Sean’s House

So I’ve been trying to keep electronic copies of all my bills and legal documents, and I’ve been using an Epson scanner I bought a few years back. But it’s a flatbed with no feeder option, so it’s hard to get motivated to scan everything in. And once you get behind, there’s no catching up. This past weekend, however, Fry’s had the Brother MFC-420CN on sale for $99. (It’s normally $129) It’s pretty much what you would expect from a low-end all-in-one (print, copy, fax, scan) except for two minor details: It has a sheet feeder, and has ethernet built in. To be honest, I don’t care about the printing, faxing or copying so much, but a sheet-fed network-based scanner for $100 is a pretty sweet deal. I’ve been using it with Acrobat 7 and its OCR capabilities with good success.