Review on 📚 CZUR Shine Ultra Smart Document Scanner: A3 Book Scanner with OCR Auto-Flatten & Deskew for Windows & Mac OS by Badpuppy Warton

This scanner is easy to set up and use. To set up, simply connect the included USB cable to the scanner and your computer's USB port. Once connected, I downloaded the latest drivers and software from the manufacturer's website. They come on a CD that came with the scanner, but I always check websites for updates so I just downloaded the software while I was there. The scanner is just a camera, mounted on an L-shaped stand with the lever protruding from the scanning area. Next to the camera are two lights along the arm that can be turned off independently of the cannon if desired. When it's on, there's a knob to adjust the brightness. However, the lights only shine vertically downwards. I've found that if the document you're scanning has a glossiness, the light reflects the document's "blind spot" into the camera (reflected light), making part of the document unreadable even in the light. at their lowest brightness. With glossy paper I have to turn off the light completely and use different light sources angled sideways. Because of this "direct light only" -Configuration of the built-in lights I give four stars instead of five. To scan, simply insert what you need to scan, hold under the camera and either press the button on the scanner or app, or press the included pedal. I haven't used the pedal so can't comment on that. A simple push of a button in the app works for me. There were many features in the software that I didn't use, so I can't say much about the software. I just scan the page, turn the page, click scan, turn the page, etc. until my document is completely scanned. I've used flatbed scanners in the past and it's much faster than picking up a document, turning a page, replacing a document, etc. With it, you just turn the page and click and rotate and click. Speeds up scanning. Each page is initially saved as a separate image, but the only feature of the software I've used is exporting to PDF. Simply select the images you want in the PDF and they will be merged into a single PDF while preserving the original individual images.