Canon DR-M140 imageFORMULA Document Scanner

I've used many different Canon scanners over the years. Not sure why this doesn't have better reviews but it is very solid. Hasn't skipped a single page after over a month of daily use. Extremely fast and good at auto recognizing duplex pages. Because of it's compact size, it is both portable(will easily fit into a backpack along with a laptop) and also will not take up a lot of desk space when stationary. The front load design is better compared to other top loads since you don't have to reach as far. Wasted a thousand bucks on the DR-M160 which constantly skips pages and takes up half you desk when fully opened(see pic). Wanted to go Office Space on it after a few months but instead banished it to the closet. Bottom line, ignore other reviews and trust me to go with this one. Great scanner.

I don't think it's worth the price. Multiple pages gets caught and sucked in all at once. I have to help feed it in with a lot of paper.

I just started using this scanner - so far, it's very easy to use, it's working very well and scans very quickly. The quality of the scanned image is excellent. Now, if Cannon would just get the price down, I'd be thrilled.

I'm impressed with this scanner. It's so tiny, but works like the big boys. I do wish it had slightly larger input/output trays, but other than that it's awesome. The software is a tad buggy. The CaptureOnTouch software has a bug where you choose job #1 on the scanner and hit start, and it doesn't choose job #1, and therefore job #1 in the software us useless unless you specifically choose job #1 in the software. #2-9 work exactly how they're supposed to. I've also had it crash on me like 15 different times at all stages. After the scan, during a scan, etc. It's frustrating that it crashes, which means you have to start the scan job over completely. One small wish I have for the software is for it to read barcodes off of ONLY the first page in the batch, in order to determine how to name the file. This would save us a ton of time, as we scan hundreds upon hundreds of pieces of paper every day. The problem is, almost every single piece of paper we scan, also has a barcode on it. We would like the cover sheet of each batch to be able to name the file, for true one-touch scanning and saving.

I have owned a number of scanners, but this one is absolutely the worst. SAVE YOUR MONEY!! The first one I received would not work at all. I did return for a replacement and it only works intermittently. I have contacted Canon Support on numerous occasions and they have not been able to resolve the problem(s). This was a HUGE waste of money, but I will toss it (probably out the windo so it shatters into a million pieces) and purchase an HP scanner.

There are really only two virtues of this device. 1. It looks cute with is pastel buttons. 2. It is TWAIN compliant. Other than that, it is not that great. I had a lot of issue in regards to scanning credit card receipts as they would constantly jam in the feed mechanism. You do have the option to open up the back to create a straight throughput, but in my Dilbert-esque cubicle, there is no space towards the rear of the scanner. I am sure that if your receipt were in perfect condition it wouldn't have an issue, but mine have been in my wallet or pocket, and so get a little wrinkled and that ends up jamming in the scanner. There is also a third party software, Kofax, that is used for the scanning. The instructions that I received mandated that I install that first and then the CD that came with the Canon. The instructions on installing the various components is confusing and frustrating as I am no computer expert. The most retarded part is that using the Kofax application nullifies your ability to capture the image using the button on the scanner. But the quality of the scanned images were good, as well as the speed. Overall, if you are scanning mostly 8.5 x 11 paper documents, this scanner should do the job. But this hardly justifies paying a premium on the price. I use a Fujitsu ScanSnap at home and it is far superior in performance to the scanner in regards to ease of use, jam rate, and bundled with Adobe Acrobat.

This is the fastest portable scanner we use. We take these on the road and scan literally thousands of pages with it. I highly recommend getting the Canon Care Pack for it. We contacted Canon for repair service for one that was purchased in 2012 (turns out it simply needed the rollers replaced, which can be changed by the user). Canon does not repair these. They simply provide an exchange for out of warranty units. In my opinion, that's better than sending it in for repair and waiting for it to come back. The scanner itself is fast, with clear and sharp images. I can't think of another portable scanner that comes close to matching the speed and clarity of this unit. We've compared it to the Scan Snap and previous versions of the Canon (DR-2580). The included software, if set up properly will scan and orient the pages correctly no matter how they are loaded into the scanner (text orientation recognition). There are other very helpful features as well. Combine this with Acrobat and you have an excellent document capturing system.

Over the years, I have used numerous scanners from Xerox, Fujitsu, HP, Canon & Brother. I consider the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner for PC to be the king of scanners: reasonably priced, speedy, good software and rarely jams. In our office, we have 3 of those - they are are our work horses. The only downside to Fujitsu S1500 is that it is not Twain compliant software. This Canon DR-M140 is definitely speedy but there lot of software and hardware glitches and in the end, difficulty of using this Canon DR-M140 defeats the speediness. Here are the problems I found with this scanner: 1. It lacks standard document feeder and output tray - so it ends up taking lot more space. You need at least one full paper length in front and one full paper length in back of the scanner. So what good is compactness and small size? 2. Because it lacks top loading automatic document feeder, the paper feeding is not easy and lining up paper can be time consuming. 3. There are two ways to feed the paper - U turn & straight; and then there is Feed selection lever. All this introduces unnecessary complexity. The icons on feed selection lever are not self explanatory. Basically straight path feeding with rear cover open is used for thick paper and cards and for everything else U-turn is faster. If the Feed selection lever has wrong setting, you will have multiple papers fed or a paper jam. 4. The paper feed mechanism is terrible: it takes multiple papers and then you have to open and remove the papers. In the straight paper path the papers come out all jumbled up, not in the order you feed them. 5. The software is also not easy to use. CaptureOnTouch does not reliably start by pressing the scan button. Repeatedly it gives the message that scanner is not connected. So you have to remove the USB cable and reconnect it to get the software to recognize Canon DR-M140 scanner. 5. The default OCR recognition setting is Japanese & English. So Adobe would not open the document without downloading Japanese fonts! Once I changed the default setting to English only Adobe opened the documents. 6. Nuance eCopy PDF Pro Office software that it comes with froze every-time I opened it. Finally I had to uninstall it. eCopy PDF Pro Office is basically a piece of junk and you are better off not installing it in the first place. 7. The user manual lacks even basics like a list of contents or an index. So every time you have go through the whole manual to find what you are looking for. 8. So far I have been unable to get this scanner to work with Paperport 11 or 12. It refuses to recognize the scanner driver. What good is Twain compliance? Folks at Canon, who design scanners need to spend a few days using Fujitsu scanners to learn what ease of use is and what a trouble free scanner is because the speed is no good if the scanner is so difficult to use and so glitchy. I wonder if any one person at Canon ever used this scanner before making it available for sale. How could they miss so many problems? BOTTOMLINE: The difficulty of using this scanner and the glitchy hardware & software basically defeats the speed. Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner for PC remains my work horse. If you really need speed then Fujitsu also makes commercial grade scanners like Fujitsu fi-6130 Duplex Scanner (PA03540-B055) which also scans at 40 ppm simplex and 80 ppm duplex, that I would go with.

Leider haben in der Verpackung einige Sachen gefehlt und der Scanner ist so unbrauchbar wenn er überhaupt läuft!? Es ist wirklich ausserordentlich mühsam, wenn solche Anbieter bei Amazon Waren verkaufen und falsche Netzwerk Kabel beilegen, sowie auch keine Bedienungsanleitung, keine Installation CD. Der Scanner kann so nicht benutzt werden. Schade, solche Anbieter sollten auch keine Waren verkaufen bei Amazon. Das falsche Kabel wurde inzwischen durch den Verkäufer nachgereicht, jedoch hatte ich einen massiven Mehraufwand. Sie müssen mir den Betrag aber nicht zurück erstatten. Lg Toni Guthauser