CD-R King's M12 Mobile Scanner P2990

I’ve been searching and searching for a portable scanner for ages!  None available in the Philippines … until NOW!  Every now and then I go to CD-R King over at Greenbelt 1 just to see what new items they have for sale.  Prior to yesterday’s trip, all they had were the 4×6 photo scanners that allow you to import your prints to digital format.  But, that’s not enough, really.  To make a mobile office truly functional, you have to be able to import documents.  That meant I really need more.

I’d seen these mobile scanners in the States before, and boy, what a surprise that when I ran my typical question to the lady at the counter … “Scanner? Portable?” expecting a “No”, her eyes lit up and said “Yes, ma’am, we have!”  I was like … “nonono… not the 4×6 one…”  She promptly said, “No ma’am, it can do documents!”  She spun around and grabbed a box, and lo and behold! There it was!  I’ve been waiting for this for over a year!  Finally!

So, off to the ATM I went and came home with my newest toy!  This one is not really a toy … but it’s cool and will make my work go soooo much faster!

It can scan at 600 dpi and comes with a cd containing Windows drivers and useful applications.  It can save scans as .jpg or .pdf.

Cost:  P2990

The only downside right now is that the drivers included in the CD are only for Windows.  I wish they’d include Linux drivers and Mac OSX, just to make it an ultra all-around assistant to the mobile professional.

EDIT:  MAC OSX DRIVER
The CD-R King M12 Mobile Scanner appears to be the same scanner sold by Plustek (OpticSlim M12 Plus).  The wonderful thing about that discovery is that Plustek has a download page for the Mac OSX driver.  You can find that here. Thanks Plustek!

Thanks, CD-R King!