEED this scanner?
Scanning receipts. I just take a photo of mine and put it in the ACCC app
Just bought one now, this scanner is good for person who traveling to a place when you need scanner copy but there is no scanner nearby.
In some case, photo by mobile is not good enough to meet some criteria, i know it sounds strange, but some place they just don't accept it.
Thanks for the bargain info.
Just bought it as I travel to different clinics and was using scan pro (ios) which works well for low volumes but thought I would try this so i can attach it to files asap instead of having to email each scan to myself to then put it on file. Hope its a time saver but will see… I think in reality I'm bored and saw this heavily discounted (though nearly redundant hardware) and thought well why not
Check support page seems to have drivers for mac and PC latest operating system is a plus.
Unlike the canon crap
Price is attractive, but I need portable scanner for photos but one with auto feed. Very slow and tedious to put one photo x photo. 1000+ photos too much for me and older cousins before they die and dumped.
Why are you looking at a portable scanner for scanning 1000+ photos?
Because it's cheap obviously…… Thats the only reason I come here.
Certainly not for your witty banter.
http://www.amazon.com/Brother-DS-600-DSMobile-Scanner-Packag…
Lots of 1-star reviews mostly centering around the fact that it can't feed properly.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388613,00.asp
The DS-600's limitations—particularly the simplex scanning, manual feed, and issues with handling multipage documents—make it suitable only for those who rarely need to scan documents with more than one page to searchable or editable format, or who already own software that can handle the task. If you fall into either of those tight niches, however, the DS-600 is potentially useful as an inexpensive, portable choice.
I know what it's designed to do; I was referring to people who can't get a single page fed after a short time.
If you are looking for uses check out this article by lifehacker.
http://lifehacker.com/5973033/how-i-turned-three-years-of-pa…
I personally use a Doxie for my scanning needs.
I bought a Doxie Go thinking I'd use it all the time. Used it maybe twice, and it's been sitting in a drawer ever since. I should probably try to sell it, but I doubt I'd get a good price for it since a ton more portable scanners have popped up since I bought it.
You should adopt the plan outlined in the lifehacker article. It will then become far more useful. Im actually looking forward to tax time as all of my receipts are digital and searchable.
because Evernote uses SSL I feel comfortable having my semi-private information saved online
I wonder how many people are having second thoughts about this now, since the revelation of the 'heartbleed' SSL bug?
… and the next bug?
Privacy is overrated anyway. Who cares how much you paid for your water bills?
They had their own major security bug earlier this year; it just wasn't Heartbleed that damaged their reputation.
So no, people were having second thoughts about Evernote even before Heartbleed.
Wonder how well this might work via a micro USB attached to an android tablet etc…?
There is a app which does USB scanning however there is a comment under a review saying newer versions of the DS-600 don't work due to a upgraded chipset.
Trial version here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.accusoft.u…
Bought one, and figure out what to do with it later. Classic OZbargain spirit!
I have the DS-30… Hmmm wonder whether i should get this one!
I'm in the market for a scanner to go paperless, but I think this thing will be more trouble than the savings had.
Agreed! This is more suited if you really need the portable feature of scanner.
Get a multifunction printer (with document feeder) and proper software where you can scan multipages from one click of a button and keep the file in a pdf format(rather then jpeg…)! They aren't that expensive and you also get printing +/- fax features….but need more space.
Hi if you are using one, could you actually recommend a particular model?
What's the trouble it could be?
what would be the best way to scan photos? Like 1000+ photos?
Camscanner for Android is great for the odd time that you need to scan. First Advantage just did a background check on me and for any forms they required, they suggested to use that app. Works brilliantly.
I also use this nifty app to and find the output quality to be very impressive. You can share the resulting pdf or share it to the gallery of the device.
It's probably not the best solution for scanning 1000s of pages, but neither is the portable scanner.
That's awesome guys, didn't know there was an app that could convert camera to pdf!
thanks
Yep ;)
Does anyone have a recommendation for a 'wand' type scanner
My wife would like to scan photos from her parents photo albums
Photos are stuck in etc and not easily removable - albums don't fold flat for scanner
Any experience or recommendations GREATLY appreciated as she is nagging the hell out of me!
Haven't used it, but have seen in ebay - SkyPix Handyscan
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-Handheld-Portable-900dpi-Hand…
Exactly what I wanted
Will give it a go at that price
Cheers
Picked up mine yesterday. It scanned one piece of a paper and then died. It is not scanning anything anymore.
Darnit, took it to officeworks but they had none in stock obviously. Told me to call the online people who told me to call brother. Ah whatever I will send it there.
Picked mine up and it works a treat :) Much better that Pro scan ios
dammit… for a second there I thought it was their portable printer :(