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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 ManualFrom 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.
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
- Pandigital PANSCN02 PhotoLink One-Touch Scanner
- Callibration Card, Roller Cleaning Sheet
- Sensor Cleaning Swab, Power Adapter
- USB Cable
- User Manual
Wing-Luck-Chow
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2024
This is my second purchase. First was successful in scanning thousands of pics. I was very impressed. This unit arrived with power pack with American only plug although the pack has click in country adapters. Extra fee for me and a useless power pack. Cheapskates!
Lori
Reviewed in Canada on February 23, 2023
It did not work. And I cannot return it!
eldeef
Reviewed in Canada on November 5, 2021
I am impressed with the ease of use.
MV
Reviewed in Canada on June 13, 2017
Hit and miss with the scans. I bought this knowing that the quality would not be super high, Just wanted something to get some old photos scanned into the computer without having to do them on an all-in-one printer scanner. It works well most of the time. Sometimes it has a bit of trouble grabbing the picture and needs a little help. Aside from that it works pretty well.
borrill40
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 17, 2016
Brilliant little machine, very fast and quiet and easy to use as I'm no computer wiz but I managed it.
Lou
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2012
The scanner never worked properly. Scans were only of part of the picture. I emailed Pandigital, and they told me to try a few things to see if it could be cured. When that didn't work, I emailed them for a replacement; they asked me to call. I called numerous times over a two month period, but after holding for 45 minutes to an hour, I gave up. When I finally reached them (after holding for 30 minutes), I was told they would send me a replacement unit. I waited several weeks, and called again (again waiting 30 minutes or so). I was told it was in process. After calling repeatedly in the next several weeks to ascertain status and speaking to 5 agents with the same story, I requested to speak to a supervisor. I was told that a supervisor wasn't available, but that my name would go on a list and someone would call me. After two more weeks, I finally got a call advising me that the reason I hadn't received a replacement was because they hadn't received my defective unit back. Problem is, I never was told I had to do that, and had never received any return instructions. I requested a refund as this whole process had soured me on Pandigital in general, but that was refused because I had purchased the unit from a company other than Pandigital (and at this point, it was way beyond the return period). I finally received the return instructions, but the replacement unit will only have a 90 day warranty. Save your money, go elsewhere.
amznbuyer
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2010
I have scanned to date 2,500 photos with this scanner. I love it! It is very fast. I have just enough time to scan a photo, put the duplicate behind the pile I am scanning, get another one ready, by the time the first photo is done being scanned. I love this scanner.Be sure to scan the photos directly to your PC. If you can't, that's fine too. But I like to because I could see if 1) the scanner was working 2) the quality of the photos. Be warned - every photo I have scanned has an extra triangle of black on the left and right of the photo. Every photo. A big deal to me? Not really. I will be downloading a free application found on Google (not sure what it's called yet! But I know they exist) to BATCH crop all photos scanned using this scanner. Sure I will lose a LITTLE bit of photo, but nothing to want to scan each photo and crop each photo by hand using a flat bed scanner. The quality isn't the best either, but I will be using Picasa to both "Sharpen" and "I'm feeling lucky" settings to make the quality great.Also note: you will every once in a while notice vertical (or horizontal depending on how you look at it) lines in your scanned photos. Don't use the plastic sheet that it comes with. I threw it away without even trying (based on reviews here). That would take forever. If you notice lines, follow the 3 steps to clean your scanner. It'll work great. I usually had to do this every 50-100 photos, but once I got through about 300 photos without cleaning. Other times, it was every 10 photos until you got a good clean.BEST TIP I CAN GIVE YOU: CALIBRATING YOUR SCANNER with the included calibrator is the best way to get great results and no vertical lines. You may have to calibrate a couple of times in a row. This is why I recommend scanning directly to your computer - you get to see the quality right away before you scan 100 photos all with a noticeable line through them :)
Ralph Martin
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2010
I had ordered the new, larger model but I didn't know how long I would have to wait so I canceled that order and reluctantly bought this model. I knew this had to be better than than manual flatbed scanner method that I had used for the past 15 years so I thought it was worth a try, even though some of the reviews made me a bit skeptical. Overall, I am very happy with this device. Not only was I able to complete a huge scanning project for someone else, I also managed to scan almost all of the family photos, at least the ones without the thick, instamatic rails and backings. While scanning is still my least favorite part of the creative process, it is much better than than using my all- in-one desktop scanner.You still can have a lot of work to do if you don't take your time and feed the photos straight. It takes about 15 to 20 seconds for a photo to process, depending on the size, before you can scan another photo and there is nothing you can do during this time except have the next photo ready to go. If you wait about three seconds after a photo goe through to start another, you can usually preloaded the next but this does not always work and when it doesn't, you risk then next photo going through a little crooked if you are not careful. Probably best to wait as the instructions suggest but I can manage this quite well. Also, I should mention as other reviewers have, you do not need to use the feeder sleeve. I've never used it so I don't know how it affects the scan quality but I can't imagine it being better to use it. If you are scanning very delicate photos or clippings then maybe you would want to use it.The photos scan to a 250 MB memory card that come with the scanner. While that does not seem like much space, I have never filled it and I typically scan batches of 150 photos before dumping them on the computer. I was a bit surprised to learn that the native JPG format that the images are saved in is not compatible with a Mac. I had to install a $20 batch converter to get them into a format that iPhoto recognized. I was a little disappointed to have this extra step but there are some advantages to using a batch converter to give all of the images a meaningful file name and put them in the desired size and format so in the end, I'm glad iPhoto would not read the native format.So far, I have scanned just over 1000 photos and with the exception of a couple early scans that streaked a little bit, I have not had any issues and the quality of the scan is just about as good as the original photo. Once I get the photos on the Mac I wipe the memory card clean for the next batch. I am still looking forward ton the release of the larger model that is supposed to be even better than this one. However, if you get forced into this model in the meantime, I think you may be pleased with the results.
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