Brother DS-940DW Document Scanner, Wireless/USB 3.0, DSMobile, | Portable, 2 Sided Scanning, 15PPM, A4 Scanner, Includes Micro USB Cable, White

I was fully prepared to be shipping this unit back if it did not live up to expectations but it is staying with me. I’ve had a number of portable document scanners over the years with a varying degree of success with each. I did a great deal of research into this type of scanner prior to ordering which included the ScanSnap, Doxie, canon and Fujitsu equivalent models.I am a prolific archivist and detest paper so any paperwork given to me gets scanned in and stored electronically. With the MFD shortage brought on by covid I struggled to get a worthy replacement MFD for home with an ADF when the ADF on my Canon just wore out.Over the recent year my job has changed to that of a more flexible worker either from the Office, home or client sites so a portable unit that can be added to my office in a rucksack was the best fit.Anyway enough about my situation.This unit can scan to a machine over USB, Wi-Fi and via a memory card you insert into the back of the device. Whilst the memory card does not petrude it would be nice if there was a clip or cover over it to stop it from being accidentally ejected. This may after all contain sensitive information or the remains of sensitive information after deletion.Scanning to the memory card is OK and just OK. Each page is saved as a separate document, even when selected PDF and 2 Sided each side will be safed as a separate document and not combined. You just put another piece of paper in the feeder and it scans and saves. There I no method, that I have found documented to continue a scan to the memory card into one file. The scans require assembly into a single file after the fact in the included software. I use this feature only for documents of one page. Only when there is no other practicable choice do I use this for multipage scans as it is a bit of a ball ache. Quite why they didn’t make use of the “WStart/Stop” button is anyone’s guess.The Wi-Fi functionality is OK, it is a bit slow in my experience. There is also no “known” Wi-Fi settings listed on the device’s settings so it just remembers the previous network it is connected to. It would be useful it it retained the settings for a number of networks to allow it to move between home, work and Mi-Fi adapter without having to repair the thing by the WPS button each time.As you can tell I mostly use my device over USB, its plug and play and fast. The built-in blank page detection is brilliant and the Brother iPrint & Scan software really is very good. This has a continuation feature so you can just keep stuffing pages into the feeder and they become one document. Automatic page rotation is also a good feature that works well as does deskew.The ability to insert a few pages at once would be nice but it isn’t worth sacrificing the extra size needed to support this. As a portable unit it would have been nice if it included even a cloth carrying case to stop it from being marked in my bag but this is an extra purchase.On th front of the feeder there is a peper guide for the feeder of the slidy piece of plastic type but there is no resistance to moving it so it is pointless. I may well gluee mine in position at somepoint.Despite these shortcomings it works well, the scans are good and it chewed through a massive backlog of scanning in a short period of time and will be taking up its place in my Office in a rucksack.

Easy to use and install. Good product.

Instructions need to be more clear otherwise this is a 5 star kit use it a lot having sorted the instructions into understanding script I can fully recommend this device .. well pleased

Stopped working with USB failure after less than two years, despite light use. Brother service could not repair.

A lot of criticism from this scanner is the requirement to have to charge it via a PC, with the inability to charge via a regular cable into a plug socket. After some trial and error I have found this scanner can be charged from the wall using a Sony AC charger adapter, which is designed for the PS3. These adapters can be sourced online for around £15 and whilst not as streamlined as a simple USB cable into the wall, it’s not far off and makes life a bit more convenient than having to plug into a PC, if it’s something that is important to you. Should Brother have supplied something similar with the scanner? Well it would have been no bad thing...Much has been said of the scanner, so I wont repeat much of what has been said. The bonus feature for for me was 2 sided scanning which saves a bit of time and similar units at this price point and less do not offer this. A couple of reviews have mentioned that tatty paper with creases and folded corners can make for the feeding mechanism to suck the paper in at a slight angle which makes for a slightly wonky scan. If you feed it carefully it can largely be avoided.There are 3 media transmission options; tethered to a PC, send to micro SD card, send to wifi device (needs connecting to a wifi network broadcast by the scanner, not your home wifi).I’ve not tried tethered scan in but image capture works well via SD card and via wifi to app on phone.The scanner scans quick enough, the limitation on speed is having to manually feed additional sheets in.I can’t comment on battery life as I’ve not used it that extensively yet. My only observation is the battery light moves from green (fully charged, high charge) to orange (less charge) quite quickly. Now I have the Sony adapter I am less bothered.

This scanner allows me to get digital copies of documents anywhere here I need to drop down as a road warrior for my job, without needing to beg the hotel to do it, or the customer.I usually use it connected to my MacBook with the cable, but even then the portability is maximal.I did use it already also with my iPad with the same marvellous experience of full mobility.

Tried with product support all Saturday afternoon which was good, but still could not get this infernal scanner to be recognised by my router.

Fantastic A4 and card scanner. Works off WiFi or USB cable (supplied). Download the software click on scan and away you go. I've not had any issues with mine. Card, A4 and other document scanning does both sides automatically and in colour. Not sure what has caused others issues with this product, but I haven't? Very compact and handy for me when travelling on business or at home in the office.

This is so easy to use and the phone app is crazy good. Saves having a chunky scanner and results are almost better

Kan ook geheel zonder snoeren en zonder verbindingen werken. Slaat scan op SD kaart op. Laadt interne batterij wel alleen op via laptop USB A uitgang of Monitor USB A uitgang. Heeft wel zeldzame Micro USB B 3.0 stekker ingang. Kabel wel meegeleverd.

Vamos por partes : tiene cosas buenas y malas, pero las "malas" debemos verlas en el contexto de que es un aparato portátil pequeñísimo.Con el móvil haces cosas básicas : escaneo blanco y negro / color, dos caras /1 cara, algún tamaño y ya. En Windows ya tienes muchas más configuraciones.Pero la gracia de esto es tenerlo encima de la mesa, escanear lo que sea, DESDE EL MÓVIL, y pasarlo como hago yo a Dropbox directamente.El salto de página en blanco funciona en Windows. En Android no.Da 100 escaneos como dice la página.Para cargarlo : desde brother se dice que sólo se puede cargar desde un ordenador.En la práctica : cargador de 5V y 500ma, haces puente con una tarjeta mp3 ( que vale 4 euros en Amazon) y ya te permite cargar desde ese cargador usb-c.Para. Mí los pros son mucho mayores que los contras.

Scanner très pratique, compact avec une très bonne qualité des documents scannés et facile d'utilisation.

Der Scanner ist kompakt und passt, sollte das nötig werden, problemlos in die Aktentasche für unterwegs. Ich persönlich nutze ihn fast ausschließlich zuhause, da ich keinen Bedarf an einem platzfressenden Flachbettscanner habe, aber manchmal eben doch Dokumente einscannen will.Das Scannen am PC oder über Wifi mit der zugehörigen Handy-App klappt ganz hervorragend. Hier gibt es gute Einstellmöglichkeiten und auch bspw. die Funktion, mehrere Dokumente hintereinander zu scannen und gleich zu einem einzelnen PDF zusammenzufassen, was sehr praktisch ist. Der Scanner kann dank zweier Scaneinheiten in einem Durchgang beidseitig scannnen, was ich für ein schlaues Feature halte. Die Geschwindigkeit ist zügig und die Bedienung intuitiv.Das Gerät lässt sich dank integriertem Akku auch ohne PC benutzen, vorausgesetzt, man legt eine Micro-SD-Karte ein. Dann ist man allerdings auf die Einstellungsmöglichkeiten der Knöpfe auf der Oberseite beschränkt. Für 99 % meiner Fälle war das allerdings genug. Lediglich den Akku finde ich etwas klein bemessen, denn dieser ist schnell leer. Das Starten bzw. das Umschalten zwischen den Modi geht etwas träge vonstatten, aber wenn der Scanner läuft, funktioniert alles flüssig.Wer auf das Scannen abseits eines PCs mit USB-Anschluss verzichten kann, hat die Möglichkeit, zum "kleineren" Modell ohne Akku zu greifen, das entsprechend ein gutes Stück günstiger ist.