Brother DS-740D Duplex Compact Mobile Document Scanner

The scanner you’re supposed to be able to put in several sheets of paper, but I find you can only put in one piece of paper or it tells you got a paper jam and you have to pull the plug. Wait a few minutes plug it back in to continue scanning any documents.

I have a lot of two sided documents that require scanning. I've been using a scanner that is non-duplex, requiring that I remove the document, turn it over, and scan again. Since purchasing this little scanner, my workload has decreased by 50%, making the process much faster—one of the best peripherals that I've purchased. Also, love that it's MAC compatible.

The DS-740D is a good, small document scanner. We use it bi-weekly to process whatever has accumulated — the occasional health insurance documents (explanation of benefits) and assortment of signed contracts (ex: landscaping). The scanner comes with a USB-A cable. But the end that plugs into the scanner uses a standard, but very rare USB connection. I wish they had used a more common connector. I use a USB-C based iPad as my daily computing device. I wish this scanner was directly compatible with iPad. I’m not a fan of WiFi models, and would love the convenience of connecting it directly to my iPad. Instead I wait and connect it to a household shared Mac mini when I need to scan things. The scanning software is what I expect from a printer/scanner company. (the bar is very low) It’s not pretty. It’s not intuitive. It works.

Been looking for something like this for a long time. After a couple of months of use the only thing on my wish list for this is if it would let you scan longer documents like car loan documents or loan documents. I could not find a setting to customize for much longer document sizes.

I've had the 740D for about 1 month now, I have not used all that much, but so far it's been relatively working well. I love the convenience of it especially the duplex scanning, portability and size. Seems well made. However, I have a few issues with it thus far. Document jams: on a few occasions, when feeding a page, if the scanner doesn't accept the document 100% perfectly, it stops, I then easily remove the page from the feeder. The iPrint app displays the "document jam" error and the only way to continue is to either close the app or unplug the unit from my laptop. Next issue is that seems like the unit is not very generous in accepting paper that is a somewhat heavier stock. Jams frequently. Last minor issue is with the iPrint app. I have a 2nd Brother Multi-function print/scanner connected, so if I decide to use the alternate device when scanning, the drop down menu only shows the current device and not the alternate printer. User must click add device and then takes you back to the devices connected page and choose from there. It's not a major issue but, my viewpoint is what's the point of the device drop-down menu if it only displays the 1 device, although there's 2 connected to the laptop. Mind you, the alternate printer L2710DW is connected both wireless and USB. I briefly procrastinated about returning it but decided that I could live with it. I'll conclude by saying that of all the years I've been using printer scanner technologies, Brother has been definitely the most reliable.

The scanner is simple to use and does double sided copying beautifully. I absolutely love it and it is faster than my printer scanner by far!

It is a compact easy to use scanner. The quality of scans for my purpose is very good. Since it is a duplex scanner it saves time not having to turn page over and re-scan. I recommend if you you need a portable scanner.

Been using Brothers compact scanners for years have had good luck with them.

Easy setup. Works great. Scan, file and toss the old paperwork.

Compact form factor with quality construction. Quickly produces quality single or double sided scans. Big pain point is that there is no way to reset the scanner after it reports a jam. Spent time with customer support but there is no reset short of unplugging the printer. Unfortunate because it as otherwise great scanner.

The scanner is almost useless--it does not reliably connect to my laptop, even though all cables and connectors are good. It does not connect reliably either via a cable or wirelessly.

Just got this but have had , with this included, a dot matrix , LED printer, and this device. This did not disappoint. Support on line information is good especially drivers,etc.

Easy peasy, can't get much better. Would buy again.

For the quality and the purchase price Wells well worth it. Performs very well.

I've had the DS-740D for over 8 months and it has performed perfectly. I like the fact that the power and input cord are the same. Also, the two-sided feature is a bib timesaver. I would recommend this product.

Great small scanner to electronically archive docs

This product has been great and works well! Nice for when you have a few items to scan at your desk

Very pleased with it. Small footprint, powered by USB cable. Fast for household use. Sometimes gives false paperjam warning but is easily reset by opening and closing.

Excellent portable scanner, especially for its price range. My only complaint is that it will get stuck sometimes (like 5/100 times) or that I'm not able to change scanning page sizes in the middle of a scan session - but those are just preferences, not actual inconveniences.

This scanner only takes one page at a time. So if you have a multipage document, you need to use a PDF editor to merge the files - SMH. It also takes a few seconds to start scanning it's one page input - it's slow. I have an older laptop, but it's not terrible with 32GB RAM and a quad code, 8 thread processor. If one page at a time is OK, the scanner works well. The hardware is solid. The included software is decent. I use XODO to do most of my editing. However, I need to be able to scan more than one page at a time. PROS: solid hardware, no external power supply, very portable, compact, reliable CONS: one page at a time, slow to start scanning page Conclusion: If it would take more than one page, it would be a very solid scanner and value. I believe I got it for ~$100 before COVID