Pandigital SCN02 Photolink One-Touch Scanner with Memory Card

by Pandigital

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.8 x 2.2 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002B3YDDE
• Item model number: PANSCN02
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (112 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #30 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Scanners
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

Size Name: 256MB

Amazon.com Product Description

With one-touch scanning and no PC required, the PhotoLink personal photo scanner/converter from Pandigital makes it easy to enjoy digital copies of all your favorite printed photos. Designed for ease of use, the Pandigital Personal Photo Scanner/Converter saves scanned images directly to SD card for quick and simple transfer to your Digital Photo Frame or PC. The PhotoLink is perfect for the family genealogist, or anyone who needs to quickly and easily scan photographs or business cards.

Moving Memories out of Your Past and Into Your Life

Scans standard photo sizes--perfect for the family genealogist.

Just over six inches wide, for serious portability.

Ready to Go, Right out of the Box
The PhotoLink Scanner scans digital images to most memory cards with its built-in, 5-in-1 memory card reader. The scanner supports SD, MS, MS-Pro, MMC, and xD formats, and includes a free 512 MB SD card to get you started. If you'd rather scan directly to your computer, fire it up and go--with no additional software required. Simply connect to your computer's USB port with the included cable, insert a photo into the scanner, and press the scan button. The scanner's memory card is read by Windows and Mac machines as a storage device, and you'll have an output JPEG image waiting for you. Scanning up to 1800 x 1200 resolution (or 300 dpi) is supported.

Have Scanner, Will Travel
Weighing in at a mere 8 oz, and measuring just 6.15"W x 1.8"H x 1.5"D, this scanner won't tie you down to one location. Scan your pics on the coffee table while you watch TV, or anywhere else in the home. Need to help a friend digitize their photographs? Take the PhotoLink with you on your next visit--it'll fit in a backpack. When it's not in use, tuck the scanner in a drawer, and you'll have space left over.

Easy Scanning
There's no need to use a straightedge, the new twin roller system ensures that the photo is fed through the scanner evenly. This prevents the photo from being scanned crooked, creating a perfect digital image every time, and protecting your original from damage. To further protect your photos, Pandigital includes two different sizes of clear plastic protection sleeves.

Note that the PhotoLink is specifically designed to obtain the best scanning results with 3.5" x 5" and 4" x 6" photos, and business cards (1.5mm or thinner). Other source materials may cause the scanner to jam, or deliver unsatisfactory results.

What's in the Box

Pandigital PANSCN02 PhotoLink One-Touch Scanner, Callibration Card, Roller Cleaning Sheet, Sensor Cleaning Swab, Power Adapter, USB Cable, User Manual

From the Manufacturer

The Pandigital PhotoLink One-Touch Scanner helps you effortlessly move your pictures out of the box, under the bed, and in the closet and back into your life where they belong. Your old photographs have such a strong power to evoke happy memories and increase family bonding, why let all the good times go forgotten? If you pull out those old photos, we bet you will start smiling right away as you flip through them. Then simply feed your photos through the scanner's twin roller system and enjoy them later on your digital picture frame or PC. As a matter of fact, those old family photographs would make a great gift on a digital picture frame for your parents or children to enjoy as well. The PhotoLink One-Touch Scanner truly is as simple as just one touch. After your wallet-sized to 4" x 6" photo has been inserted into the scanner, just press the scan button. The photo is digitized into an ultra-high resolution image, up to 1800 x 1200 pixels and 300 x 300 dpi, and is scanned onto your memory card for you to upload to any pc or digital picture frame. It only makes sense that the PhotoLink One-Touch Scanner is brought to you by Pandigital. Founded in 1998, they recognize the need to bridge traditional and new technologies like standard film and digital picture frames, with the scanner being the device that makes the transfer from one to the other unimaginably easy. Photography captures the special moments in our lives, moments that cannot be appreciated if they are not viewed or displayed. Pandigital has shipped more that 4 million digital picture frames and is one of the top 50 fastest growing companies in the US. In 2008, they were the the #1 supplier of digital photo frames in North America. Their scanners and digital picture frames are of substantial quality, elegant and intuitive designs, they are versatile and affordable.

Useable and universal right out of the box
The PhotoLink Scanner scans digital images to all the most popular memory cards, with its built-in 5 in 1 memory card reader which supports SD, MS, MS-Pro, MMC, and xD formats. The scanner even comes with a free 512 MB SD card. Or, if you wish to scan directly to your computer, there is no software required. Simply connect the included Micro USB to USB cable to your computer, insert a photo into the scanner, and press the scan button. Output format is jpeg.

Have scanner, will travel
Weighing in at a mere 8 oz, and measuring 6.15"W x 1.8"H x 1.5"D, this scanner can travel all over the house or the country with you. One user says he set the scanner on the cocktail table and scanned while he watched tv, moving through his pictures at rapid pace. If you wanted to help your Mom, Dad, brother, or friend digitize their photographs, you could take it with you on your next visit and do the same. When not in use, tuck the scanner in a drawer and still have plenty of space left over.

There's no need to use a straightedge, the new twin roller system ensures that the photo is fed through the scanner evenly. This prevents the photo from being scanned crooked, creating a perfect digital image every time, and protecting your original from damage. We know how important your photos are to you, and that you will be very pleased with the tender loving care they receive.

Moving memories out of your past and into your life

• Perfect for the family genealogist or for organizing favorite photographs
• Scans up to standard 4" x 6" photographs in ultra-high resolution
• Scan to memory card or PC, no software needed
• Twin rollers on sheet-feed ensure a straight image every time
• One touch operation
• Lightweight and portable size
• Free 512 SD memory included

What's in the Box

• Pandigital PANSCN02 PhotoLink One-Touch Scanner
• Callibration Card, Roller Cleaning Sheet
• Sensor Cleaning Swab, Power Adapter
• USB Cable
• User Manual

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

310 of 312 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but don't throw away those photos just yet, October 24, 2009

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Robert S. Wright (Township of Washington, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pandigital SCN02 Photolink One-Touch Scanner with Memory Card (Electronics)

I purchased this unit for a very specific reason. I have thousands of old photos that probably would not benefit from a high res scan since they do not look all that great as pictures. Many are of family and pets and thus I would like to keep them and display them using my digital frame. The idea that I could scan pictures in on a table top without a computer was very appealing. When the unit arrived, I read the instructions. It tells you to use these clear plastic sleeves (one for 3x5 and another for 4x6) to scan your photos. Don't. These things are poorly designed and will either not catch properly on the unit causing numerous rescans or it will create lines on the photo. It tells you in the packaging that they are to protect your photo. Nonsense. I have scanned a lot of pictures without them and there has not been even a hint of a problem. Once I ditched the sleeves and scanned directly in to the unit, I was quite pleased. Just be aware that it crops a few mm's off your original. The final product is respectable. You get a 1.5 mega pixel jpeg for 3x5 and a 2 mega pixel jpeg for 4x6's. This is fine for displaying on a digital frame but hardly high enough resolution to do any real editing to or print enlargements. I have used up to 4 gig Utra II SD cards and they work fine. There is also a compact flash slot so you can make use of some old cards if they are sitting around. Bottom line, it works as advertised but the final product is hardly a comparison for even a low cost flat bed scanner.

134 of 135 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this scanner!, August 6, 2009

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Marva Mason (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pandigital SCN02 Photolink One-Touch Scanner with Memory Card (Electronics)

This is great for doing 300dpi scans. It is so fast and quicker - much faster than placing photos in a desktop scanner. I have been impressed with the results and can easily sit and scan hundreds of photos (up to a 4x6 size) while watching tv. The quality is great. I would highly recommend this PanDigital scanner to anyone who took tons of photographs and wants to have them on their computer or just to create digital images for backup. If there were ever an emergency, it is far easier to run out of the house with a memory card rather than boxes and boxes of photos. So far, I have scanned about 4000 photos and very happy with the results. Would love to see PanDigital come out with a higher DPI unit. I would be first in line to purchase.

92 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for what it is, November 2, 2009

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K. Rule (Beaverton, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pandigital SCN02 Photolink One-Touch Scanner with Memory Card (Electronics)

I bought this scanner to scan several photo albums and many boxes of prints that I have. Some are old, one-of-a-kind family photos that go back to early in the last century.

This scanner screamed through my grandmother's album (with 400+ photos). I was able to scan them all in about 2 hours. That's incredible. However, I didn't run into a few issues:

1) Some photos just won't feed straight and you end up with a funky curve in the photo.
2) Some photos get stuck and need help. These photos end up with a lot of leading or trailing bogus data.
3) Some old photos from the 40's/50's are tiny. These really need a higher resolution scanner to be useable.

There are a couple of things that would definitely improve this scanner. A battery so that it could be used without plugging it in and a way to more securely put in a SD card. That way I could through this in a backpack and just use it.

Even with these issues, it's a very nice addition to flatbed scanner, but it's not a replacement.

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