Brother DS-940DW Duplex and Wireless Compact Mobile Document Scanner

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Brother DS-940DW Duplex and Wireless Compact Mobile Document Scanner

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Pros

The scanner works out of the box in debian/ubuntu linux, just plug and play. There is a wireless wizard that will let you connect to an infrastructure router. Then configure the scanner to your heart’s content. The key is the hotspot infrastructure wi... Read More

Effortless double-sided scanning means less time spent scanning and compiling within the generated pdf. Scans are great. After configuration the unit works fine on mesh.

Doesn't take up much space. Huge time saver. The footprint of this device is amazing. Even if you do not travel it just compliments the desk.

Cons

My do not buy this outdated product with its terrible software. It's hard to believe? Not worth it. Worthless for my use case. The setup instructions are beyond awful.

Crostini scanner can't be charged by a wall charger, must be plugged into a computer to charge. The scanner does not work when it's plugged in, so you have to manually switch between desktop wifi and sd-card.

Brother tech support information in the package (no proper manual for this price) or the site (still confusing) the device does nothing of the sort. It is some primitive symbol display that does not have an oled dot matrix or colour lcd you should get... Read More

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Quality

Compact and very very efficient and handy.

Learning curve for the various apps and setup you need to use all the features is big.

Recently adobe began to crash any time i clicked file > create pdf> from scanner, and my skull nearly exploded.

2- effortless double-sided scanning means less time spent scanning and compiling within the generated pdf.

Price

Very happy with this purchase and price point.

After a ton of $%^$%^&#ing around i discovered the bottom of the unit has a ton of info including s/w registration numbers.

Shipping

Disappointing that there was so much delay with delivery, though.

Packaging/appearance

You just enter it in a tiny box on the top left.

Competitiveness

Brother iprint scan has been updated and i think brother has updated the software and firmware to the extent that this thing wo... Read More

27636) successfully with other brother products that i previously purchased.

I actually bought the ds640 model first but then exchanged it for the 940 since it was capable of wifi scanning.

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This product had a total of 966 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 12 2024.