As hunter-gatherers of newspaper clippings and Co., I am looking for a long time for a small hand-held scanner for archiving. Whereby, "Search" is actually an exaggeration - so far all the snippets just wandered in practical storage boxes and dusty. After their capacity limits are now exceeded, the matter was getting tough. An old flatbed scanner in the household would be an alternative, but for hours on flap / flap seemed to me in terms of my nerves, but then too strenuous. Only stayed the hand scanner variant with all known before - and disadvantages.
Pre - I had such a thing has never, so it can exert no great comparisons. The TaoTronics is unspectacular but pleasant easy to use. With few niceties aside, the scanning is very intuitive. The controls and settings are limited to what is essential, for the "Expert Mode" helps a close look at the detailed & German speaking guide.
Something acclimatization period should be themselves and the TaoTronics device concede. First, an initial calibration of the scanner is necessary, the more or less automated and carried out with the aid of a contained in the scope of supply, calibration sheet. Further, personal configuration (date, time, format, resolution, color, b / w mode, etc.) can be explained in a follow-up almost by itself, the small display provides valuable information.
Depending on the system, the system has weaknesses, though verschmerzbare. If you want to scan books, magazines or large formats - no chance. A clean scan is linked here inevitably having a flat template scan up to A4. The reading surface of the scanner is drawn by hand on small bottom-side wheels. Accordingly, the scanner or deteriorate the result immediately reacts to bumps and falsified. Optimally, start and ends of the scan on the respective medium, then such irregularities are automatically excluded.
The speed of the "pulling" on the submission, has given me at the beginning of most of the problems. Not infrequently breaks from the Scan with an error message and the dubious pleasure begins again. By the time one gets a feeling for the correct sequence, many end users tend - like me - probably a too rapid scanning motion. Here makes the proverbial exercise, still the champion.
Its strengths hand scanner securely from within the range of documents. Here I use the device also like the professional / private life, if I have to send documents to, for example, government agencies, banks, etc. via email. Simply this was also a photo function with your phone, but a commercially available PDF format is then but mostly taken by the receivers very benevolent counter. The results are convincing. Font and image is clear, sharp and clear. The color accuracy is acceptable at photos.
Ah yes, the JPG & PDF - files land on the integrated microSD slot right on the map, an adapter on the PC and are released there by removable media folder structure for processing. Theoretically it is also possible to check the scan directly on handheld scanner and via the display - an unnecessary gimmick, when considering the resolution and the size of the screen.
The built 700mAh battery keeps longer to scan than my desire - then is recharged via USB.
Conclusion: A simple device for efficient archiving, with consistently solid quality. That's what I expected, that's what I got.
