Plustek Mobileoffice S420

Lightweight and portable. Very fast for a manual-feed portable scanner. Two programmable scan buttons. Dock with paper guide for shared scanning. USB powered

Limited to simplex scanning. Lacks an ADF

The Plustek MobileOffice S420 is speedy for a manual-feed portable scanner, and comes with a dock, but lacks an ADF and the capacity for duplex scanning.

There isn't a great deal of competition in this class, but while Fujitsu's ScanSnap S1100 (£158 from www.ebuyer.com) is simplex only, it's cheaper than the MobileOffice S420 and comes with Fujitsu's brilliant software. Alternatively, HP's similarly...

Very fast at the default resolution; portable enough to carry around; convenient

Issues with dock design; quality not great; expensive

The S420 is fast, portable and convenient, but design issues and rather average results mean that the asking price is very high for the benefits on offer.

Compatto e leggero; il supporto accessorio permette di condividere lo scanner tra due PC; buona velocità generale; supporto molteplici formati; bundle software completo

Manca custodia per il trasporto

Questa versione è pensata per l'acquisizione di documenti dal formato massimo di 216x355 mm, passando per il tradizionale A4, per arrivare a dimensioni decisamente più ridotte, come per esempio le foto 13x18 cm, 10x15 cm oppure i biglietti da visita e...