Pandigital PANSCN01 PhotoLink Mini Scanner -Black

After I figured out how it worked it became the best buy for my photo job ever and inexpensive.

It works great! So far Ive copied over 1500 photos. No problems at all. Shipped quickly, I had it in 2 days

This scanner worked fine for the first couple of pictures and then it put lines on every photo even after we cleaned it. Too bad it looked like such a great deal.

I was so excited about scanning my old photos. Loved the idea of the photo feeder. Within 30 to 40 scans I was getting a 1 dark band and white lines in the middle of the pictures. Not all, just some, but enought to put it back in the box and return it to the store. Best Buy, Bed Bath and Beyond, Staples, Frys, and Target no longer carry the unit. Staples claimed it was a holiday item. Was it because of all of the complaints? I really like the unit, hated the quality. Mine was the white Model O5 which appears to be their most current product.

I bought this to scan photos - of course. After approximately 30 photos, the scanner needs to be recalibrated. You are also supposed to be able to view the pics as scan them, but I cant. The File Explorer window CLOSES every time you scan. You have to go back in each time. I was waiting until after I scanned a batch at a time. After about 30 photos, you have to unplug, clean the machine, then calibrate it. Its a shame. I was looking forward to using this. Dont waste your money. Just use a regular document scanner instead.

When I saw this product it struck me as a wonderful item. I could rapidly scan all of my old photos and not take days doing it. I read reviews where people reported white lines appearing on the scanned photos. Well, mine did have them. There was no rhyme or reason to it either. I could scan a photo and not have any lines in it, then scan it again and have 1 line, 4 lines. I never knew what it was going to do. I did follow the instructions and calibrated the device, cleaned it, etc. The lines still showed up. Seeing it for myself I find the lines to be unacceptable. I wanted to digitize my old photos to keep them from wear and signs of age. Not scan them and have artifacts in the finished product that werent there when I started. The time saved using this device compared to using a flatbed scanner for photos is not enough to overlook this fault.

These work great until you get a smudge... then youll have to throw it away. You get them cheap online because they were discontinued as high defective rate I suppose.

I have had 4 of these units in my possession now, and none of them performed without lines through the images. It is a shame, because it is flawless in every other way. The concept is so solid that, if it performed well, there would be one in every household at the price they are offering it at. I would pay three times as much for it if it worked. I would say I get maybe 25% good scanned images, the rest have lines through them. They show up at different spots on the same image, or sometimes not at all, so it doesnt seem to be related to the print. [...] Its such a great concept that I gave it two stars even though it doesnt seem to work. Such a shame, with a working product and a little bit of advertising they could sell millions of them.

I bought this little scanner to scan checks received at my business for accounting purposes. The quality and clarity are not perfect, but it works beautifully for that purpose. I would never use a $20 scanner for my precious photos. After all, its only a $20 scanner. Invest a little more for your photos.

Made scratch marks on pictures that were scanned in; but not on the actual fed in photo. I would not by any other products from this manufacturer.