A step down from our recent midrange to high-volume Editors' Choice among document scanners, the Brother ADS-4900W, the ADS-4700W Professional Desktop Scanner reviewed here lists for about $230 less ($469.99). For those savings, you get a slightly smaller automatic document feeder (ADF) for sending multipage documents to the scanner; lower scanning and processing speeds; and a lower-volume daily duty cycle. This positions the ADS-4700W for small and home-based to midsize offices, making it a direct competitor to the Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1600, our Best of the Year 2021 pick for SOHO (small office/home office) users. The Fujitsu remains the best choice, but the ADS-4700W is an excellent sheetfed document scanner and a worthy alternative to our current midrange favorite.One of Many Terrific Sheetfed Scanners The ADS-4700W ranks second in Brother's sheetfed scanner lineup, behind the abovementioned ADS-4900W and above the ADS-4300W, ADS-3300W, and ADS-3100 (all of which are slated for r...
A quick, accurate, and efficient sheetfed document scanner, Brother's ADS-4700W is ideal for busy small to midsize offices.
Relatively fast scanning with accurate OCR; Solid document-management features; Versatile connectivity and mobile device support; Scan to USB flash drives without a computer; Large touch-screen control panel; Three-year warranty
Lacks comprehensive Mac support