Brother ADS-1700W

The compact value all-rounder — duplex scanning, a touchscreen for one-touch workflows, wireless scan-to-cloud, and a respectable feeder in a notably small, affordable body. Most of the core functionality of pricier scanners for a typical home office.

The Brother ADS-1700W is the compact all-rounder balancing capability, a small footprint, and value. It's a desktop scanner with duplex scanning, a touchscreen for one-touch scan-to-destination workflows, wireless scanning, and a respectable feeder, in a notably compact body that fits where larger scanners won't. Brother is known for reliable, no-nonsense office hardware, and the ADS-1700W delivers most of the core functionality of pricier scanners — fast duplex feeding, searchable PDFs, scan-to-cloud — in a smaller, more affordable package. It's the pick for a home office that wants a capable, space-efficient scanner without top-tier prices. The feeder capacity and software ecosystem aren't as expansive as the Fujitsu or Epson, but for compact, capable value, it's hard to beat.

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