Plustek PS186 Desktop Document Scanner, with 50-pages Auto Document Feeder (ADF). For Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 (Intel/AMD only)

This is a great at hone scanner. It scans everything with great quality. I will say it is no speed scanner, but it does a great job.

My computer crashed and Neet decided they wanted $7 a month to let me download and use their software, that I had already bought and paid for. No way, EVERYBODY, STAY AWAY FROM NEET, so I bought this Plustek PS186. I bought a refurbished one. It had no disks, no instructions, and no calibration paper, which it says is necessary, but I managed without. Found the company website and downloaded their software. (No charge, unlike Neet) Had a lot of trouble getting it to work because they have so many download possibilities and it does not tell you which ones you need, what order to run them it, or anything. Download speed was also extremely slow. Ultimately I got it working and I am very happy with the performance, so far. I need a scanner for documents Almost all black and white. Presets are easy to modify to your preference. You can set a particular folder to scan to, scan to file type, and dpi (100-600), etc. for each profile. That works great for me. Tried it on color documents and results were not too good, lots of lines, even at slow 600 dpi. For black and white docs, it is excellent and fast. Since that is what I need it for most, I am happy with my purchase. You can also easily set or modify a profile to eliminate blank pages, auto-rotate, enhance characters, etc. If you are not pretty computer savvy, stick with the brand new one, that includes the disks (I did not know mine was going to come with no disk). Probably should give it fewer stars but there are these nice advantages too: It folds up quite small, and the folding top keeps dust out of the scanner - that is a major flaw for most other scanners. The document sheet feeder has side guides up high to keep the paper straight, is nearly vertical for good use of gravity, and I have not had a misfeed, so far. (1 day) Before the day was out I had the ultimate test: A 100+ pages two-sided three-hole punched transcript. I did it in two files, each roughly half. Flawless, and so easy. Push "Scan". (I have preset 1 set to a multi-page pdf doc at 300 dpi to be sent to the "scanned docs" folder on my desktop.) I originally posted a 4, because I was so annoyed with the lack of a disk, but went to 5 stars because I bought refurbished, so I blame myself. I saved money for that hassle, and don't think I should blame the seller. I love the product.

So far so good, it’s fast scanning up to 50 pages, the only problem was installing it, it’s not that easy as you have to extract files and do some complex tasks, if you’re not a computer programmer you may have issues. I was annoyed about this.

we downsized our office like a lot of people during the pandemic. We gave up our industrial printer scanner and tried to make do with our little one page at a time scanner/printers. Needless to say, it took us forever to scan anything.The files have been piling up and I finally told my business partner that I was investing in a decent scanner. I thought I could do it for around $200. He told me that there was no way I could get one for under $500. Well, I did, and I am thrilled with it.The printer arrived today. It was well packaged and super easy to put together. The vendor sent me an email prior with links to the site to download the software. The whole thing was set up and I was scanning within 15 minutes. It's smaller than anticipated but that just makes it even better. It packs down to the size of a loaf of bread.I love being able to name the files and save the scan to wherever I want on the shared drive. I have literally been scanning for 3 hours now and I am thrilled with the results. Easy to use, decent speed, 50 page capacity ( I've tested it a few times tonight), and great interface. The pages are super clear ( I only have it set to 200). It offers two-sided printing and it automatically disregards the blank pages in between.I should have my office cleared up within the week. You will not be disappointed with this product. GO PAPERLESS!

Bought this in December 2022 and scanned about 40 documents over the course of 20 months. and then it just died. Lights come on but function button and scan button do nothing. Tried to get help from tech support. I'd have better luck giving birth to giraffe. It was excellent while it worked, but lasting 20 months (and I only turned it on when I needed it those 40 times) and 40 scans for $200 is not worth it! Save your money and buy something that lasts a while.