Brother's speedy ADS-4900W is an accurate, efficient, and reasonably priced sheetfed document scanner well-suited for mid- to high-volume jobs in busy offices and workgroups.
Epson's networkable DS-790WN scans high volumes of pages quickly and accurately, making it a great document management choice for small to midsize offices and workgroups.
All Specs
Epson’s $549 DS-730N Network Color Document Scanner is a capable document scanner for busy small-to-midsize offices. It s reasonably fast and reasonably accurate, and its three-year warranty makes its low price an even better value but it doesn t quite stand up to the Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1600 ($495), our Editors Choice for small-office scanners, which has Wi-Fi, impressive OCR accuracy, a higher duty cycle rating, and a touch-screen control panel. There s nothing wrong with the DS-730N, but with such fierce competition, there are few situations where we d recommend it over its peers.
Big Bang for Your Buck
Measuring 8.5 by 11.7 by 7.9 inches (HWD) and weighing 7.9 pounds with its trays closed, the DS-730N is about average in size and girth for a scanner in this class. As with most desktop document models, when its input and output trays extended and in service, its size nearly triples, so make sure you ve got enough desk space.