Brother ADS-1500W

usability, size, price, design

reliability

88% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Duplex. Can scan directly to USB memory key and an assortment of cloud services, as well as to a PC.

Some minor oversights, including failing to install software that the installation program says it will install.

Beyond that, if you're not interested in scanning to the cloud, you should take a close look at the Brother Image Center ADS-1000W as an alternative, since it offers virtually all of the same capability otherwise. If you want the ability to scan...

Optical resolution for the ADS-1500W is 600 pixels per inch (ppi), with a default setting of 300 ppi, which is more than you need for most document scanning. The speed rating for 300 ppi in both color and black and white, is 18 pages per minute (ppm)...

Fast scanning, decent quality

Not user friendly, crumples pages regularly & jams, requires scanning all the time BACKWARDS

Can be used entirely without a computer ; Very compact and portable ; Works for the most part as advertised ; Works with linux via SANE ; Brother support for LINUX is fairly solid with most of their products and seem to work well and as advertised

Reviews are dead on with the jamming but it is manageable ; Would like to see native receipt software for linux too ; Setup is via the command line OK for me but just because you are a linux user doesn't mean we dont like a GUI ; Cannot initiate scan...

Can be used entirely without a computer ; Very compact and portable ; Works for the most part as advertised ; Works with linux via SANE ; Brother support for LINUX is fairly solid with most of their products and seem to work well and as advertised

Reviews are dead on with the jamming but it is manageable ; Would like to see native receipt software for linux too ; Setup is via the command line OK for me but just because you are a linux user doesn't mean we dont like a GUI ; Cannot initiate scan...

*****Can be used entirely without a computer ****Very compact and portable ***Works for the most part as advertised ****Works with linux via SANE *****Brother support for LINUX is fairly solid with most of their products and seem to work well and as...

Reviews are dead on with the jamming but it is manageable. Would like to see native receipt software for linux too ;-( Setup is via the command line OK for me but just because you are a linux user doesn't mean we dont like a GUI. Cannot initiate scan...

Good quality images and easy to operate. packs away small for storage when not in use ; The included PaperPort SE software does an excellent job managing scanned PDFs merging and splitting pages from documents. it works just as well with saved PDFs...

being a smaller unit the paper guides are small and so more susceptible to skewing/jamming if the guides are not set right or if you try to scan overly wrinkled items, if your documents are wrinkled (or chewed, bad dog!) make sure to feed those ones...

Good quality images and easy to operate. packs away small for storage when not in use. The included PaperPort SE software does an excellent job managing scanned PDFs merging and splitting pages from documents. it works just as well with saved PDFs from...

being a smaller unit the paper guides are small and so more susceptible to skewing/jamming if the guides are not set right or if you try to scan overly wrinkled items, if your documents are wrinkled (or chewed, bad dog!) make sure to feed those ones...

Excellent software package. Compact unit. Twain drivers. USB or wireless operation. Scans front and back of page simultaneously.

Slow scanning, jams frequently, skews paper, loses WiFi connection, jams consistently when fed over 5 pages.

Excellent software package. Compact unit. Twain drivers. USB or wireless operation. Scans front and back of page simultaneously

Slow scanning, jams frequently, skews paper, loses WiFi connection, jams consistently when fed over 5 pages