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Brother Scanner DS 720D Scanning Lightweight Review

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Revainrating 2.5 out of 5  
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2.7
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Details

Media TypePhoto ; Receipt ; Business Card ; Paper
Scanner TypeDocument
BrandBrother
Connectivity TechnologyUSB
Item Dimensions LxWxH2.6 x 11.4 x 1.6 inches
Resolution1200
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Description of Brother Scanner DS 720D Scanning Lightweight

QUICK SCANNING: The Brother DS720D Mobile Color Page Scanner delivers lightning quick scanning at up to 8 ppm, and 5 ppm in duplex model (1). MULTIPLE MEDIA HANDLING: Easily scan photos, documents, receipts, business cards, ID cards, and more, up to 8.5 inches wide × 32 inches long. COMPACT & LIGHTWEIGHT: The sleek new design measures 12inches in length and weighs less than 1 pound, making the DS 720D compact and effective. PRECISION SCANNING: The Brother DS 720D mobile color page scanner produces black & white and color scans up at up to 600 × 600 dpi resolution. Operating Environment: Temperature: 41 degree Fahrenheit 95 degree Fahrenheit (5 degree Celsius 35 degree Celsius); Operating Environment: Humidity: 15 percent 85 percent. BUNDLED VERSATILE SOFTWARE SUITE: The DS 720D includes desktop document management, OCR, and business card management.Media Weights: Single Sheets (min/max):16 28. Scan Driver Compatibility TWAIN, SANE.

Reviews

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Revainrating 1 out of 5

Does his job: Office electronics

Let me start by saying that I'm a field technician who maintains points of sale, computers and printers. I bought this device after doing some research. The reason for my purchase was twofold. One of them was scanning documents used in my work. And the second is to scan registration receipts. It was very difficult to put a receipt on the flatbed scanner platform, scan it and then go and scan another receipt. Individually. So far I have no serious complaints about this device. I'm seeing several

Pros
  • Document scanner
Cons
  • Hard to say

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Excellent sheetfed scanner

I was wondering whether to buy this scanner or the SVP 2-in-1 scanner. Now that I have the opportunity to use the DS720D I am very happy with my decision. The main thing I like about it is that in the software you have control over how pages are crawled. When you scan a document, you have the option to capture the pages as an image file or PDF. If you choose to create a one-page PDF, the software will scan the first page and then give you 30 seconds to insert the next one. After that you can…

Pros
  • Scanner and accessories
Cons
  • Some problems

Revainrating 2 out of 5

No ICA driver means limited functionality on Mac

I saw that this scanner is compatible with the latest version of macOS and got great reviews. But when I started using it on my Mac, I realized its main disadvantage: this scanner doesn't have an ICA driver and it can't be recognized by Image Capture or other applications that interact with it. It has a TWAIN driver. But macOS uses ICA with Image Capture and none of my applications use TWAIN. Any scanning or document management application (paperless, etc.) only interacts with ICA scanners…

Pros
  • Office products
Cons
  • Modern