Mediocre at best
Pros:
USB "plug and play", Quality scans
Cons:
Frequent jams, software conflicts
The Bottom Line:
This machine does no better than a fax/scanner/printer combo thats half its price.
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Author's Review
Touching on the strong points first I will start by saying that the scanner produces a good quality scan. The automatic document feeder is a great convenience for scanning small stacks of paper. OK that's about it. Now, for weak points. When doing any quality scanning it is extremely slow about it, when scanning in stacks of paper, (far under the "max" paper feed count of 50)it very frequently feeds the paper in crooked and jams, or sometimes, doesnt get jammed and says that it is anyway, then many times when it jams, you clear the jam, and then try to start over, and it locks up the scanning program. Then when you go through the whole "end program" fiasco, go back into the program and try to scan it will say "driver busy". So you have to turn it off, then back on. Turning it back on requires even more waiting as it goes through its startup routine. OK now you are back to scanning. Not sure how long though, the ADF seems to jam at its own will no matter how perfect the paper you are feeding it is. Other than that, its OK. Id give about 10 bucks for it at a garage sale...maybe. Its certainly not suitable for heavy duty use such as at the workplace or at a busy home office. Overall, its a pretty poor performer.