Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 Document Scanner

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The way round this seems to be to fold against any creases and thumb through the paper so the ends are free, and keeping the document folder holder slides tight to the document. Starting with the first version of Fujitsu's ScanSnap scanner that I reviewed—the ScanSnap fi-5110EOX, in 2004—Fujitsu has done a great job of turning out one impressive model after another, ratcheting up the performance and features over the years. I was going to sort through it and get rid of the old stuff when i thought hey why not just ditch the lot! ENERGY STAR® is the government-backed symbol for energy efficiency, providing simple, credible, and unbiased information that consumers and businesses rely on to make well-informed decisions.

It is easy to load, quick and on the very rare occasion it has jammed it is a very quick process to take out the paper and start again, unlike other scanners where you end up with torn paper/documents after a jam. I used to use other scanners but I think this scanner is better in size, features and software provided. Consider the paid, but free trial of VueScan Professional that supports the ScanSnap S1500 series without any vendor drivers. Making it a habit to use the ScanSnap S1500 allows you to throw all your office paper documents away to be recycled and reused.

Each of these last three options will recognize the scanned text using ABBYY FineReader for ScanSnap 4.

Most brand scanners produce images that are very decent (for an “archiving” use), so speed is often the first thing that users will seek from a scanner. The ScanSnap was a breeze to get up and running; just remove all the packaging (carefully), hook up the USB cable, plug in the power cable, and install the driver on the Mac by inserting the CD. However, in 2019, Apple released macOS Catalina, which broke compatibility with the software that Fujitsu used to scan on macOS (ScanSnap Manager). As a result, many users found themselves unable to use their scanners after upgrading to macOS Catalina. The ScanSnap's software—and particularly its scan utility—demands special mention, both for what's good about it and what's bad.On the other hand, we were impressed how most everything else looked, including receipts that were reproduced in vivid detail. Like all scanners of the ScanSnap series, the S1500 supports wireless scanning to iPad, iPhone and Android smartphones and tablet devices for convenient mobile viewing via the mobile app ScanSnap Connect Application which is available as a free download from the official distribution service of the device (i. Both of the Fujitsu programs use Office 2007-style Ribbons, which means you'll either love them or hate them, depending on how you feel about the Ribbon approach to menus. com and PC Magazine are among the federally registered trademarks of Ziff Davis and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission. However, it also meant that many manufacturers didn’t bother updating their apps for macOS Catalina, since the process is time-consuming and expensive.

While Fujitsu has since released an updated version of ScanSnap Manager that is compatible with Catalina, many users are still frustrated by the lack of support for older hardware. Interestingly enough, scanning in 300dpi in color or at 150dpi in grayscale did not change the scanning speed. The ScanSnap S1500 document scanner combines a classy design with a footprint smaller than an A4 page.In my case, I scan a lot of receipts and thousands of business cards every year, so I consider those to be heavy scanning task. I would thoroughly recommend the S1500 to anyone looking for a portable scanner, or one to leave on the desk. We can't say the software's superslick, but it is easy to use, and it's easy to drag and drop PDF files wherever you want them to go. Windows users can now achieve even greater productivity by converting paperwork into editable text by scanning directly into Microsoft® Word and Excel at the touch of a button. The CardScan software is clearly better, although it also runs much slower than CardMinder (is it written in Visual Basic?