Conclusion: The Kodak ScanMate i940 is unusually large for a portable scanner, but it's also fast, offers an automatic document feeder, and can even serve as a personal desktop
Pros: Fast. Duplex (two-sided). Scans to searchable PDF format as quickly as to image PDF. Can get power from a USB connection.
Excerpt: Standalone scanners such as the Kodak ScanMate i940 Scanner are falling out of fashion recently. Some of the decline in popularity can be attributed to all-in-ones, such...
Pros: Compact, Can be powered from just one USB port, Quick scanning time, Good image quality
Cons: Flakey software, Expensive, Noisy, Not for everyone
Excerpt: Sheet-fed printers are well suited to scanning letters, bills and other loose documents, and converting them to a digital format although they tend not to come cheap.