Canon imageFORMULA P-215II Portable Scanner | Double-sided Scanning | USB Powered Scanning | Home, Office & when Mobile | Up to 15 Pages Per Min | 20 Sheet Feeder | Canon CaptureOnTouch Lite Software

I brought this after significant On Line reviews for Portable Scanners. It's a little Gem. It is compact but very well made. One of the best features is not with the Hardware but the ON BOARD Software. This is REAL Plug-n-Play. Took it out of the Box attached the USB Lead lugged it into my personal MacBook Pro & VOILA...Software Launched & I was scanning in less than 5 Minutes. I then plugged it into my Office Windows PC. No intial Auto Launch but checked Explorer, found the External Device, clicked on the Exe file and off I went again, scanning like never before. The Software interface for Initial Scanning Set-up such as FULL AUTO, TEXT, PHOTO & CUSTOM and Post Scanning processing, such as DELETE PAGE & CROP, ROTATE is both simple yet extensive. There is the facility to add your own custom Setup so that subsequent scanning is a two click process. There is a separate USB Power Lead but not had any need to use it yet as it works perfectly just plugged in with one. There is NO Power Brick to lug around so this makes it a TRUE Portable scanner (it fits in my Briefcase & goes everywhere I go). Sheet feeding can be a bit temperamental at times, especially when loading up multiple pages or different thicknesses but once you get the hang of it it just eats through pages like a knife through butter. The scanner can scan dual or single sided & will AutoDelete Blank pages on Dual Sided. The quality of the scans is impeccable & with built in OCR it could not be simpler. The additional Card Reader Slot is a bonus & is fantastic for Credit & Business Cards and with the built in OCR Engine both Orientates the Card & Crops to size. If I had one complaint it would be the Price, but then Quality & Functionality in the Scanning World will not come cheap. I no longer have shelves & drawers full of Bank Statement, Telephone Bills, Invoices, Letter & Instruction Manuals thanks to this little baby. Go Digital...Go P-215ii If you do buy this then I HIGHLY RECOMMEND the Protective case if you intend to use this on the road or travelling. This too is available on Amazon at the following URL: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-Carry-ImageFORMULA-Portable-Scanner/dp/B002SCPGWU/ref=cm_rdp_product

Not very quick, but very quiet! Sometimes it feeds extra pages so have to observe it all the time while scanning. I love the software coming with it, very easy to use and straight forward. I also love the fact it automatically rotates the pages and the scanning quality is really good.I would recommend this product!

The Canon P-21511 is a brilliant piece of equipment. I bought it to replace the Canon P-150 Scanner which was not compatible with upgrade to Windows 11. The P-21511 can scan many sheets of paper in one go, either duplex or simplex; it detects whether pages are black and white / 24 bit colour / greyscale. Scanned pages can be printed / sent to file / attached to email. The scanner is portable and takes up very little desk space.

This is a great portable scanner, fully powered by usb and can scan both sides in one pass. It works well, scans fast and is a convenient, compact addition to your loabtop bag.

SEE UPDATE BELOW: FAST! easy to use and great quality I wondered whether to buy something cheaper - I am glad I did not - this WORKS NB wont scan books you need a flat bed for that - but a flat bed is bigger and usually slower and can NEVER scan both sides at once as this does Went wrong after a week or two of light use, started squeaking and making a noise, now wont work on mac OS Yosemite or Windows 10 - totally useless and a very expensive useless lump of uselessness. My 15 year old clunky scanner still works fine but i should not have to be using it - AVOID - and support not good Update November 2015 - I am still struggling to use this, I have desperate needs to scan documents in a dispute in court which is why I bought a £200 scanner. Don't buy this. One simple reason: it doesn't work. I cannot begin to describe how awful the software is

Even if you don't need it's portability, the P-215ll is a superb scanner. Made all the more useful by the excellent software that ships with it, which is both easy to use and very versatile. The best feature though, has to be the dual scanner heads. Both sides of the page are scanned at once and the software orientates the page based on the text it 'sees'. The scanner software lets you build up a library of scan folder locations and gives you the choice of adding your own naming convention, have the scanner name your scans using the date and time, or combine the two. You can set up different naming rules for every scan folder location. So as a Project Manager, I can prefix my scans with the project name depending on the target folder I select. The final killer feature is the dedicated business/ID card slot. This makes scanning a batch of business cards quick and easy. The scanner includes the BizCard software program for organizing your scans and integrating them with Microsoft Office.

The instructions are not clear so it’s pot luck whether it works or not but when it does it’s good.

I Have purchased 6 or seven of these at least over the years for myself and work colleagues. They are ideal for the 'mobile office'. Unbelievable that you can scan double sided unlike an A4 Flatbed or other Portable Scanners that I have researched and scans as fast if not faster as a big desktop scanner The software is very intuitive and easy to use yet gives you functions for editing, renaming, document sorting and many other customisable. Its more expensive than some, but the best value for money

Scann sehr schnell, auch ohne Stromkabel. Qualitativ auch sehr gut. Vorteile - schnell auch ohne Stromkabel - gute Qualität von Scans - Möglichkeit, komplett ohne Treiberinstallation und ohne Admin Berechtigungen zu scannen - einfach an einen beliebigen Rechner anschließen und los geht's mit dem Scannen (dafür gibt es einen Schalter auf der Rückseite) - sehr kompakte Bauweise - für "Made in Japan" guts Preis-Leistungsverhältnis Nachteile in Software - Duplex Funktion ist zu tief in Software versteckt, ich habe Zeit gebraucht, um sie zu finden - Die Option zum automatischen Drehen von Scans nach Textausrichtung funktioniert nicht so ganz zuverlässig, so habe ich diese Option ausgeschaltet. Das stört mich nicht, das Papier kann ich auch selbst richtig sortieren. Duplex Funktion ist genial. Da wird das Papier in einem gleichen Schritt von beiden Seiten gescannt.

Arrivato con puntualità perfetta il giorno previsto. Messo subito in opera. Lo scanner è abbastanza piccolo e facilmente trasportabile, Funziona molto bene e sono rimasto impressionato della velocità di scannerizzazione. Non è immediatamente intuitivo, ma si fa molto in fretta ad imparare. I risultati sono ottimi soprattutto per i documenti in pdf. Anche le fotografie sono più che discrete e i documenti (patente c. identità codice fiscale, ecc.) più che onorevoli. I drives intrinseci sono sufficienti e non c'è bisogno di usare quelli sul dischetto a meno di scansioni altamente artistiche. Un plus molto importante è il duplex. Sono convinto di aver fatto un ottimo acquisto anche se il prezzo non è proprio popolare. Consigliatissimo per un uso semiprofessionale. Servizio Amazon come sempre impeccabile

Yes very handy and user friendly. I wish it comes with a cover or a case

Llevo años usando otro escaner similar de Canon y lo he actualizado con este. Estoy igual de contento. Es muy practico por tamaño, rapidez de escaneado a doble cara y solo con conectarlo al puerto usb. Recomendabilisimo.

Très bien Utilisation facile