Header banner
Revain logoHome Page
📃 efficient scanning with the plustek smartoffice ps286 plus document scanner logo

📃 Efficient Scanning with the Plustek SmartOffice PS286 Plus Document Scanner Review

7

·

Poor

Revainrating 2.5 out of 5  
Rating 
2.6
📄 Document Scanners, 📰 Scanners

View on AmazonView on ЯM

Media

(3)
img 1 attached to 📃 Efficient Scanning with the Plustek SmartOffice PS286 Plus Document Scanner
img 2 attached to 📃 Efficient Scanning with the Plustek SmartOffice PS286 Plus Document Scanner
img 3 attached to 📃 Efficient Scanning with the Plustek SmartOffice PS286 Plus Document Scanner

Details

Scanner TypeDocument
BrandPlustek
Model NameSmartOffice PS286 Plus
Connectivity TechnologyUSB
Item Dimensions LxWxH14.2 x 9.9 x 11.8 inches
Item Weight3.66 Pounds
See 3 more

Description of 📃 Efficient Scanning with the Plustek SmartOffice PS286 Plus Document Scanner

Advanced image enhancement to automatically straighten and rotate pages, adjust brightness, and crop images to minimize file size and increase OCR accuracy. Scans rigid cards including insurance cards, ID cards, drivers licenses, etc. 50 sheet Automatic Document Feeder; duplex scanning. 25ppm (50 images/min) scan speed; 1500 page per day duty cycle. Single-touch customizable button automates up to 9 frequent scanning jobs.

Reviews

Global ratings 7
  • 5
    2
  • 4
    1
  • 3
    0
  • 2
    0
  • 1
    4

Type of review

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Excellent goods. Very easy to use and produces accurately.

Excellent product. Very easy to use and creates exact copies. The software that comes with it is fine, but I prefer a different product that gives me more versatility.

Pros
  • Weight
Cons
  • Doubtful purchase for the elderly

Revainrating 4 out of 5

This is an amazing little document scanner

I love this scanner, it saves me so much time! I can scan single-sided and double-sided documents one after the other and save them as one document. You can also edit PDF files.

Pros
  • The best
Cons
  • New competitors are here

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Don't waste money.

Very upset that I spent so much on garbage. Half the time it doesn't grab the document properly and ends up folding it. and obviously leads to a bad scan. It also does a terrible job of capturing the true color of an image when you're trying to scan it. It's always very dark and hard to see.

Pros
  • Decent performance
Cons
  • There are errors

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Small workhorse: Scanner

This is my second time buying this little scanner. I worked for a company that ordered this scanner for my desk and when I left the company the new employer didn't have a desk scanner so I suggested this one as I was happy with it. I had a lot of experience with PlusTex technical support in setting up the operating system as well as my current PC. I recommend this scanner, it's a workhorse for its size. LOVE IT!

Pros
  • Hands-free work
Cons
  • The list is long.

Revainrating 1 out of 5

I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT TO ANYONE AND WILL NEVER BUY ANYTHING.

I received this product and it didn't work, it saved everything I scanned as a blank PDF or just a black screen. I sent it back and had to pay about $35 for return shipping along with about $13 which I paid for shipping when I bought it. Then FULL COLOR COPIER Inc. charged me a 20% restocking fee (for a defective product) of about $50. I lost about $98 in round trip shipping and restocking fees. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT TO ANYONE AND WILL NEVER BUY ANYTHING FROM FULL COLOR COPIER INC…

Pros
  • Great for a small home
Cons
  • Compatibility

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Broken and customer support didn't help

I've been using this A LOT for about a year. We would go about 3 months between heavy use (about 200 pages front/back). I bought it for the OCR and duplex capability. I was mostly happy although he never behaved as expected. I'm very tech savvy so I had no problem with that. If I hadn't, I doubt I would have been so happy. However, one day it just stopped scanning the back of my documents. I tried everything and then contacted support. Long story short, they didn't help at all and I still have…

Pros
  • Easy to read control panel
Cons
  • -

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Unreliable and no customer support

I bought this scanner a month ago and out of 30 days of scanning I've been able to succeed 5 days in a row with no problems. The scanner mysteriously started to output a PDF file completely black. I spent hours restarting the computer, turning the device on and off, and reloading the drivers. I found the online PDF "manual" minimal and never mentioned the black output issue. I once wrote to tech support, they hinted that a broken ant could. On my last day of owning this unit, I contacted tech…

Pros
  • Absolute Legend
Cons
  • Great price