Panasonic KV-S1057C

Wired and wireless networking. Three-year warranty. Competitively priced. Excellent OCR accuracy. Fast at scanning and saving to image files and searchable PDFs.

Incomplete software bundle. Lacks wireless networking.

Bottom Line: Fast and accurate for OCR work, the network-ready Panasonic KV-S1057C-MKII is a solid sheet-feed document scanner, but its software bundle needs bulking up if your business doesn't have a document-archiving back end in place.

Very fast in scanning to searchable PDF when set for black-and-white. 100-sheet automatic document feeder. 100 programmable scan destinations accessible through LED. Auto-preview and auto-rescan. USB 3.0.

Relatively slow at scanning to both image PDF and searchable PDF when using scan-to-folder default setting.

Conclusion That said, the Panasonic KV-S1057C has a lot going for it: A large ADF, the ability to set multiple scan destinations, and scan various types of documents using passports, and high rated speeds, to name a few. It has good OCR performance,...