Ricardo
Reviewed in Brazil on January 31, 2025
Prático e fácil de usar.
Customer
Reviewed in Saudi Arabia on January 14, 2025
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Chash
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2024
The Brother DS-940DW is a great little scanner for anyone who needs something portable and easy to use. It’s lightweight, compact, and fits easily in a bag, making it perfect for traveling or small workspaces. The duplex scanning feature is super handy since it scans both sides of a document at once, and the wireless connectivity means no fumbling with cords—you can scan straight to your phone or computer. The built-in battery is a big plus, letting you use it anywhere without needing to be plugged in. It handles receipts, documents, and even photos really well, with sharp and clear results. The only downsides are that you have to feed pages in manually, and the initial setup can take a little patience. Overall, it’s a solid choice for light scanning needs and super convenient for anyone on the move.
Maurício Francisco Mathias
Reviewed in Brazil on April 25, 2024
Excelente produto, recomendo a todos.
YOUR PUBLIC NAME
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2023
This is billed as a portable, stand-alone device. As if.First, it cannot be charged by a wall charger. It must be plugged into a computer to charge. So if you planned to take just the scanner on a trip, forget about it. This "feature" is unbelievable. I've never seen a USB device that wouldn't charge with a wall charger.Next, being a portable, stand-alone device, of course it didn't come with an SD card. So I got a card, inserted it, and it didn't work. Turns out, in the year 2023, the scanner only supports FAT32 cards of 32GB or less! Wow. So I re-partitioned the card, formatted FAT32, and finally was able to scan to the card, but there is no way to create a multi-page PDF. Worthless for my use case.OK, so I'll use my phone. Download the app, connect directly to the scanner wifi, and the app can't find the connected scanner. It just spins. And spins. And spins.OK, guess I'll try it on my computer, which is NOT what I bought it for, just for grins. Downloaded and installed the software, plugged in the scanner, launched the software, and hit "Scan". It says "scanning" with the little spinner thingy, but nothing happens. Disconnect, reconnect, relaunch, try again, and this time it says "paper jam." What? The paper never moved. Try again, and now it can't find the scanner. I give up. Returned.
BOJO
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2022
I ordered a different model at first and it did not come with the micro sd card feature. Brother does not advertise well and their instructions are terrible. I look at a lot of websites to see what people who have bought the product are saying. The instruction did not say to fast press the on/off button to turn it on and did not say you have to press and hold the on/off button for 6 seconds and then let go to turn it off. Almost returned it because the lights were flashing and slow to respond when turning on and off. After figuring out that on and off procedure, the scanner worked flawlessly. I like the double sided scan feature and you do not need a computer if you are saving to the SD card. I bought this brand and model because on a government computer, you cannot just hook up any hardware and put in any software without getting approval from the IT department which usually do not allow anything they do not know about.You would think being part of the largest organization in the State that you would have the best of everything. The exact opposite is true. I have antique hardware and am using Microsoft 2013 which was a recent upgrade from Microsoft 2003. The lazerjet printer looks like it belongs in a museum.This scanner solved my problem. It plugs in and becomes an external drive. It scans 14 pages in 40 seconds or less. It can scan in the jpeg or pdf format. It takes up very little space on your desk and is very quiet. You can scan and save through Wi Fi, SD card, or USB cable. The utilities software is alright, not the greatest and like all other brands, they allow you a sample of the PDF software but want you to buy the full version. They make like it comes with the full version of the software but then it begs you to buy it.The only thing is that you cannot scan a page in a book. The page you are scanning has to pass through the scanner, unlike a scanner bed which will allow you to scan an open book. Not unless you rip out the page and pass it through the scanner. I use this scanner everyday at work and it is holding up very well.Legal documents, maps, timesheets, can be scanned and sent through your computer saving you a trip from your remote office to your main office saving you time, money, and gas. Especially with the price of gas today, you will be happy you purchased this scanner. Do not forget to buy the hard case to protect your scanner. I take my scanner where ever I go.
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Reviewed in Singapore on September 20, 2021
I was truly FURIOUS at first coz of extreme difficulty doing the wireless setup with my home network!! Then i finally figured out had to do the WIFI DIRECT pairing with my tablet first >> Then whilst still connected in this mode, click "Machine Settings" at bottom left-hand corner of app. Which opens up the Admin Portal in your browser. Key-in default password (indicated on label stuck under scanner) and Login. Go to "Network" tab >> "Wireless (Setup Wizard)" ... after that was a no-brainer. Just need your Wireless Network SSID credentials handy. And wish that instructions were much clearer from onset, plssse!!! Btw, after you're done with the admin portal, don't forget to change its default logon password for security!
Alex Watson
Reviewed in Canada on December 30, 2021
It's a portable, battery powered scanner. It does exactly what it says it does, although I noticed a prior review that mentioned that the scanner can't connect to existing wifi networks, so I wanted to correct that. - The scanner DOES support this type of connection through its "infrastructure mode" setting. If you look up the model number and "infrastructure mode", you should be able to find instructions to set it up in the online owner's manual (not sure about the physical manual). Long story short, you need to connect to the scanner's network, then access the scanner's direct IP address (should be 192.168.118.1), log into the web interface, and set it up in there. It's not a desktop driver setting. I set it up to use both infrastructure and direct wifi connections, so I can still connect to the scanner directly if I'm not connected to the wifi network that I set up. - In case you missed it, max DPI is 1200x1200. Desktop driver supports 300x, 400x, 600x, and 1200x. I think it supports 100x and 200x, but I don't use those. - The DSD... thing, is just a piece of plastic. Stays in place well when closed, but is loose when open. It also directs the output upward at a 90 degree angle, bend is roughly 3/8 of an inch or so. DO NOT USE this "feature" for items that you don't want bent! - For scanning things thicker than paper, the scanner can reportedly handle up to 48 pt thickness. I've been scanning 35pt cards (mtg, yugioh, as well as some sports cards) with thin plastic sleeves over them without issue; rollers are rubber with enough pressure to move the card with plastic through the scanner without damaging the card features. I don't expect that any thicker will be doable though. Definitely not a graded slab, that's for sure. - Scanner is designed to accept documents from the left side; there is a feed sensor about an inch from the left side that is used to detect the presence of things to scan. - No tray for multi-document feeds; this scanner is only designed to scan one item at a time. - Duplex scanning happens all at once; no need for the document being scanned to run through the machine backwards or anything like that. - Even with all image processing turned off, I noticed that the machine has some trouble with detecting where a document starts in the case where the document is covered in plastic (like the aforementioned cards). I've got it mostly dialed in now, but originally it would either overscan slightly or underscan slightly, maybe by a margin of +- 1mm? Not a problem for regular paper documents but for scanning details of cards sometimes it misses the card edges. - The web interface for the scanner is surprisingly capable. It's about what you'd expect from a printer/scanner interface, but there are some features that I wouldn't expect to see in a consumer scanner that are nice-to-haves for someone with more tech know-how.Overly, very satisfied with this purchase.