We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. The Alaris E1035 Scanner by Kodak Alaris ($495) is an entry-level desktop document scanner designed primarily for micro and small offices and work groups. It's a solid machine with features that workers will appreciate, including a rich software suite and a large, 80-page automatic document feeder. It falls behind our two Editors' Choice models, the Brother ADS-2700W and the HP ScanJet Pro 3000, in a few ways, including connectivity options and speed when converting and saving documents to searchable PDF. But overall, the E1035 is a capable sheet-feed document scanner worthy of consideration for environments with moderate workloads. Simple and Capable Measuring 9.1 by 12.3 by 10.6 inches (HWD) with its trays closed and weighing 7.2 pounds, the E1035 is a little bigger all the way around and weighs about 1.4 pounds more than the ADS-2700W, and it's close to the same size and girth as the ScanJet Pro 3000. A few inches here and there and a pound or two, though, doesn't make much of a difference in how much desk space each of these devices consume. And that's also true of a few other competing models, including the Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1500, the Epson WorkForce ES-500WR, and the Panasonic KV-S1037X. Besides, extending the output and input trays increases each of these machine's footprint by about triple; they require significant breathing room while in service. The input tray doubles as an automatic document feeder (ADF). The E1035's ADF holds up to 80 two-sided originals, compared with the others mentioned here, which all hold only 50 sheets. Its minimum and maximum paper sizes are 2.08 by 2.05 inches and 8.5 wide by 118 inches long, respectively. Compared with competing scanners like the ADS-2700W and the iX1500, the E1035's control panel is minimal, consisting of Start and Cancel buttons and a pair of arrow keys for advancing and reversing preset scan job numbers on the small monochrome LCD positioned to the left of the controls, shown here. Everything else, such as resolution, one- or two-sided scanning, destination, and so on, is defined in the bundled Alaris Smart Touch software. Overall, the E1035 is easy to use and configure. As for connectivity, the E1035 supports only USB 2.0, which, of course, precludes it from connecting to multiple PCs and most mobile devices. Of the other machines mentioned here, all, except the ScanJet Pro 3000, support Wi-Fi networking, which, in addition to supporting connections to multiple PCs, also allows mobile devices to use the scanner. Furthermore, the ADS-2700W, the KV-S1037X, and the ES-500WR all come with Ethernet ports, as well as increased mobile connectivity through Wi-Fi Direct for making peer-to-peer connections from smartphones and tablets to the scanner. Finally, the E1035's daily duty cycle is 4,000 pages, which ties the ES-500WR's as the highest mentioned here. Excellent Software Included In addition to the standard TWAIN, ISIS, and WIA drivers, the E1035 comes with Alaris's well-developed Smart Touch software, which is offered as a download after you install the scanner. Smart Touch provides a feature-rich scanner interface with the ability to define and edit workflow profiles executable from the E1035's control panel or your PC. As mentioned, Smart Touch comes with nine predefined profiles that cover most scanning scenarios, such as scanning to the cloud, scanning black and white text documents to PDFs, scanning to email, and so on. You can use the profiles as-is or edit them to meet your workflow requirements. The Smart Touch menu resides in the system tray of the computer to which the scanner is tethered, as shown here. When scanning from the software, users can choose from a list of descriptive profile names. Also, you can expand the capabilities of the E1035 with Alaris's integrated passport adapter or the A4/legal-size flatbed adapter accessories ($495 each). The passport add-on speaks for itself, and the flatbed adapter allows you to scan books, bound documents, thick plastic or laminated cards (such as drivers' licenses and other IDs), photo album pages, and so on. Both accessories are shown here. Competitive Scan Speeds Alaris rates the E1035 at 35 one-sided (simplex) pages per minute (ppm) and 70 two-sided images per minute (or ipm, where each page side is considered an image). I tested it using Alaris Smart Touch over a USB 2.0 connection from our standard Intel Core i5 testbed PC running Windows 10 Professional. Without the lag time, or the time between when the final page hits the output tray and the scanning software converts and saves the scan job to the desired file format, the E1035 scanned our one-sided 25-page test document at an average rate of 40.5ppm and our two-sided 25-page document at 92.3ipm. See How We Test Scanners While these scores well exceed the E1035's ratings, how fast a machine takes to scan a stack of pages physically is far less important than how quickly the accompanying software creates useable files. With that in mind, then, the E1035 scanned our one-sided 25-page document to image PDF at an average rate of 35.3ppm and our two-sided 25-page document at 63.2ipm. Except for the Panasonic KV-S1037, with its 30ppm and 60ipm ratings, all the other machines mentioned here also have 35ppm and 70ipm ratings, and, for the most part, they all had similar scores on these tests. The Brother ADS-2700W and the Epson ES-500WR, at around 69ipm, tied for the highest duplex mode speeds, and the Epson model turned in the fastest simplex speed of 37.7ppm. Where the E1035 took a significant hit, though, was in converting and saving our test documents to searchable PDF, especially in duplex mode. It scanned our two-sided 25-page document in 1 minute and 21 seconds. That's 12 seconds behind the second-slowest of this group, the HP ScanJet Pro 3000. Most of the other machines, except the Panasonic KV-S1037X (1 minute, 3 seconds) came in at less than 60 seconds, with the Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1500, at 44 seconds, turning in the best score of the lot. Adequate Accuracy The E1035's optical character recognition (OCR) accuracy of 6 points error-free on our Arial font test page and 8 points without mistakes on our Times New Roman page ties the scores of the HP ScanJet Pro 3000 and the Panasonic KV-S1037X. These scores are more than adequate for converting scanned text to editable text. Some competing models, on the other hand, have performed significantly better. Brother's ADS-2700W, for example, managed an impressive 5 points error-free on our Arial font test and 4 points sans mistakes on the Times New Roman test. Epson's ES-500WR recognized both test pages with an error-free 6 points, and the Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1500 turned in scores of 5 points Arial and 6 points Times New Roman without mistakes. Getting the Job Done As always with Alaris scanners, we are particularly impressed with the simplicity of the Smart Touch software, especially from the end user's perspective. Our only real concern is the E1035's shortage of networking, wireless, and mobile connectivity features, compared with the Brother ADS-2700W, which comes with them all and lists for $100 less. Granted, not all environments need those features and users often prefer uncomplicated interfaces. From that standpoint, the Alaris E1035 is a highly capable entry-level desktop document scanner that should fit well in most small and micro offices with light- to medium-duty scanning requirements. Alaris E1035 Scanner by Kodak Alaris Bottom Line: The Alaris E1035 Scanner is a highly capable entry-level desktop document scanner with excellent productivity software.

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