Epson - RapidReceipt RR-400W Wireless Duplex Compact Desktop Receipt and Document Scanner - White

Love it, has reduced my scan time significantly, highly recommend!!!

Highly useful for my business. Excellent quality, Super tech support from the manufacturer

TL;DR: This is a good desktop scanner, but the bundled software package's UI/UX needs improvement and the wireless installation process was difficult. I have been using the Epson RapidReceipt 400W for the past three days to scan a dozen store receipts and a few letter-size documents. The scanner functions well in a neat, compact size that provides full, letter size document scanning functions without taking a lot of desk space. This is the first scanner that I've used that offers many of the same features & functions via WiFi but without needing a physical connection to my PC or is reliant on third party cloud services. The scanner offers pass-through and pass-up scanning via a manual switch, but even pass through scanning does have some "bend" in the scan path. Thus, although the instructions indicate you can scan ID and business cards, hard/stiff cards will not work. The scanner can do either single or duplex, one-pass scanning, which is impressive considering the compact size of the device. Scan resolutions supported range from 200 all the way up to 1200 dpi, and full color, greyscale and black and white settings. The scanner is powered by an AC adapter with a 6-foot cord reach, and includes a USB-C to USB-A cord in the box (the scanner has a USB-C connection on the device). The software includes Epson ScanSmart, which is the scanner management and settings package you use to control the scan settings and output, with options to save the scanner output to a file (jpg, PDF and TIFF options), send directly to MS Office programs, Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote and OneDrive. What's unique with the Epson ScanSmart software is it allows wireless control as long as the scanner and "host" PC are both on the same wireless network. Unfortunately, I ran into an issue with the initial setup and the software could not automatically configure the device once it had connected to my Wifi network. Instead, I had to identify and input the scanner's assigned IP address into the ScanSmart, and also manually configure my router to assign a fixed IP to the scanner. I suspect the error was because my router has UPnP disabled, but it would be nice if the software warned me that UPnP is required, or otherwise provided more error detail instead of reporting a cryptic "cannot connect" issue and a litany of generic troubleshooting steps. The included receipt management software is impressive. It automatically recognized and parsed out the merchant name, date, total purchase amount, payment method, tax and tip from the receipts I scanned, and all of these data points can then be exported directly into Quickbooks or a CSV file to facilitate easy importing into your accounting/finance software. The default UI/UX workflow process requires each receipt be "validated" before you can export, but you can turn this off and directly process the receipt if you prefer. Epson also includes PDF software Kofax Power PDF, which is your typical Adobe Acrobat type of PDF software and includes all the usual features. The hardcopy documentation in the box is the only document that has the full license key and it wasn't obvious in the installation and setup process on where I could find the Kofax software for download. Overall, this is a great device for low volume, desktop scanning needs. The software is very full featured, although the UI/UX of the installation process and document workflow is not very intuitive at first attempt.