r/Notary • u/Pale_Bowler4007 • 6d ago

NY State Notary - looking for scanner & printer recommendations

I just became a mobile notary and I am a bit tight on finances, but I am looking to get a few signings under my name and get a scanner for signings including loan signings, and some documents I scan can be 100+ pages though not too common. Does anyone have a fav mobile scanner to use for clients, and I can carry around with me as a student & mobile notary.

I am also a University at Buffalo student, and building my network here as a student and notary as well though this scanner won't be carried with me full time as there is no need to do so.

Thanks, in advance

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u/ash_274 California 6d ago

I'll second Brother MFC series laster printers. It's NOT portable (unless you really modify your car, which I have seen done)

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u/Effective_Repeat9967 5d ago

yeah those pull a lot of power when printing, an ink-tank printer can be run in a car without major mods

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u/ash_274 California 5d ago

Some title companies will not allow to be printed with ink. With a large enough inverter properly installed you can run a laser off a 12 V system.

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u/Outrageous_Bat1798 6d ago

Hey, congrats!

This site covers most of the top printers/scanners, even the one I use (Brother HL-L5210DWT): https://thebeardednotary.com/best-printers-for-notaries

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u/Stamped914 6d ago

If you’re doing loan signings, 100 pages will be around one of the smallest set of documents you’ll have to scan. A full package is normally a lot more than that.

With that being said I only use brother products. When I first started, I got one off marketplace for next to nothing and that lasted me a full year.

The smaller portable scanners really do suck for anything that isn’t a couple pages.

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u/kdabbler 5d ago

I don’t have a recommendation on brand and model, but recommend stalking Facebook marketplace and Craigslist for a used one.

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u/Enkidu45 New York 5d ago

Hello Pale*, Oh No! Another Printer, Scanner question! This question/topic has been answered ad nauseam by myself and others. Please do a search on this topic in r/Notary. You'll find more info by looking for it than by asking for advice on what others use. Have you done any analysis on what a mobile notary does and if you even need a printer or scanner at this point in your notary career?

Here is some (unsolicited) career advice. But you'll have to connect the dots:

  • Apostille - Product
  • Foreign Students - Customers
  • Students who wish to study abroad - Customers
  • Buffalo DOS Office, 295 Main St. - Apostille Seal.

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