Apparent’s new version of the Doxie scanner, the Doxie Go is not only portable, it does things that my big scanner can’t do.
Doxie Go scanner
First the stats. The MSRP is US$199.00. It will scan black and white or full color pages at up to 600 dpi, in 8 seconds. The battery, which charges via USB connection, can scan and store up to 600 pages (2400 photos) with the built-in memory. There is also the ability to use an SD card or USB Flash drive for additional storage.
The package includes the Doxie Go scanner, a sync/charge cable, cleaning and calibration sheets, photo scanning sleeves for glossy photos, and a carrying bag. Software that supports the scanner is available for download from the company website.
Doxie saves multi-page PDF files, JPEG, and lossless PNG files to your desktop. There is also built-in OCR that supports searchable PDFs. The software includes a smart stapler tool that lets you stack multi-page documents together — creating multi-page PDF files.
Scanned documents can be sent to Evernote, Acrobat, iPhoto, Photoshop, or your e-mail client with one click. Scanned documents can be sent to the iPad 2 with the assistance of the iPad Connection Kit.
Note: Don’t scan with Doxie connected to your computer; always unplug Doxie before you start scanning. Otherwise, Doxie will connect to your computer between scans, which slows things down.
Using the product
This little scanner is a dream to use. Install the software on your Mac, calibrate the scanner using the sheet included for that purpose and you are all set. A page can be scanned in 8 seconds, even a color photo. The scanned images are stored on the scanner until the user deletes them.
To upload to your Mac, you plug the scanner into a USB port and turn it on. When it recognizes that there are new scans to be uploaded, the software will open and a toolbar will appear within the Doxie Go window with an export option. Click it and the new saved scans will download to the Doxie Go window.