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Kodak i2800 Scanner Review
Today's business runs on information. But when that information is on paper, it can slow you down. Get things flowing faster with the KODAK i2800 Scanner. It lets you extract critical information from documents at the point of entry, for quick distribution to decision-makers who need it. So money to be gained isn't left waiting for choices to be made.
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Kodak i2800 Scanner Feature
- Get things flowing faster with the KODAK i2800 Scanner
- lets you extract critical information from documents at the point of entry
- helps increase both internal and external customer satisfaction, and saves your company time and money.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Business Oriented- Lightning Fast
By JoeD Freelance Pro Photographer & Blogger
If the price did not give it away, this scanner is intended for business heavy duty use. It is not designed (or priced) for a home-user. It is important to choose the proper product for the application.
The Kodal I2800 is a very impressive product with a very solid build quality and reasonable footprint. Installation took about 5 minutes to acheieve a workable, non-customized state. It is heavier compared to any "home user" model I have ever used. The scanner has a 100 sheet rated duplex capacity (I actually managed 113) with lightning throughput. I experienced no jams in scanning over 1,000 pages of mixed paper, mostly 20# recycled. Most importantly, I experienced no issues with dog eared pages, unlike with most scanners I used in the past. The scanner also allows custom mapping of software buttons to further make your workflow efficicent.
The scanner is bundled with paperPort, OmniPage and Kodak's own proprietary software. All are likely adequate for home business needs without customization whereas more advanced customers will require major software tweaks. Either way, it is decent software unless you require customized solutions that may integrate with custom software such as that found in legal and medical billing offices.
So, if you have a home based business that is not heavily dependent on document scanning, you are likely better off selecting a less expensive, though adequate, solution. However, if your business performs heavy duty scanning, then this is likely the product for you (like the Fjuitsu ScanSnap S1500 noted by another reviewer). This scanner will tame any workload and streamline your workflow, if you really have that need.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Very impressive speed and quality of scans, just lacking decent software
By Mary Jo Sminkey
I've had a few other scanners, the little Fujitsu ScanSnap being my favorite. It's reasonably fast but only does up to 25 pages max so not the best for all my scanning needs. This scanner certainly blows it away, particularly when I need to scan a lot of color documents at once, it's impressively fast and the quality of the results generally top notch. Really the only issue I've had with the hardware is sometimes it double-feeds with thin, glossy pages, so I always have to count my pages and double-check that it didn't miss any. The Fujitsu though has the same issue, it seems most scanners are just not able to detect double-feeds with fairly thin paper. But I've yet to experience a paper jam with it, and with it able to handle 4 times the amount of pages at a time, and yet scan those in less the time than the Fujitsu does so many less, I definitely have to give the scanning functionality of it 5 stars. It also folds up into a reasonably compact size, not small by any means, but not unreasonably large, but I do have problems with it catching the sheets, and they often end up strewn all over the floor as a result. This also is a pretty typical issue for these types of scanners, but it's still kind of annoying and for the price I would have liked a scanner that had a tray that did a bit better job of catching the sheets.
The biggest issue I have though is the software included. PaperPort is included with most Windows-based scanners and just isn't particularly good. Kodak includes a *trial* version of their more advanced document management software, but sheez, for the high price of this scanner, you'd think they could include decent software and not just a trial version. If you don't already have solid document management software be sure to consider that along with the cost of the scanner itself as you'll probably end up having to buy something better than what comes with this.
Finally be sure to note that Kodak only provides Windows drivers for this scanner, so if you need to support both Windows and Mac, or might be considering a switch to Mac at some point, this may not be the best choice of scanner. You can certainly use a Windows VM to do your scanning with it, but other scanners work with both Mac and Windows natively so it's disappointing that some manufacturers purposely release scanners for one or the other.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
One screaming fast scanner...
By W. B. Halper
I have four high-speed scanners: a Fujitsu ScanSnap 510 (now obsolete), an Epson GT-S50, a Brother ADS-2000 and this Kodak i2800. The first three are in the $400 range; this one is obviously much more expensive. They all work well, but if you have a significant number of pages to scan, the difference in speed between the Kodak and the others is outstanding.
Let's look at the Kodak scanner in more detail. Physically, in the open, operating position, it has the same triangular shape as the other scanners. It's a couple inches taller than the Brother and Epson, but takes about the same front-to-back desk space. When it's not in use, the Kodak can move to a more vertical position, retract the front trays and end up about six inches deep. The front panel has a display that shows up to nine different scanned document settings. Each setting is fully programmable and allows you to preset the type of scan (PDF, Searchable PDF, Multi-page TIFF, Color PDF and various other permutations) as well as set the display message, the destination of the scanned document and more. I've set #1 to be a B/W searchable PDF going to my desktop; #2 to be a regular PDF going to the base directory of my client files; #3 creates a B/W RTF, #4 goes to DropBox, where it can be accessed my other team members; etc. In short, I have it set up as the central input to my document management system.
How fast is this scanner? Putting it politely, it's screaming fast. I have a set of small test documents that I used to compare the other devices. (See my reviews of the Epson and Brother machines for more information) The i2800 scanned them too fast to get a precise time measurement. I then cut the spine from a 240 page paperback and ran it through the Brother and Kodak. The Brother took 6:58.6 minutes. The Kodak took 1:17.7 minutes. Both scanners were set identically to B/W, 300dpi and driven through their respective software packages. Scanning to a searchable PDF took 2:01.7 minutes using the Kodak. The OCR took place as the pages were scanned and the additional time was a function of the speed of my computer...your results will differ depending on your hardware. The Brother's software can't directly create a searchable PDF. The book took 3:03.4 to scan to a RTF file. The Brother took 7:34.4 to create the RTF format file. The output from the Kodak retained the formatting and pagination of the original. The Brother's output was a big blog of text. (I'll update this with comparative numbers from my Epson when I get it working better. It's feeder rollers are worn and need to be replaced.)
The only thing that I don't like about the Kodak is some minor compatibility problems with PaperPort V.14 (Version 12SE is included in the software bundle, so this may not apply unless you upgrade) With PP14 and all my other scanners, you can open a folder, start the scanner and have the scanned file deposited into that folder. The Kodak scans a couple of pages and stops with a "communication error". (The workaround is either use the ISIS driver, which is slower, or to scan using the front panel buttons and then use PP to pick up and drag the file to its final location.) Kodak tech support was wonderful and went so far as to send me a replacement unit. It worked identical to my original unit, so I shipped it back. I suspect that the problem had nothing to do with the scanner itself and stemmed from PP getting overwhelmed (not properly buffering) by the high speed data.
My conclusion - If you need to scan a lot of paper and aren't put off by the price, this scanner is an excellent choice. I'm giving it five stars.
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