Raven Pro Document Scanner Unboxing and Review All New Black Raven Pro Scanner
Raven Pro Document Scanner Unboxing and Review
Now more than ever, digitizing your office and household is the most effective and efficient way to organize your files and have easy access to information. The effects of COVID-19 have resurfaced how dependent we can be on physical documents at our office place and how non-digital workflows provide little flexibility in times of change.
As you may have seen in my prior post, I’ve been using the Raven Original Scanner for many months to digitize mail and other documents and it has really helped reduce clutter, keep me organized and streamline locating documents with their advanced OCR technology.
I just recently received the new Raven Pro Document Scanner in their new all black color. I thought I was impressed before, but the Raven Pro is a real game changer as it provides all of the attributes of the Raven Original Scanner, but with unmatched performance. Let’s take a look at what makes the Raven Pro Scanner so much better.
Extreme Scan Speeds
The Raven Pro really excels with its scan speeds of up to 60 pages per minute at 200 and 300 dpi quality settings. This may seem fast when reading this, but I can’t emphasize how fast it really is once you see how quickly a stack of pages (can hold up to 100 at a time) gets scanned. This is a great benefit for offices or users that are scanning in larger volumes, or more frequently, as it definitely saves you time with the scanner going as fast as you can keep up. While it does slow down a bit at 400 dpi, it’s really still impressive. As expected, the 600 dpi does get quite slow, but that’s always been the case for scanners I’ve used in order to achieve such a high quality level.
Huge Touchscreen User Interface
Like the Raven Original, the Raven Pro Scanner has a massive LCD touchscreen display with the Raven application built in. The Raven Pro touchscreen is even larger, measuring 8 inches, making it an even better experience.
Raven has really done a nice job designing an interface that is simple, intuitive but still packed with functionality for everything I would want to do on my scanner. With the automatic updates, I know the interface will continue to evolve and improve.
Expansive Features
Since I last reviewed the Raven Original Scanner, Raven has added even more features and functionality, including several new destination options. In addition to being able to scan wirelessly to all destinations, you can scan to many destinations at the same time, and save custom destination group workflows. For example, I can save three custom groups that all include my personal email and Google Drive account, but each group saves to a different folder in Google Drive. Really helpful when I want to organize my documents during scanner and put into the right folders without having to touch a computer.
As previously mentioned, I love that with the touchscreen I can verify what I scanned, make edits and name the documents before sending. Raven recently added FTP, SMB network share and Quickbooks Online to their destination list, which seems to be constantly growing. There is also a History feature where I can look back at the status of scans I sent over the past 30 days, which is really helpful to make sure I know what was sent and if it was delivered successfully.
The Raven Pro Scanner also has a USB port on the back that I can use to hook up to a PC or Mac with the included drivers, although I’ve had no reason to need to do so with its standalone device capabilities. The scanner can also connect to your PC or Mac wirelessly using the drivers. The Pro Scanner connects to both Ethernet or WiFi (including the new 5ghz frequency) for internet connection.
Is the Raven Pro Scanner worth it?
In my review of the Raven Pro, I found it to be a great document scanner, particularly if you are looking for a high performance document scanner. While the Raven Original scanner is great for average use, the Raven Pro is a noticeable difference for higher usage. The fast scan speeds and a wide range of functionality, as well as the versatility of being completely wireless and not having a dependency on a computer or drivers, makes the Raven Pro unique and a good value compared to other network scanners of this caliber. The Raven Pro is now available in all black and in white on Amazon.com and Raven.com and the pricing is the same for both colors. Both stores offer free shipping and a one year warranty, as well as free technical support by phone, email and chat.
If you found that useful then why not read my review on the Raven Original Scanner?
Raven Original Document Scanner Unboxing and Review
Raven Original Document Scanner Unboxing and Review
Document scanners are very useful tools that can greatly improve the productivity of people or businesses. They’re useful because they allow you to quickly scan, digitize, and send documents. The Raven Scanner has really streamlined this seemingly complicated process, while also being a really refined-looking scanner. See my recent unboxing video where I got the chance to try out the Raven Original Scanner. But, in the grand scheme of things, what makes the Raven Scanner so good?
No Computer Needed
A standout feature of the Raven Document Scanner that truly makes it a breeze to use is its independence from computers. In fact, you don’t even need to own a computer to work with the Raven Scanner. Normal things like setting the scanner up for first use, software updates, sending scans, and selecting destinations are all easily done on the scanner’s responsive and generous touch screen, but more about that later. This also eliminated any worries I had about finding a scanner that would work with my Mac since it didn’t matter (something I found impossible with the ScanSnap iX500). I really like how you can make adjustments to scanned pages like cropping and rotating them, renaming files, or selecting multiple destinations to send the files all on the scanner.
Features
Aside from the obvious scanning functionality, which operates excellently, a standout feature of the Raven Document Scanner is the considerable 7” touchscreen. I know everything has touchscreens now, but I was still surprised by the quality, smoothness, and responsiveness of it. Putting this large of a touchscreen on a document scanner makes it feel much more modern and usable than other scanners I’ve handled. Another notable feature of the Raven Scanner is that it can send documents to over 10 different destinations at once, including multiple cloud services, email, and fax. Each Raven Scanner also includes unlimited free storage in the Raven Cloud, which is a nice touch.
A Reliable Review for the Raven Scanner
Should You Buy the Raven Scanner?
If you’re in need of a quality document scanner to scan and digitize your documents, it’s hard to not recommend the Raven Document Scanner over even the most well-known scanners from brands like Fujitsu. It’s shockingly simple to set up and use, performs its core functions well, and offers numerous features that the competition lacks.
If you decide to buy, they currently sell on their website (www.raven.com) and on Amazon.