desertcart.com: Plustek PS186 Desktop Document Scanner, with
50-Pages Auto Document Feeder (ADF). for Windows 7/8 / 10/11
(Intel/AMD only) : Office Products
Review: Flawless and super easy performance in scanning
documents. - 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.
Review: Very nice scanner for its price (and it does scan in
color) - I saw mostly good reviews about this product. I have
been wanting to scan few year worth of papers for a long time and
this scanner fit my requirements. At one point of time I almost
was going to return it because it said gray scanner, so I thought
it was black and white, then I clicked on +new and went through
creating a profile which allowed searchable color multipage pdf.
Created multiple profiles for each type of scanned item. Speed is
ok. Individual pdf takes some time to save, multipage goes
through quickly and in the end saves it, though one nuance is
after scanning a set of papers, it comes up with an error about
no more papers instead of stopping and saving, need to see how to
get around it Overall I am very happy with the scanner.
