At the bottom of the pecking order in Brother's recent release of a wave of sheetfed desktop document scanners, its ADS-3100 High-Speed Desktop Scanner ($329.99) is relatively fast and reliably accurate. It lists for about $40 less than the next model up, the ADS-3300W, but you give up quite a lot for the savings: network connectivity, a touch-screen control panel, and support for smartphones and other handheld devices, to name a few convenience and productivity features. That's not to say, however, that small or home offices that plug the ADS-3100 into a solitary computer's USB port (or scan directly to a USB flash, solid-state, or hard drive) won't get good value from this scanner. Competition among entry-level and mid-volume document scanners is formidable, but if your business doesn't demand networkability or wireless scanning, this Brother model should serve you well.Easy to Use, Simply the Basics The ADS-3100 is the last of five new sheetfed document scanners from Brother to...
Brother's entry-level ADS-3100 is a capable sheetfed document scanner that's a good value for home, hybrid, or small offices and workgroups.
Strong document archiving features; Scan to USB memory devices without a PC; Accurate rated speeds and accurate OCR
No wireless or network support; No mobile device support