Took a few minutes to find the ideal setting for what I needed. I'm a lawyer and I send my paralegal to scan discovery documents at the opposing attorneys office. Saves me tons of paper storage space, toner, folders, and paper. Small and compact, it fits in a typical backpack/rolling file box.

The scanner price is fair and the software is easy to understand and use.
I had a brother ads 1000w previously but I simply couldn't stand the constant recurring paper jams.
I do basic document scaring, with 200dpi image quality is great, and the profile setting is very useful, I can setting and use display hot key to scan different format and setting.

Recently I have upgraded my laptop to windows 10, and the scanning software crashed. So I call the manufacturer tech support, the support was very helpful, after the new driver install, the problem was resolve.

My computer crashed and Neet decided they wanted $7 a month to let me download and use their software, that I had already bought and paid for. No way, EVERYBODY, STAY AWAY FROM NEET, so I bought this Plustek PS186. I bought a refurbished one. It had no disks, no instructions, and no calibration paper, which it says is necessary, but I managed without. Found the company website and downloaded their software. (No charge, unlike Neet) Had a lot of trouble getting it to work because they have so many download possibilities and it does not tell you which ones you need, what order to run them it, or anything. Download speed was also extremely slow. Ultimately I got it working and I am very happy with the performance, so far. I need a scanner for documents Almost all black and white. Presets are easy to modify to your preference. You can set a particular folder to scan to, scan to file type, and dpi (100-600), etc. for each profile. That works great for me. Tried it on color documents and results were not too good, lots of lines, even at slow 600 dpi. For black and white docs, it is excellent and fast. Since that is what I need it for most, I am happy with my purchase. You can also easily set or modify a profile to eliminate blank pages, auto-rotate, enhance characters, etc. If you are not pretty computer savvy, stick with the brand new one, that includes the disks (I did not know mine was going to come with no disk). Probably should give it fewer stars but there are these nice advantages too: It folds up quite small, and the folding top keeps dust out of the scanner - that is a major flaw for most other scanners. The document sheet feeder has side guides up high to keep the paper straight, is nearly vertical for good use of gravity, and I have not had a misfeed, so far. (1 day) Before the day was out I had the ultimate test: A 100+ pages two-sided three-hole punched transcript. I did it in two files, each roughly half. Flawless, and so easy. Push "Scan". (I have preset 1 set to a multi-page pdf doc at 300 dpi to be sent to the "scanned docs" folder on my desktop.) I originally posted a 4, because I was so annoyed with the lack of a disk, but went to 5 stars because I bought refurbished, so I blame myself. I saved money for that hassle, and don't think I should blame the seller. I love the product.

Small, speedy and efficient piece of equipment for a low budget office. It is really helping my primary school's administration office to tame the paper pile-up.Thousands of past students' files stored in file cabinets are now being scanned and stored digitally, thanks to the Plustek PS 186 Speed Document Scanner. It is helping our office to reduce storage needs, as well as to organize past students' data/records for easy access. I purchased this piece of equipment in the first week of January, 2018 and I have absolutely no regrets. I highly recommend this scanner.

Very disappointing with the scanner. Returned shortly after setting up. Even after multiple calibrations, it scanned white images as grey. Would scan front and back even when there was no print on the back. If you look at the images on amazon, it indicates that this will scan color, but if you read the very fine print, it is only grayscale. Misleading in my opinion.