Comments for Fujitsu ScanSnap - A Fast, Sheet-fed Document Scanner

Comment from Patricia on 2009-10-21

2009-10-22T02:52:39Z

I absolutely love my ScanSnap at work so much that I purchased one for at home. At the office it has eliminated a four-drawer file cabinet stuffed full of invoices. Of course, check with your accountants, attorneys, or whoever to make sure digital documents are ok. Makes finding an invoice for audit much easier than dragging out those heavy storage boxes. And if a paper invoice is misfiled, well, it could be anywhere! I also scan such things as contracts (I also keep the paper document) or other documents which my boss seems to ask for every couple of months; e-mailing him the PDF is a lot faster than making that photocopy every time he asks for something. It is amazing how many uses you'll discover for this scanner.

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Comment from ian minter on 2009-08-18

2009-08-18T12:54:42Z

We have three of these at work and they are absolutely fantastic, really fast for multiple page documents, good operating software. Awesome machines

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Comment from Mark Jacobs on 2009-05-11

2009-05-11T21:37:39Z

For the rest of us poorer geeksand non geeks, I recommend any good flatbed scanner. It's much slower but does books, photos, my wrists (holding the books in place) and just anything. As a teacher, I find it indespensible. Of course being a geeky teache, I scanned in all of the textbooks I use and just carry my netbook around.

I'm also the advocate of paperless libraries, ie the internet hosting everything ever printed. I'm just waiting for Google to find a solution to get the authors paid.

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Comment from Leon Le Leu on 2008-11-13

2008-11-13T11:12:43Z

I normally use a Canon 2580C but I thought I needed another scanner so chose the ScanSnap based on price.

It is a drawback that you cannot produce TIF files directly but it is a simple matter to create TIF from PDF using the Microsoft Document Imaging software as a virtual printer.

It is easy to use. But I have noticed an error on several occasions - a disc full error. Has anyone else had that. All of my discs have ample room. Which disc is it referring to?

Anyway the error means I have to stop the scan after, say, 25 pages, and then continue the scan using a new file. I have seen no reference to this error on the Internet with respect to scansnap but surely other people are getting it.

I try to run a paperless office and the ScanSnap along with my Canon DR2580C are helping with that.

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Comment from Victor Kamikubo on 2008-11-06

2008-11-06T19:57:07Z

Fujitsu has a $50 rebate (check their website) until Dec. 31, 2008 on the ScanSnap s510.

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Comment from Steve Lajzer on 2008-11-04

2008-11-05T00:44:31Z

Just to add my two cents. I work for a large medical practice. We have two scanners that are about $3000 each (also Fujitsu) and we have four of the scan snap scanners for various light duty. I am the resident geek and when I want to scan something I almost always go to the scansnaps. They are just too easy and too versatile to use anything else. Color,B&W,Scan to PDF, or scan to a custom program, It does it all. You can make them scan to as many as five applications.
It is very quick and easy. I have been so happy with them that I also bought one for my home use.
I also have had the large scanners repaired and have to replace consumables often. Not so with the Scansnaps.

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Comment from Bill Fuhrmann on 2008-11-04

2008-11-04T17:46:33Z

Can the scanner be set to default to Group 4 TIFF compression? That is pure Black and White (no grays) and is a really compact lossless compression format.

90%+ of things I would want to scan would be prefered in that format.

I don't see an option for TIFF, only PDF and JPG.

- Leo (Notenboom)
05-Nov-2008

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Comment from Bo on 2008-11-03

2008-11-03T18:42:07Z

So, Leo, how big is the file generated by a double-sided color scan to PDF? Thanks.

Depends dramatically on the document being scanned (areas of solid colors or space compress better than images of text), and the quality of scan you choose. I'm seeing 32k or less per page to over 256k - again, depending on the complexity of the image. I also have slightly better quality selected than the default.

- Leo
04-Nov-2008

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