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Setup itself isn’t that hard and I originally set it up on a computer with XP but have since migrated to using it on a Windows 10 computer. I usually scan for archival purposes so saving to a file is my usual choice.
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In either instance, it suits my needs and I’m easily able to choose how to use my scan it gives me the option to save as a file, send to my email, phone, or even to DropBox. The software itself isn’t bad and I can’t really give it a comparison because I’ve never used any similar scanning/organization software before. Compared to other brands I’ve seen in store or on TV, those don’t look like they scan as fast as this brand. I could do a scanning session of 30 minutes to an hour and just be dumbfounded by how much paper I’m getting rid of. At work, I was only using single-sided scanning, so it took slightly longer to do sets of documents but with duplex or double-sided scanning, my scanning time has been exponentially reduced. The resolution is great and can equally be customized from the auto-settings. Of course, you can manually change these automatic parameters. The quality of the scanning seems on point and even auto-detects whether it should be color or black and white or grayscale. I figure that by the end of the year I’ll be mostly, if not completely, paper free. It just scans and scans and scans and I’ve recycled year’s worth of papers in only a few weeks. Ever since breaking it out of the box and installing it I’ve been slaying paper from all around my home.
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I’m supposing I’d have the same performance with this model. Aside from simple paper, we would scan plastic photo ID’s and even insurance cards and these things never flinched. We use Fujitsu scanners for work (fi-6130Z) and while it’s not this exact model, in the three years of using those, I’ve never had a single one break or run into any issues.