SFTP: not used myself, but the machine supports SFTP. The corresponding page in Web UI is titled: "Scan to FTP/SFTP/Network/SharePoint" and "SFTP" is one of the options. I save to a folder defined via network path (e.g. \\Synology\scans\for OCR) it took me some time to understand the syntax, might be similar with SFTP. Searchable: I suppose the question is whether the device itself does OCR ("text recognition") before storing a document. As far as I know it can't, in any case there is nothing like that in the scan options in the UI. I have defined a folder action in the folder using Abbyy fine Reader, which automatically makes the scanned documents "searchable" using OCR. However, I needed a licence. Depending on the NAS, there may be another option for this Hope this helps, otherwise please contact me again PS I am very happy with the device, the shortcuts make it an autonomous ("without PC") device which several people use, e.g. with predefined email recipients or different folders for the scans. I first had the very popular ScanSnap iX 500 - but sold it on as it didn't meet my requirements for autonomy and ease of use at all.

No, this does not seem to be the case. I scan to a CIFS/SMB share in my network by default. The Internet/Cloud is only added if you want to scan to OneDrive or Mail. Further details should be available at https://support.brother.com/g/b/manualtop.aspx?c=ch&lang=de&prod=ads2800w_all.

According to https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=ch&lang=de&prod=ads2800w_all&os=10060 you can download a Twain and ICA driver for macOS 10.15. I haven't tested it yet because I'm still "shying away" from the update to Catalina. Otherwise, I scan with the ADS-2800W directly to my NAS or OneDrive and am thus independent of the OS version.

Hallo Dan_S Ja das geht, siehe "Web Connect Anleitung" zum Gerät: https://download.brother.com/welcome/doc100471/cv_ads2400n_ger_wcg_a.pdf Gruss

no, under Mac it also works like this.... I find everything I need

The scanner scans front and back in one go and does so very quickly and in good quality. I am very satisfied. Much better than the usual multifunction printers. Only with documents of different thicknesses (e.g. stapled receipts) does it have problems with the feed. It is very well suited for documents with many pages (front and/or back printed).

According to the product comparison https://www.digitec.ch/Comparison/7040638-5692337, it seems to be cloud scanning, speed, paper thickness and display size. Cloud scanning is still practical if you want to scan directly into OneDrive or something. See also https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.aspx?c=ch&lang=de&prod=ads2800w_all&ftype3=2025&faqid=faq00002841_009.

1) Nuance PaperPort 14 SE (Windows) is included as software, but I don't know it because I scan directly to the NAS and use MacOS. 2) According to https://www.brother.eu/-/media/product-downloads/devices/switzerland-pdf/scanners/productflyer-ads2800w-d.pdf?rev=29a8bef8c79b44219c2ace283b718711&hash=8434015DD1B7C33603B59CCFB9230918FA141676 it is 24bit for colour and 8bit greyscale. 3) According to the settings menu I can select the following file types: PDF (single-sided, multi-sided, protected, signed), TIFF, PDF/A, JPEG, XPS I find the scanner great and appreciate that I can scan directly to the NAS without having to use the computer. I scan each document individually and later sort the PDFs manually into folders. The option "Scan to OneDrive" is also practical from time to time, e.g. to store something directly in my son's OneDrive.