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Brother DS-640

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User ratings:
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46 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
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3 stars
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Consumer ratings:
4.4 / 5
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2 editorial reviews
The economical Brother DSmobile DS-640 scans quickly and accurately, but it lacks single-pass duplex scanning, making it an occasional-use model for thrifty shoppers.Read more
The Brother DS-640 scanner offers portability, fantastic scan quality, and reliable optical character recognition at a budget-friendly price. Its features...Read more
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Pros

  • relatively quickly and with respectable accuracy
  • The colors were accurate and vibrant
  • fast scan speeds and image-optimization

Cons

  • Archiving old documents and paperwork
  • have to run them through the device twice
  • lacks single-pass duplex scanning
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Brother DS-640 - Pros & Cons

Brother DS-640

Pros

  • relatively quickly and with respectable accuracy
  • The colors were accurate and vibrant
  • fast scan speeds and image-optimization
  • sleek black and silver color scheme that looks professional and elegant
  • high resolution scans and convenient low resolution scans
  • features make it easy for you to keep your documents organized
  • is lightweight and easy to carry around in a laptop bag or briefcase
  • compact design and simple workflow
  • can scan both sides of the sheet at once easily accomplished the same task in under 30 seconds

Cons

  • Archiving old documents and paperwork
  • have to run them through the device twice
  • lacks single-pass duplex scanning
  • typically scan fast enough to bog down the optical character recognition
  • scanner can only scan one side of a sheet at a time
  • duplex documents are where things get a bit slow
  • it has neither duplex scanning nor a document feeder
  • No cherry-picked units sent by manufacturers

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Brother DS-640 - Full Specifications

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General
Duplex scanningno
Colour scanningyes
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Dimensions
Width11.85 in
Height1.45 in
Depth1.99 in
Weight1.04 lb
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Technical details
Scan drivers
  • SANE
  • TWAIN
  • WIA
Black/white scanning colour modesGrayscale
Colour depth48.0 bit
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Connectivity
Standard interfacesUSB 3.2
USByes
USB version3.2
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Design
Colour of productWhite
Built-in displayno
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Scan details
Maximum scan size215.9 x 1828.8 mm
Optical scanning resolution300 x 300 dpi
ADF scan speed (b/w, A4)15.0 ppm
Scan to
  • E-mail
  • File
  • Image
  • OCR
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Compatibility
Platform
  • Windows
  • Windows
  • Windows
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Power
Power consumption (typical)2.3 W
Power consumption (standby)2.3 W
Power consumption (off)0.01 W

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Brother DS-640 Brother - Editorial Reviews (2)

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Published: 27.03.2020
Brother DSmobile DS-640 Review
3.0

The economical Brother DSmobile DS-640 scans quickly and accurately, but it lacks single-pass duplex scanning, making it an occasional-use model for thrifty shoppers.

By William Harrel
14 minute read
Brother DS-640 Brother DS-640 Review
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TechGearLab
Published: 21.03.2022
Brother DS-640 Review
4.1

The Brother DS-640 scanner offers portability, fantastic scan quality, and reliable optical character recognition at a budget-friendly price. Its features...

By Michelle Powell
10 minute read

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