I don’t know what algorithm it uses to crop, but it does a great job! It even manages with the decorative edge photos (like the ones from the 40s-50s). You can’t scan polaroids (too thick) or newspaper clippings (too thin/delicate).Įven with the problems that are currently occurring it’s still much faster than my HP flatbed scanner for this task because you can’t usually scan in photos anyway without putting them in one by one and then you have to crop them.

The color and detail are at least as good as the photos themselves even on the old and fading ones (seriously some of these are from the 1930s) The quality of the photos is actually really nice. Of all the photos I scanned without it, not a single one got damaged. The literature indicates the sleeve is to protect your photos. Also if the sleeve gets grubby this might further gunk up the machine. I am scared of what happens if I scratch it. The sleeve bothers me the most because mine quickly gets grubby with fingerprints (you can clean it, but still) and has enough static cling that I keep having to pull hairs out to keep them from scanning too. I am concerned that there are no replacement cleaning accessories and more importantly NO replacement sleeves. I’m kind of grossed out though that my photos were getting that much dirt in it (see again on why you should use the sleeve). It comes with little cheesy cleaning accessories. At this point (see previous point) about the only way I can guarantee I won’t get the paper jam error 80% of the time is to use the sleeve though I didn’t for the first 300 or so photos. Plus the sleeve has a calibration thingy on the front. Best as I can tell using it without the sleeve basically just gunks it up. BUT DON’T DO IT! I noticed now that all the people complaining of problems are the same people who said they didn’t need the sleeve. Admittedly it is very nicely satisfying to slide your photos through without it. Most of the reviews on Amazon said you don’t need it. It comes with this seemingly ridiculous little sleeve that you’re supposed to put the photos in. It mysteriously gives me errors now that say there is a paper jam (there isn’t) and I have to wait anywhere between 3-30 seconds between photos for this to clear. Just rescan.Ģ)It was very fast at first…it has slowed down. I’ve seen it on a few photos but at random and really maybe only one in 30 or so. Most reviews on Amazon indicates it fails over time and starts putting white lines on your photos.

So I ordered this last weekend on Amazon (exact model) for $80 and spent all of today using it on over 600 pictures from my grandma’s old shoebox (Christmas gift for the family will be photo CDs of this).

Driver for pandigital scanner