Review: Kodak i1220 Plus Scanner

Earlier this month Kodak released its Plus series of document scanners, which the company says offers increased speed and image quality over its predecessors. The CRN Test Center recently spent some time with the i1220 Plus and reviewers were impressed with the speed and quality of this upgraded model.

The i1220 Plus is a 600-dpi duplex scanner that can reach speeds of up to 45 pages per minute (ppm) when scanning to grayscale and 30 ppm in color. Standing upright, its small, 6.3 by 13 by 9.7-inch footprint allows the i1220 Plus to rest unobtrusively on a desktop for light scanning jobs but, with a specified duty cycle of 3,000 pages a day, the device also can be tilted back on its stand to handle larger batch jobs. There also is a sturdier paper tray included for use when a sizable amount of documents will be scanned at one time.

We tested the i1220 Plus on a Windows 7 desktop built in the lab, and everything worked flawlessly. Installation involved running the application that installed the necessary drivers, followed by connecting the scanner to power and a USB port.

Aside from TWAIN, ISIS, and WIA driver, Linux SANE and TWAIN drivers can be downloaded from Kodak's Web site. As with other Kodak scanners we've reviewed, bundled software includes Kodak Capture Desktop Software and Smart Touch, as well as Nuance ScanSoft PaperPort and OmniPage. Also, as with previous Kodak scanners, the i1220 includes Smart Touch features, which allow various operations to be initiated with the press of a button.

With very little warm-up time (the lamps take about 10 seconds to heat up for the initial use after cooling down), the software allows images to be output in multiple formats including TIFF, JPEG, RTF, BMP, PDF and searchable PDF. The feeder can handle up to 75 pages at a time of 20-lb. paper measuring a maximum 8.5 x 34 inches, in addition to smaller documents such as ID or business cards.

The Kodak i1220 Plus has an MSRP of $1,199, but can be found selling in the mid-$800 range. Without increasing the price, Kodak has improved on an already successful line of scanners.