Looking for a basic (stand-alone) office scanner which requires no computer input
Hello,
I'm looking for a simple no bells-and-whistles office scanner which can be operated without any input from my desktop and if it's possible, nothing even showing up on my screen.
I occasionally ask an office assistant to scan a stack of several documents. With my previous scanner, the assistant could begin each scan without input from my desktop computer (by pressing a button on the scanner itself) but each time the scanning of a document was completed, a small but annoying window would pop-up on my screen. I was then required to click two or three different buttons before the next scan was allowed.
What I want is to be able to hand off the documents needing to be scanned and then continue working on my desktop without interruptions while the scanning is being done. I do want the scan files to end up in a folder on my hard drive but I'd like them to simply go there automatically without requiring input from me. That way I can access them when I want which is usually later when all the scanning is done.
Does anyone know of a scanner (brand & model) which fits that description?
Thanks
I'm looking for a simple no bells-and-whistles office scanner which can be operated without any input from my desktop and if it's possible, nothing even showing up on my screen.
I occasionally ask an office assistant to scan a stack of several documents. With my previous scanner, the assistant could begin each scan without input from my desktop computer (by pressing a button on the scanner itself) but each time the scanning of a document was completed, a small but annoying window would pop-up on my screen. I was then required to click two or three different buttons before the next scan was allowed.
What I want is to be able to hand off the documents needing to be scanned and then continue working on my desktop without interruptions while the scanning is being done. I do want the scan files to end up in a folder on my hard drive but I'd like them to simply go there automatically without requiring input from me. That way I can access them when I want which is usually later when all the scanning is done.
Does anyone know of a scanner (brand & model) which fits that description?
Thanks
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Thanks for all the excellent input and recommendations.
You're welcome. Always happy to help. Regards, Joe
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I did find a scanner/printer/copier/fax
Canon PIXMA MX922 Wireless Color Photo Printer with Scanner, Copier and Fax
but it has more features than I need and is bulkier than I want.
(By the way, I called Canon and found out that they do not have any plain scanners with a flash drive option.)
I really don't care if the files are sent directly to my desktop (that's where I want them to end up anyway) but I just don't want to have a pop-up window interrupt whatever I'm doing every time a document is scanned.