I scan just about every piece of paper that comes into the house - receipts, kids' drawings, speeding tickets, whatever... I struggled for years with a flatbed/sheetfed scanner on a low cost multi-purpose home office printer. That thing finally died. This Iriscan Desk product line looked interesting and promised lots of cool software features. I chose the Desk 6 Pro because the 21mp camera mathematically gives slightly better resolution even with the larger working area. There is also a bit more flexibility with how you throw things on there. Caution #1- it's not really a 21mp camera. But that doesn't seem to matter. Caution #2 - the Desk 6 Pro is big. The mat is like 47cm x 53cm. Make sure you have the real-estate somewhere. It does roll up nicely and the stand/camera-arm can fold up. In the end, I'm impressed with the software and the scanning results. Installation was a breeze, except that you have to make sure you download the correct installer for your model. I installed the non-pro software first, and it did not detect the scanner. But the correct software worked without issue. The interface is not super pretty, but it is powerful, fast and effective. I can scan much faster than with my old scanner especially with 2-sided documents. Text is sharp. And the OCR is amazing. It creates searchable PDF's. What you see is the original, but you can search for text and it highlights it. The files are nicely compressed. Image and file management tools in the interface are useful and intuitive. It is even easy to scan both sides of something like an ID onto one output page. One final caution - this technology is not really meant for glossy paper, like brochures. Maybe if there is plenty of diffuse ambient light. But the built-in lights, while very effective on matt paper, cause a reflection and "washed-out" area on glossy paper. Small glossy things are ok because you can place them off center to avoid the wash-out zone. I haven't tried the fancier functions, like making videos. But that functionality is there. Overall very happy with the purchase.
