Ambir TravelScan Pro Go Bundle - Portable USB Powered Compact Document, Business Card & Receipt Scanner for Windows PC with Hard Shell Travel Case (PS600-GO) | Ideal for Business Travel, Home Office & On-the-Go Scanning

This turned out to be a pain to get going. Mostly because they didnt make clear that you can only use the card reader and reciept programs on ONE computer (the other you use on any computer you want the scanner to work on, and I've done that, the generic program is on my main and my laptop and the card reader and reciept programs only on my laptop- it works FINE). They offered very kindly that I could buy another license for another computer for about $50. Ummmm, NO LOL. They said this is because whenever a copy of their software is registered that they have to pay microsoft a fee...so there's that. I'll do without, thanks for offering. The customer support was fairly fast, nice, and helpful.....and apparently american, so no accents that are hard to understand which is nice.I put the card reader and receipt stuff on my laptop...I don't need much of that kind of thing at home. Then I installed the base program only on my main computer. Plugged everything in and it wouldn't work and kept talking about a twain source. Turns out that means the DRIVERS for the thing that you'd THINK would be installed with all the software. You'd be wrong. And they're NOT on the page where it tells you to download the stuff to install it and no mention of it even being needed. I am using windows 10 on my main computer and windows 11 on my laptop- in case that helps.I searched their website and found the driver software. (Heavy sigh). SO, I tried to install THAT. It didn't like that there was a folder in appdata (C drive/Users/"name of computer"/Appdata/Local). (Another heavier exasperated sigh) So I deleted that folder out and the install immediately went off with no problem. I did as it said and unplugged the scanner, waited a few then plugged it back in and it immediately scanned the paper I had in it. Then it autoscanned every paper I put to it (you can turn that on and off). GREAT! Finally working.So I took the same driver program and put it on my laptop. It didn't give me any problems there and again I did what it said and unplugged the scanner, waited, plugged it back in and it started scanning. FINALLY!I like the scanner itself. It looks really nice and works fast (the software has been a touch laggy in receiving though- I think it is something I enabled in the settings that I can turn off though). In the settings you can tell it what form you want the scan in- pdf, jpg and the like. You can choose color or B/W, every setting that you'd think of from any other scanner, you have here. It's lightweight and the case is nice...I love having a case to keep it safe when I'm not needing it. Mainly I just need it to scan everyday household/personal documents at home when I don't want to fuss with the behemoth printer/scanner for something quick. You know, the ones that one wants to keep or needs to send to others via online methods. It will also pair nicely in my laptop bag with the portable printer I have in there. In the case of an emergency evacuation I could realistically have all the basics of my home computer system in my bag to navigate the paperwork part of the disaster and maybe not lose my mind LOL.This saved my fanny on the cusp of an appearance in court. I had a colored piece of paper to scan that my regular printer/scanner was NOT coping with well at all. I ran it through this scanner (on my main computer where I only have the main scanner program mind you) and it scanned it perfectly for my court case. YES!!!!!! I think the main problem with this scanner is them not being more open about the limitations on the software and also that the main base program works on as many computers as you want to put it on. The main base program works similarly to the scanning program for my main printer/scanner....it just doesn't auto assign it to folders and categories like the card reader segment and reciept segment do. I do that anyway myself so no biggie. Really, it's not a big deal at all though it seemed like one initially. I am giving it the full 5 stars from the 4 I previously assigned because it saved my fanny in hero fashion. The people saying that it only works on one computer did not investigate it thoroughly enough...disregard their reviews.So.....after you get the software on the page they sent you to, go to the top to support and all drivers and get the driver program too (for PS600). The driver program needs to be on ANY computer that you're going to use the scanner with. Then if you are just going to use it as a regular scanner you do the plain program that is first on the install page and stop. If you are installing on the computer where you WANT the card and receipt scanning.....you install all the programs from the install page and register the two that need registration.