Doxie One - Standalone Portable Document & Photo Scanner

The 5-star rating is also a reflection of the customer service. My first doxie was malfunctioning on arrival. I contacted customer service and they were extremely courteous and helpful. After some quick troubleshooting, ( very quick, done in one conversation) they sent a replacement and had me ship the broken one back in the same box. They paid for all shipping of course. The replacement was brand new (not refurbed) and worked flawlessly. The Doxie One ships with AC adapters for the US, United Kingdon, Europe and Australia. If you really want to take this thing places, you wont have to buy an adapter. It will also run on 4 aaa batteries. A 2GB SD card is also included. The USB cable is only used for transferring the digital images from your Doxie to your PC. The USB cable does not power the Doxie One. When my new Doxie arrived I set to work digitizing 29 years of documents. This kind of task is best performed with a machine that can handle batches of paper but, I am cheap err, frugal yeah, lets say frugal so, I did it all one sheet at a time by hand. I didnt see the need to spend a few hundred bucks just to get through the initial batch of personal documents. Everything after that will be in manageable portions and a portable scanner will be more than enough.The Doxie was a workhorse and performed perfectly. The only bad scans were my fault and related to damaged documents The Doxie performs best when fed a diet of perfectly flat sheets of paper and sitting on a flat surface. If your document is damaged, I suggest feeding the sheet through starting at the least damaged side. Like a photo the image can be flipped later. Taking the time to remove staples and smooth out creases is well worth the effort. Much like painting, you dont HAVE to do the prep work but, if you dont, youll pay for it in labor. For those who are unhappy with the need to feed the sheets carefully, I suggest looking at some handheld scanners on the market. They cost almost as much as the Doxie but YOU move the scanner over the sheet of paper. I used to own one of those. They work well but take FOREVER. After experiencing those devices you, like me, will truly appreciate what the Doxie does and how well it performs especially at this price. Unlike its closest competitor the Neat portable scanner, the Doxie One will work with PC or Mac. The Neat scanner has to be purchased in the model that is designed for your OS and will not work with a different OS. The Neat portable scanner also costs $30 more. If you adjust your expectations for a portable scanner and dont expect it to work like a commercial machine, you will be very happy with the Doxie One. I highly recommend it.

When I first got this it worked for one scan and then didnt work at all. I contacted the company and they mailed me a replacement along with a return sticker immediately after a little troubleshooting. It was annoying that the first one didnt work but the company was quick to make sure I got a good working scanner. It works well and getting the documents on my computer is easy. One complaint I have is that, no matter how I feed documents into the scanner, they always catch on one side and go in crooked. Since I am using this so I can get rid of a lot of paper documentation and to send simple signed documents to people, it is fine but I really wish it would feed documents in straight. Also, I found out that you can only use a certain kind of rechargeable batteries and they will not charge while in the scanner even if it is plugged in. So you have to purchase rechargeable batteries AND a separate charger and then constantly remove them from the scanner to charge them. This means you may even want to purchase two sets of batteries so you can swap them, allowing one set to charge while the others are in use. This will tack another good $30 onto your investment in this scanner if you need to use it when not plugged in. At least the recommended brand of batteries are reasonably priced on Amazon. Finally, their documentation is... shall we say... suggestive. I showed it to several people and it is clear there are sexual innuendos throughout. It would be mildly humorous if it didnt involve a little girl which makes it disturbing instead. I am betting they are, for some reason, either not aware of the suggestivity or havent clued in on its inappropriateness. However, it is interesting that doxie is street slang for a prostitute which makes me wonder... I think they need to update the imagery in their documentation as it is rather inappropriate.

1. High Quality: This thing is worth every penny. I was hesitant to buy it initially, thinking it may degrade the quality of photos or what have you. Boy was I wrong. This not only retains the quality of a photo, but enhances it. I scanned tiny 2x1 photos, loaded the card into my PC, and it was like seeing the photo under a microscope. Brilliant! Youd never be able to tell the original was so tiny. My only complaint is that it doesnt handle Polaroids too well. They often get stuck midway, but I havent tried scanning anything with the provided sleeve. Didnt seem to be a problem with the itty bitty iZone strips though. Ive also used this to scan old letters (circa 1889) and recipe cards. It scans nice, crisp images. 2. Easy to use: This thing is literally plug and play. I havent connected it to my PC (because I dont have to). Just plug it the power, insert the provided SD card (which holds thousands, btw), push the on button until the light is solid, and start feeding the scanner! It pulls things through pretty quickly. I think I averaged about 300 scans an hour. I would highly recommend this to anyone wanting to digitize their lives. I plan on circulating it amongst family members and loading all of the images onto a photo sharing site to preserve everything. Its been a great way to share and retain family history.

When I started practicing law in the 1970s, I would lug what is still called a brief or trial bag to depositions and hearings. In it would be a huge mass of paper and a bunch of legal pads. At the end of the deposition, I would pack it all back up along with newly added exhibits and tote it back to the office where someone would ultimately file it away. Sometimes the dead weight would exceed twenty five pounds. Three years ago, I started carrying a portable scanner and a laptop to depositions. The scanner, a

UPDATE - I changed my rating from 3 stars to 5 based on a pleasantly surprising follow up by the company. The same day that I posted the original review, I received a call from one of Doxies customer service reps. She went through my concerns one by one, including items that were not covered in the review. Some things from that conversation that would be good to share: If you have a problem, call Doxie directly and they will do a product swap. Amazon will only do a return. Alkaline batteries will not work, you need to use Ni-MH rechargeable ones. She ended up sending me a set of the recommended Sanyo eneloops and the Doxie works great with them. Apparently it does say to use Ni-MH batteries on the battery cover underside but admittedly I didnt look at that (just took cover off, set aside, and re-installed) - might be better to put this on the bottom of the Doxie and not (only) the underside of the battery cover. Doxie went above and beyond! I appreciate that they ready the review and followed up to address my concerns - an EXTREMELY rare thing. But sending me the batteries, and addressing all of my concerns step by step left me absolutely dumbfounded. It would be safe to say that Im a customer for life and Ive shared this positive experience with anyone that will listen. Thanks Doxie - 5+ gold stars. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Fine scanner for this price point but unreliable with batteries - only somewhat portable This is my second Doxie One purchase. The first had to be returned because the connectors in the battery compartment were damaged and the unit could not be used with the batteries. On the plus side, customer service was great and there was no problem returning the defective unit even though I didnt attempt to use the batteries until I had the unit for a couple of weeks. Since they would not replace the unit, only allow a return, I purchased a second one. Based on my previous unit, I tried the batteries immediately and everything worked fine.....for 1 page. Then the unit seemed to not have adequate power to push the paper through the rollers. I tried installing new batteries and the unit could not even get 1 page entirely through the Doxie One. Frustrated, I plugged it in and the unit works fine - just not with batteries. I decided to keep the scanner and it works fine for my purposes. While I would like to be able to use it with batteries it is only mildly inconvenient that this is not a good option. The software is easy to use and I do like the staple feature. If you have a lot of things to scan, a big document, or pages that are 2 sided this is not a good option. Im also a disappointed on how it handles receipts that are long and narrow - something I have yet to find a good solution to handle - which is a major disappointment for me about the Doxie because it is one of the reasons I purchased

Scanning documents can be a huge hassle. You have to feed them to your scanner, convert them to PDF, name them, and organize them on your computer. I rarely had enough motivation to do all of the above at once, leading to huge piles of paper cluttering my home office. The doxie takes the pain out of scanning by separating different tasks and allowing you to work on documents in batches. Now, I just grab a stack of documents and feed them to the scanner during TV commercials or whenever I have some time but dont feel committed to doing any of the other steps. Then, when I feel like it, I upload the documents to my PC, name and sort them using the included software, and, as a last step, convert them to PDF and save them to my Google Drive. The conversion process takes a while, but you can do something else while the software is working. I really love this streamlined workflow. By the way, my scanner has no trouble scanning legal-sized documents, although this feature is not advertised for this model (officially supported on the Doxie Go only). The scanning is fast enough (about 10 seconds per page) . The scanner does not mind creases and rarely misfeeds or jams if the paper has clean edges. The scanner does get stuck if the edges of the paper -particularly the corners- are bent. Unlike the doxie go, the doxie one cannot be powered via the USB port and requires either an external adapter or a set of four rechargeable AAA batteries. Be sure to carry around an extra set of batteries as the scanner does not provide a warning when they run low and might quit in the middle of the scan. Transferring scans is seamless - either use a SD-card reader or connect the scanner to the computer via the supplied USB cable, which is the mini-USB kind, not the more popular micro-USB used with tablets and newer cell phones. As others have pointed out, the SD-card does stick out and needs to be removed for storage. The doxie Go offers internal memory for a sleeker look. Neither doxie offers the ability to zoom in on scans in the software, but this functionality is reportedly coming soon. In the meantime, an enlarged edit view can be used as a workaround, except for tiny text. One of the best things about doxie is its excellent customer service. When my scanner developed a problem with the power plug, doxie replaced it quickly and without any hassle. Not to mention, the people at doxie actually read your emails and reply -quickly- with a personalized message rather than some canned response. It is good to know that even in the unlikely event that something does go wrong, doxie wont leave you hanging.

Ive never experienced as much difficulty feeding a piece of paper into a scanner. The smallest deviation from a perfectly flat sheet of paper will cause the paper to feed crooked (even using the guide). But sometimes it will feed perfectly fine with same imperfections. I scanned at least 1,000 documents over the course of a week with this scanner and the scans are great when fed properly. A little patience is needed. The 300 dpi scans of this scanner are perfectly fine. 600 dpi would be overkill for scanning text, IMO. If youre needing to scan a lot of photographs, pick another scanner. The included photo carrier/sleeve works for the occasional photo but youll get better results from almost any all-in-one printer/scanner. I really like the software. It is very easy to grasp and ridiculously easy to merge documents into one PDF. The OCR is like magic. I can now hit Command-Spacebar on the Mac, type in a few letters, and find any document without ever having to visit the file system. Works great with Yosemite.

Minuses- You CANNOT scan anything when the Doxie is hooked to a computer via USB. You CAN import images that you scanned when the computer was disconnected, but you CANNOT scan any more images until you disconnect the USB! This is a real PITA. The software, while useful, does not allow you to import files that were not generated by the Doxie. If you try to import a pre-existing JPG scan into the software, the software generates an import error, stating that the file was not scanned with a Doxie scanner. Therefore, if you scan 10 things with the Doxie, and one thing with your flatbed scanner, you cannot combine the files in the Doxie software. This is a very unfortunate way to set things up! You cannot use AAA alkaline batteries. The hardware is purposely designed so that it wont work. You can only use NimH rechargeable AAA batteries, and you need four of them. This will be an extra expense for me. Yes, I know Doxie wants to save the whales, but this design ensures that you wont be able to pop in some available-anywhere-in-the-world-alkalines when your rechargeables crap out. So, you must either pack the power supply or a recharger for longer trips, defeating the purpose of being able to operate on batteries. The edge of the paper must be meticulously and seriously flat to enter the scanner. There is no room for error. The slightest edge crease will keep the paper from entering the scanner. Inserting the paper properly is a very delicate operation. My scanner seems to grip the paper tighter on the right side, which worries me. When something goes wrong, the right side of the paper will be drawn in, while the left side remains semi-stationary. Of course, this results in a failed scan. The Doxie seems to need more grip; it holds the paper VERY gently. If you are heavy-handed, this scanner is not for you. After a few scans, it is pretty easy to recognize when an item needs to be re-scanned. Obviously, since youre not hooked to a computer (CANT be hooked to a computer!), you cant tell for sure how the scan went. You want to make sure you re-scan it now, rather than later, which is easy enough to do. Pluses- Very simple to use. The scanner only has one on/off button to deal with. A flashing light in the on/off button alerts you when it (or you) screws up. Scan quality is very fine, more than enough for storing documents or receipts. A stack of old photos is incredibly easy to scan, and the scan quality is suitable for snapshots of the quality most people are likely to have. It is much easier than using a flatbed scanner to scan an existing folder full of stuff. Once your paper folder is scanned, you can sit down, easily delete bad scans (there will be a few baduns in each batch), re-order them if you want to, then export in a variety of formats. It is easy to make OCR documents. You can combine all your imported documents into one file, staple them together in the software, then export the entire file as a plain PDF or an OCR PDF, which allows you to easily seach larger PDF files for a single item. The OCR seems to work very well, but will obviously slow things down tremendously. The document auto-cropping works perfectly. This ensures documents are only as large as they need to be. Auto-cropping and straightening for scanned photos is fair, sometimes resulting in thin white edges. The software does a nice job of enhancing the documents contrast, straightening it, and making it more readable. Thats why I would REALLY LIKE to be able to combine files in the Doxie software from my flatbed scanner! Mine came with a 4GB SD card.

The Doxie One is my first experience with a portable scanner. I have had it for less than a month and have had some success with scanning letter sized documents. As others have mentioned, the paper feed is tricky. It will grab the document on one edge and attempt to run it through crooked. Eventually, one gets the feel for how that works and it becomes less of a problem with practice. Every paper edge has to be straight which means sometimes I have to send the document in bottom edge first then rotate it in the software which comes with the device. The paper guide would be more useful if it were larger and in a contrasting color from the device. It also slides out of position easily so I do not bother with it anymore. As a result, there is almost always a black line on the right or left side of the scan which I crop off using the software. The software is straightforward to use. Although, it does not seem to want to delete files that have been saved elsewhere. I have followed the onscreen instructions and it appears that the files are gone but when I am ready to import a new set of scans, it gets busy importing old scans that should have been deleted. To get around this, I manually delete the saved files from the media card before starting a new set of scans. The power supply has multiple attachments for different types of electrical outlets. The end that goes into the device is easily dislodged though so I have to try not to move around too much while using it. It takes rechargeable batteries (sold separately). I do not want to invest anymore money in this device. The size and weight of the Doxie One are precisely what I was hoping to get. The speed of the scanning process is great. Importing the scan to a computer using the USB cable takes a long time even when it is not trying to import old scans. Since I have to manually delete files anyway, I am planning to experiment with importing directly from the media card to see if it will be faster. I am giving it three stars (Its OK) because of all the extra work I have to do to get the results I want. If I had not purchased this on sale at a good price, I would have returned it for something else.

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