Brother’s newest intelligent and uncompromising compact scanners meet the needs of modern businesses

In today’s ever changing work environments, technology that is portable and adaptable to working in the office, at home, or on the move, is fast becoming a necessity of working life. Brother’s latest offering presents the evolution of Brother’s leading compact scanner range – designed to scan and edit anywhere.

Whether it’s personal files, business contracts, or expense receipts, Brother’s portable document scanners, the ADS-1300 and the ADS-1800W, are meticulously engineered for secure and intelligent scanning from any location.

Based on the ADS-1200 and ADS 1700W, the new ADS-1300 and ADS-1800W add more power, enhanced scanning features, a full reworked design, and brand-new USB-C powerup capability.

The new compact document scanners are ideal for environments with limited space. measuring just slightly wider than a sheet of A4 paper.

With Kofax Power PDF available as a standard on both the ADS-1300 and ADS-1800W, documents can be converted, edited, and shared quickly and easily, introducing a workflow that lets you go from paper to digital faster than ever.

The ADS-1800W is portable and can be powered via USB-C or via an external battery. The option to upgrade compatibility with Barcode Utility, enables users to scan documents with barcodes and automatically file them to a designated location.

Benefits included on both devices:

•    Portability – scan anywhere by powering up with an external power bank, or computer
•    Fast operation – with 2-sided scan speeds of up to 60 sheets per minute and a 20 sheet per minute Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)
•    Document optimisation – improve scan quality and legibility with features including punch hole and edge clean-up.
•    Kofax Power PDF – makes it easy to create, convert, edit, and share PDF documents
•    Kofax PaperPort – create simple workflows and share, search, and organise documents
•    Dedicated ID card slot – for plastic cards such as a driver’s license or embossed cards .
•    Media versatility – the ability to scan standard, multi-page and two-sided documents.

The ADS-1300 and ADS-1800W both offer scan speeds of up to 30 pages per minute, a 20-sheet automatic document feeder, power directly by USB-C, dedicated plastic ID card slot and scan activity shortcuts (ADS-1300 has up to 3, ADS-1800W has up to 20). Both also come with OCR and PDF editing software included and the option to add a paper tray (to be purchased separately).

As ADS-1800 is the larger model, it comes with a large 7.1cm touchscreen and the option to create up to 25 pre-set scan to destinations. It supports the Brother Mobile Connect App and is compatible with the Brother Product Upgrade “Barcode Utility”.

The models will be available at Brother dealers.