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• Pros Designed for the Mac. Fast for a portable scanner.
Duplex scanning. Can run from AC or battery power. Nearly matched rated speed for USB-powered scans. • Cons Subpar OCR performance. Scan times under AC power were well below its rated speed. • Bottom Line The ScanMate i940 Scanner for Macintosh Computers is a capable portable scanner that's also good for light-duty desktop use.
Kodak recently launched its ScanMate i940 Scanner for Macintosh Computers, the OS X counterpart to the Windows-based, an Editors' Choice. It's a welcome addition, as Mac-specific scanners are not easy to find. In our testing, although it was well short of its rated speed when under AC power, it was nonetheless fast for a portable scanner, and it lost little time when I switched to scanning to searchable PDF from image PDF. Although it's primarily a portable scanner, its 20-page automatic document feeder (ADF) and duplex scanning capability make it useful for light desktop use as well. At 3.1 by 11.4 by 4.2 inches (HWD) and 2.9 pounds, it is large and heavy for a portable scanner. It has a 20-page automatic document feeder (ADF), and supports duplex (2-sided) scanning.
Pre-formatted templates, color combinations, complete themes, and individual fonts all appear on the Design tab. Smart Lookup provides contextually relevant information for highlighted text, so authors can access additional web-based data. For example, highlighting the word 'Microsoft' within a document, then right-clicking and selecting Smart Lookup, generates a window that reveals Bing search results. The tab aims to make it easier for Mac users to quickly access preconfigured design elements and produce professional appearing documents without having to possess any significant graphics or design expertise. Office 365 users can learn more about the new version of Office, and how to download it, in my previous post: '' Word 2016 for the Mac includes a new Design tab.
It can scan both business cards and thick plastic cards in addition to paper documents up to 8.5 by 60 inches. As befitting its dual nature as a desktop and portable scanner, you can power the i940 for Macintosh either from an AC adapter or from your computer's power over a USB cable. (You can add a second USB cable for additional power.) Once it's plugged in, to start the scanner you just open the lid; you'll see a blue LED-lit number to identify the current scan profile. There are also two arrow keys: an up arrow for cycling through the profiles, and a right arrow, the scan button, which is illuminated in green when you're ready to scan. After 15 minutes of inactivity, the scanner will go into power saver mode, and the lights will go out. To turn the scanner off, you simply close the cover.
Software I tested the i940 for Macintosh on a 13-inch MacBook Pro running OS X Mountain Lion. Apart from OS compatibility, what differentiates a Mac scanner from a Windows model is the included software.
The Mac version comes with NewSoft Presto! PageManager 9 for document management and NewSoft Presto! BizCard Xpress for business card management, plus a Twain driver.
In contrast, the Windows-only i940 includes the Kodak SmartTouch scan utility and NewSoft Presto! BizCard 6 plus Twain, WIA, and ISIS driverswhich let you scan from Windows programs that include a scan commandbut no document management program. Both PageManager 9 and the SmartTouch scan utility have built-in optical character recognition (OCR) capabilities. In PageManager you can adjust the settings for the scan button profiles, which include Scan to PageManager; Scan to BizCard Xpress; Scan to Folder; Scan to Mail; Copy to Print; Scan to OCR; Scan to PDF; Scan to Google Docs; and Scan to Evernote. Output formats include TIFF, JPEG, RTF, BMP, PDF, and searchable PDF. I launched the scans from the scan button icon on the program's top menu.