Brother Printer RDS620 Document Scanner (Renewed Premium)

This is a great little scanner for the money. I read all the reviews and I have to say the reviews helped me to make my decision on this product. I am using this scanner at work. Our copier/scanner is so far away from my desk at work that I wanted a little scanner for when I only have to scan a few pages, to send in an email, etc. Because of our privacy settings at work, I had to have someone from our IT dept install the drivers so she was able to tell me how to use it. I can't comment on how easy it would be for the novice to figure that out since she was able give me all the details in about a minute. This scanner will scan multiple pages, in one pdf doc. It also has options to select a file type when you scan. I've only used pdf so far.One thing I will comment on when I first scanned, it looked as if each page took 30 seconds to complete however, that is NOT true. It does this countdown after each page, but if you just click cancel you will see your document has been uploaded. It's also super FAST. I love the USB connection. The last thing I need is something else to plug in. I'm sure that most people buy this to use it on the road however, I love it for my PC at work.The only thing it doesn't do is 2 sided scanning however, you can just feed the document back thru using the multiple page scan option, so no biggie!UPDATE:I've used the heck out of this little scanner at work. I've dropped it I don't know how many times (on carpet) and it's still going strong. I mainly use it for 1-3 page scans. I've also used it to scan receipts. If you don't mind the black surround you can scan up to 3 receipts at once depending on the size of the receipts. I used it to scan a gazillion receipts from Expense Reports. More than 1000 receipts have been scanned. When you scan receipts you have to feed the longest receipt on the far left of the machine. If you load a smaller receipt on the left then it stops scanning when that receipt pulls through the machine.I have scanned a credit card, Driver's License and a certificate that had a small cloth ribbon on it. I don't want to scan credit cards any more because they are bumpy and I don't want to ruin my scanner. I use it so much! I am actually ordering another scanner, as a back up. Since I keep dropping it on the ground I am getting nervous. I bet I've dropped it at least 10 times, maybe more. It also works great on photos!

This is an excellent scanner, fast and reliable, and I highly recommend the PaperPort document manager that comes with it. I bought this scanner as a replacement for a Neat Receipts scanner because the Neat website was so buggy that their scanner was almost useless in practice. The Brother customer service is also excellent, I submitted a request and received a phone call from an actual person within two days to fix my problem.The scanner is compact and powered through the USB cord, so you only have one cord to worry about. I scanned a document with fine print at the different resolutions (200, 300, & 600 dpi), and decided that I prefer 300 dpi for most routine scanning, and 600 dpi for items with fine print. Scanning is fast, at least four times as fast as my Neat scanner at 300 dpi, and slightly faster even at the highest resolution. I have been using it for three months with no problems.The disc that came with the scanner was defective, but I was able to download the scanner driver from the website and get started. I had to contact tech support for the PaperPort software, and as I said eariler they called back pretty quickly and made certain I installed the software with no difficulty. There are guides for Getting Started and How To, which made the software easy to figure out.The PaperPort software opens with a view similar to File Explorer. I can see the entire Documents folder on my computer, and a folder was created for My PaperPort Documents, which is where I keep my scanned documents. To scan a new document I just select the folder I want to send the document to (any folder in Documents), click the "scan now" tile in the menu bar, then I check the settings and go. It defaults to the previous settings, but I can easily change the resolution, B&W/color, etc. before scanning. Very easy and intuitive, and so much faster than the Neat system!This doesn't come with an on-line cloud service like the Neat system, but that also means I don't need to pay a monthly subscription. I can just back up my documents to a DropBox and have on-line backup and access that way. Overall I am very happy with this scanner, and finally clearing my desk of all of the documents that were backing up as I struggled with my old Neat system.