The doxie go document scanner is a great idea, and a very handy tool, although there are still some rough spots in its hardware and software that need to be addressed. It can easily tuck into a backpack or suitcase and has fantastic wireless functionality. The first unit shipped to me was faulty but the replacement was sent immediately. Doxie is a cheap, simple and easyto use document scanner that launched this week at the macworld expo. Gone are the days of crummy, complex, computerdriven scanners. Included doxie app syncs scans, sends directly to your favorite apps, and uses the awardwinning abbyy ocr technology to recognize the text in your. Doxie s rechargeable battery, included memory, integrated wifi, and included mac, pc, iphone, and ipad apps make it easy and fun. Use the document feeder for scanning up to 8 pieces of paper. Part of that is the hardware, but i feel that doxie products really shine when it comes to. To turn on wifi, push the round, black wifi button on the back of the scanner. Doxie has a numer of different ways to export your scanned items. The scanner is simplicity to use, as is the software.
When the light is solid green, doxie is ready to scan. Doxie works, acts, even looks the way you want it to. It does still have the date as a searchable way to find documents if you know around the time you scanned something. Scanning shouldnt be a chore and should be as simple as possible. I had a huge box of family photos to scan, and using a flatbed scanner was taking forever.
Doxie makes awardwinning mobile scanner products that make it easy to go paperless everywhere you go. Doxie wireless document scanner with builtin wifi required. Im surprised that someone at doxie felt that this was acceptable. Doxie s software automatically finds your scanner and offers to import your scans. Even the latest models feature complex designs, crummy throwin software, and tie you down to your desk. Solved receipt scanners and software what works and. Doxie is a standalone device that stores scans on its builtin memory. Doxie isnt just an amazing scanner included apps for mac, windows, and ios make going paperless easy and fun. When the light stops blinking, doxie is ready to scan. So youll be sure to scan everything and go paperless with ease.
Included doxie app syncs scans, sends directly to your favorite apps, and uses the awardwinning abbyy ocr technology to. After using both the doxie go and neat receipt, its really hard not to use one without comparing it to the other. Doxie offers a couple of other models of portable scanners, but this one has everything and it is, in fact, doxie s primo offering. Its great for those last straggling bits of old paperwork, photos, and artwork that you havent.
Easily import scans with doxie s intuitively designed companion software. You can easily rotate scans within doxie s software. Advertisement doxie go rechargeable mobile document scanner. The basics although its not as small or as portable as a wand scanner like the pdswfst44vp, the doxie one is suitably small and light for a portable manualfeed scanner. Doxies neat, too, and wont leave pdfs or tiff files littered around like other scanners. But you cant get the images out of this software in one go unless you want a. Turn on doxie press and hold the power button for a moment. Doxie can also join your local home or office network. Wifi uses extra battery power, so turn it off when its not in use. Page 8 get scanning turn on doxie if doxie is off, press and hold the power button for a second to turn on the scanner. Ive personally wanted the neat scanner myself, i know a few who have it and it works well from playing around with it. Theyve improved a number of things with this latest. The slim, portable scanner uses usb buspower to turn paper into pdfs, jpegs or lossless png. Switching between resolution depths is a matter of 3 clicks.
Doxie application much more efficient than other scanning software ive. Because the ocr is sub par i just grab the pictures straight from the sd card and add them to my photos folder and try to label if im not lazy. In any event, the ability to scan to the cloud is very handy. Scanning takes mere seconds just insert your sheet and then insert another. You can use doxie with your ipad, too just connect apples lightning or 30pin. Its slim and compact enough to take along wherever youre headed. This indicates youve sent the scan to one or more places with the save, send, andor cloud buttons so, presumably, its safe to delete the scan from the doxie software.
Doxie one about the scanner paperless for everyone. Doxie go plus saves scans as jpeg files and effectively works like a digital camera, so chrome os will recognize it as such and offer to let you browse your scans, like camera images. Sometimes, with pages fresh out of a laser printer, there will be a bit of a curl to the end of the page. Although these are the only ones ive tried myself so far, you may well find another model to be more to your liking. Next will be the doxie flip to attack the family photo albums. Doxie isnt tied down to your computer like other scanners. Use the direct feed slot at the back for oneatatime scans. Scanning stacks of doublesided documents with doxie q. The doxie one is the cheaper of the two scanners, but the doxie go comes with a battery so you can scan on the go. Stand out, blend in, connect, and accessorize with doxie s great addons.
Doxies software copies the documents and photos youve scanned from your scanner or removable media, then makes it easy to organize, stack, save, and share. As a standalone scanner with a rechargeable battery, doxie lets you scan. Unlike traditional tethered document scanners, doxie is designed for use only on its own. Heres my sons beyblade, which for some reason is on my desk. Doxie syncs up to your computer via usb or wifi just like a digital camera. After you use save, send, or cloud, your scan or stack earns a green check mark badge. Press doxie s button wait for doxie s status for just a second. Once youve set up the date youre pretty much ready to start scanning. Doxies software automatically finds your scanner and offers to. Download doxie and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad and ipod touch. The doxie q weighs less than 2 pounds and isnt quite a foot long. This might make feeding difficult for the first hour after printing. Imagine carrying a scanner in your bag that is as small as a rolledup magazine. Were almost 90% paperless around the office, and have maybe 2 file cabinets of things that need to be also kept hardcopy.
Only use doxie while disconnected from your computers usb port. Photos scanned with doxie can even take advantage of photo software. Simply insert your paper to scan fullcolor pages in just 8 seconds at up to 600 dpi. Configure network access and other scanner settings directly within the app or use the doxie. Configure network access and other scanner settings directly within the app or use the doxie app on your mac or pc.
Evernote is a service that enables users to save notes, photos, audio clips, pdfs and other files to their evernote accounts and access those notes and files via the evernote website, mobile apps, desktop software and browser plugins. Everything worked very well and with a minimum of fuss i was impressed with the easeof use of both the scanner and the software. Doxie mobile scanners smart scanners for going paperless. The doxie go document scanner is a great idea, and a very handy tool. Thanks to a small footprint, rechargeable battery, and expansive memory, doxie. In short, the doxie go is a useful mobile device which, while. Although its not as small or as portable as a wand scanner like the pdswfst44vp, the doxie one is suitably small and light for a portable manualfeed scanner. You need to scan to the doxie software on your computer or mobile device and then send it to evernote, dropbox, box, or other cloud services. To combine multipage scans, for instance, you must use the doxie software s staple feature, and to combine twosided duplex scans, you must scan one side of a stack of originals, then the other. You can easily rotate scans within doxies software. With ultraportable, wireless scanners and amazing software, doxie delivers paperless for everyone. Turn the page around, and insert it from the other end. Insert sheet insert paper to the left, face up, and level.
Once you install the program, you need to select the scanner model you are working with. The scanner and software are very, very easy to use. The doxie software could use some improvement i think. Doxies included companion software uses the industryleading ocr engine from. As a standalone item, it was possible to scan years of paperwork whilst watching the telly. Made a job i have been putting off for years, simplicity. If youd like to save documents as pdfs or perform any other more advanced features, youll need to do that using doxie s scanner software. The doxie software is easy to use, with a chatty style thats friendly and. Simply turn the page around and insert it from the other end for smooth scanning. Easily import scans with doxies intuitively designed companion software.
Yes, they are both portable scanners and are essentially the same device, but the software that comes bundled with them makes them each perfect for different situations. You can then save the scans in one of five formats. Rather than fiddling with dpi, resolution and any other manner of settings that most scanning software has, doxie manages all this automatically. Considering this is a portable scanner and is designed to scan receipts and other documents as you receive them, its hard to guarantee the quality of the paper being fed into it. Other portable scanners as i mentioned, the scansnap s0 and the doxie are just two of a large and growing number of portable, maccompatible scanners and windows users have even more choices. And while most of the other scanners are mobile sheetfed scanners that basically are aiming at getting you paperless, the doxie is more of an exotic but exciting thing. The doxie go is an ultraportable scanner that is part of the doxie scanner lineup you can compare the different models here. Here is a scan of my very dirty and chipped up iphone. Doxies included software is surprisingly intuitive. Doxie go is the scanner that respects your time and space. For your first scan, use the included sample document that comes with the scanning reference guide in the box. User manuals, doxie scanner operating guides and service manuals.
Doxie s light flashes blue while wifi starts up, then turns solid blue when wifi is on. We use laserfiche for all scanning, and the fujitsu fi4340 scanners. The doxie scanner is a small usb powered scanner which like many similar sized scanners can fit nicely in a bag for travel, but unlike most other scanners it is designed to scan directly to the cloud so even if you lose your computer, youll have your scanned files. Sync to doxie s desktop app via usb or sd card just like a digital camera. Doxie brand paper scanners make scanning smarter than ever before but. The accompanying doxie scanning software makes importing scans a snap. The doxie scanner can scan to many different cloud based services. Page 9 insert paper face up and aligned to the left of the paper slot. Check for the wifi button on the back of your scanner to confirm you have a model with wifi. The ideal use of the doxie go wifi in my opinion is a travel scanner. It includes builtin wifi and has a pretty impressive 8gb memory. Doxie q help join a local wifi network from mac or pc.
801 1113 1230 847 550 912 345 63 438 704 721 929 1292 1410 1605 1291 1597 1211 820 224 1313 1101 1091 437 75 30 765 405 655 220