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Review on πŸ“± Wireless Duplex Mobile Color Page Scanner - Brother RDS-920DW by Rick Everett

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Great scanner. Not very suitable for Linux users

I bought this to reduce the amount of paper in our filing cabinet. I wanted to be able to easily retrieve digital copies of our old invoices instead of lugging around paper. Pros: 1) Scans relatively quickly. It's not a speed demon, but it's better than using a flatbed scanner 2) Images look very good 3) Scans easily on both sides 4) Can scan over paper length 5) Colors come out well 6) Can print JPG or PDF 7) Battery works FOR A LONG TIME. I literally scanned for 3 hours on a single charge. 8) The controls and interface are very easy to use. Disadvantages: 1) Difficult to work with certain types of paper, and I drag them left or right no matter how you set the edges I tried 4 different distros (Ubuntu-based, Suse-based, Fedora-based and Arch-based). The files you create open, but the scanner itself doesn't seem to "appear" on your PC. I've searched the entire site for drivers for the scanner over and over again to no avail. Although it claims to work, I couldn't install it. I'm deducting one star because I bought it specifically for its Linux compatibility. I am still happy with my purchase. It works great and has allowed me to get rid of a TON of unnecessary waste. I've searched the entire site for drivers for the scanner over and over again, but to no avail, so, even though it supposedly works, I couldn't install it. I'm deducting one star because I bought it specifically for its Linux compatibility. I am still happy with my purchase. It works great and has allowed me to get rid of a TON of unnecessary waste. I've searched the entire site for drivers for the scanner over and over again to no avail. Although it claims to work, I couldn't install it. I'm deducting one star because I bought it specifically for its Linux compatibility. I am still happy with my purchase. It works great and has allowed me to get rid of a TON of unnecessary waste. It works great and has allowed me to get rid of a TON of unnecessary waste. I've searched the entire site for drivers for the scanner over and over again to no avail. Although it claims to work, I couldn't install it. I'm deducting one star because I bought it specifically for its Linux compatibility. I am still happy with my purchase. It works great and has allowed me to get rid of a TON of unnecessary waste. It works great and has allowed me to get rid of a TON of unnecessary waste. I've searched the entire site for drivers for the scanner over and over again to no avail. Although it claims to work, I couldn't install it. I deduct a star for since I bought it specifically for Linux compatibility. I am still happy with my purchase. It works great and has allowed me to get rid of a TON of unnecessary waste.

Pros
  • Quality construction
Cons
  • Boring packaging