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ADS-1200 Portable, Compact Document Scanner

For homes and businesses needing a simple and versatile document scanner. The ADS-1200 allows you to scan where it's most convenient for you.

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25ppm/50ipm, 2-sided colour scan speed

20 sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)

Portable with USB 3.0 Bus power

Product Overview

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Dedicated plastic ID card slot

Scan to PDF, file, email and USB host

Industry leading Nuance Power PDF editing software

  • 25ppm/50ipm, 2-sided colour scan speed
  • 20 sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)
  • Portable with USB 3.0 Bus power
  • Dedicated plastic ID card slot
  • Scan to PDF, file, email and USB host
  • Industry leading Nuance Power PDF editing software

About this product:

Make everyday document scanning simple with the ADS-1200 compact document scanner. 

With USB 3.0 Bus power, there's no need for mains power. Connect the ADS-1200 to a laptop with a USB 3.0 cable and you now have a portable document scanner so you can scan documents when you need. 

The desktop-friendly sized scanner, comes with powerful paper-handling. With a sheetfed Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), 2-sided documents to multi-page contracts and plastic ID cards, can all be scanned with ease.  

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Specifications

General

Usage type Desktop
Control panel LED, Keys

Connectivity

USB interface SuperSpeed Micro-USB 3.0, Hi-Speed micro USB 2.0 type B, USB 2.0 host

Dimensions & weights

With carton W 380 x D 157 x H 200 mm
With carton 1.9 kg
Without carton W 300 X D 103.5 X H 83 mm
Weight 1.36 kg

Energy Consumption

Operating Up to 8 watts
Ready mode 3.2 watts
Sleep mode Up to 1.3 watts
Off 0.1 watts
Sound power 62 dB
Sound pressure 50 dBA

In the box

AC adaptor Yes
Product safety guide Yes
Quick setup guide Yes

Media specifications

Types and sizes Plain Paper, Thin Paper, Thick Paper, Thicker Paper, Recycled Paper, Business Card, Plastic Card
Weights 51.8 - 200 gsm (single sheets), 51.8 - 128 gsm (multiple sheets and long paper) 128 - 200 gsm (Not supported by USB Bus power), Plastic card thickness embossed up to 1.24mm
ADF media sizes Paper (multiple sheets): width 51 - 215.9mm, length 70-297mm, Paper (single sheet): width 51-215.9mm, length 51 - 863mm, Plastic card: width 51 - 55 mm, length 80 - 90mm, Receipts: length 76.2 - 355.6mm

Scanning

2-Sided scan Yes
ADF 20
Scan to email, file, image, OCR, USB host
Colour A4 scan speed 25 ppm
Drivers Windows - WIA, TWAIN, macOS - TWAIN, ICA, Linux - SANE
Greyscale 256 levels
Interpolated scan resolution 1200 x 1200 dpi
Scan features Greyscale Level Adjustment, B&W Level Adjustment, Colour Tone Adjustment, Colour Drop, Edge Emphasis, Compression, Punch Hole Removal, Character Enhancement, Auto Deskew, Detect End of Page, Auto Image Rotation, Background Processing, Edge Fill, Auto Colour Detection, Skip Blank Page, Margin Setting
Scan resolution from ADF 600 x 600
TWAIN compatibility Mac OS X 10.6 or higher, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8

Warranty

Warranty 12 months
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Portable compact document scanner ADS-1200 being put in a bag

Portable scanning

Designed with flexibility in mind, the portable sheetfed ADS-1200 can be powered using USB 3.0 connected to a laptop. You can now take your scanner with you, scanning where it's most convenient. 

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Practical and compact

The space-saving ADS-1200 compact document scanner is ideal when space is limited. Measuring slightly wider than a sheet of A4 paper, you can free-up desk space and reduce clutter.

Portable compact document scanner ADS-1200 scan to USB

High performance

Simply put your documents into the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) and let it do the hard work for you. Scanning up to 25 sheets per minute, your documents can be saved quickly to PC, email and USB host.

Portable compact document scanner ADS-1200 with ID card being inserted

Flexible media

Scanning documents is quick and easy with the sheetfed ADS-1200. With a dedicated plastic ID card slot, ID cards or documents are fed smoothly into the scanner, so your records can be easily kept up to date.  

Customer Reviews

ADS1200 is rated 4.1 out of 5 by 115.
Rated 4 out of 5 by from Seems a good little scanner... I bought this scanner - ADS-1200 - for a couple of reasons. One was that I wanted to "digitize" a mountain of genealogical research documents to mitigate the ever growing paper storage nightmare my research has created. And second, to likewise scan the growing number of physical photos I have. I find it interesting to note that the marketing literature lists scanning PHOTOS as one of the typical uses for the scanner, yet the Users Manuallists PHOTOS as one of the UNACCEPTABLE Documents. Talk about confusing! Regardless, it does seem to be doing a pretty good job for BOTH tasks, despite the warning about the non-use for scanning pictures. It does it quite well, if you don't try to push too many pictures through the feeder, and that they aren't all bent up. Document pages are quite easy with the auto-feeder more than up to the task. Plus, the automatic double sided scanning is a real bonus. The compact size helps on my otherwise cluttered (and small) desktop. All in all, I think it will turn out to be a great partner in my efforts to declutter my research efforts.
Date published: 2024-03-07
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Scanner ADS 1200 Excellent product except require maintenance too soon
Date published: 2023-09-04
Rated 1 out of 5 by from Will only last a year I bought this scanner 1 year ago and in exactly 1 year it stopped scanning properly and is pulling through multiple pages at once. I reported to Brother and they said they can't cover under warranty. I think it is a simple fix maybe one of the rollers or the mechanism that separates the pages. I am very disappointed in the product. I also have a Brother printer and it is slowing down and will not copy as fast it is also only a year or so old. I will not buy a Brother product again!
Date published: 2023-07-17
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Easy Scanning I like this compact scanner. It works so well, and makes my piles of scanning disappear quickly. Great duplex scanning. Easy to use. Glad I bought it.
Date published: 2023-05-01
Rated 5 out of 5 by from I love this little machine. Very small footprint and excellent price. Really fast scanning and very easy to install and use. Scans two sided and scans photos like a champ. Would definitely recommend this product.
Date published: 2023-04-25
Rated 1 out of 5 by from Never again We have had this thing for 3 months still can’t get it to scan and send. Not very compatible for someone with limited computer skills
Date published: 2023-04-25
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Scan my music to an external hard drive was easy! I am a minister of music and our Brother ADS-1200 has worked great!
Date published: 2023-04-10
Rated 3 out of 5 by from Issues with paper feed Disappointing results not as expected. Paper feed can't align properly.
Date published: 2023-02-23
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Industry Application

Brother Scanners for the Home Office

Home Office

Scanning for the home office allows space saving and gives peace of mind knowing that important files, photos and documents are backed up and can be accessed from mobile devices.

Brother Scanners for the Office Environment

Office

Offices can benefit from scanning a wide range of business documents helping reduce costly storage space and improve business efficiencies. Cut down on insecure hard copies, meet environmental targets, achieve HR data compliance guidelines, enable simple document collaboration and improve business efficiencies.

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