Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 Sheet-fed Scanner
by Fujitsu Imaging
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Customer Review: The most useful black plastic typewriter-looking thing in my office
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got this a few days ago, so this isn't a comprehensive review. All I can say at this point is that I've been waiting for years for something like this to come along.
I'm a small-business owner with 7 years of client files which I'm frequently required to dig through, and it's no fun. It would be nice if I could do a keyword search and quickly find the one file I'm looking for. And since I also split my work time between home and the office, having a second set of files would be very helpful.
Suffice it to say, the Scansnap seems to have been designed for exactly these purposes. The software installed easily (I usually get nervous when a package includes more than one disc, but no problems here), and I was up and running in no time. The OCR works well (and quickly), and seems to recognize text in most common fonts. And it's a nice touch that it creates reasonably-sized PDFs; a 12-page searchable PDF consisting of mostly text weighs in at a svelte 550KB. Not bad!
There are some annoyances, of course. It usually gets hung up when you feed it a stack of pages that aren't all the same size. It mangled a few sheets of tissue-like triplicate paper. Converting a PDF to make it searchable is time-consuming, but at least you can set it to convert a batch of files that you've already scanned in, then go get a sandwich or something. The ScanSnap organizer program is decent, but a bit simplistic. I'm already finding little things that it doesn't do, but I wish it did. They are LITTLE things, though.
In short, you probably already know if you need something like this. If you do, it's a darn good way to go.
Customer Review: What a great little scanner!
Summary: 5 Stars
As a mortgage broker, I handle a LOT of documents. Files routinely get bloated with tax returns, purchase contracts, pay stubs and disclosures. The lenders where we send our loans are more and more using paperless submissions--either by fax or e-mail. Fax is problematic, unreliable and slow, with many documents in a 50 page submission often going missing.
We have been using an HP all-in-one scanner/fax/printer/copier, but the image quality is terrible, it is slow and the software is unreliable.
I knew I had to change my document management, so I did some research, and settled on the Fujitsu--reviews were good, and the price seemed reasonable.
This is one of the best pieces of technology I have bought in years.
Installation was child's play, and the scanner has worked flawlessly from the first page. I can put 50 pages into the chute and press a button. The scanner knows whether it's a one sided document or two, and rips through the stack at close to 20 pages a minute. It makes a very high quality, small PDF file.
The only caution is that if one page of a document is folded (like an 11 x 17 sheet folded into a 4 page document), you have to use the document carrier; the feed rollers don't like the folded page. Really, it's not big deal--and a small price to pay for the absolutely reliable feed mechanism.
Finally, this little gem has a TINY footprint--about 6" x 11.5". It lives on a credenza in my partner's office, with a 16 ft. USB cable going to her computer.
It's small, cheap, reliable and always available.
I am in love.
Joe Parsons
Customer Review: Liked it so much, I bought two
Summary: 5 Stars
I tried to use an HP multi-function printer for scanning and it just didn't meet my needs. I have lots of paper to handle, and spend a lot of time creating pdf's from paper documents for distribution. I had direct experience with the Fujitsu 5120c scanner and wondered if this lower cost unit could do what I needed at half the price.
It does. Fast scans, with duplex scanning on the fly, makes it perfect for my uses. It is set up to create pdf's directly, and comes with Acrobat Standard. Scans are great, and can be quick unless you need a higher resolution than usual.
Occasional misfeeds on the multipage documents are a small issue for me. Best thing to do is make sure staples are removed quickly and the papers are "fanned" to put some air between them.
We did have a faulty installation CD on the second scanner we ordered. Was able to download a copy of that installation program, though it was a bit difficult to find.
Installation and operation has been mostly trouble free.
Loading up a 10-15 page stack of paper, which is printed duplex and getting a quick pdf that can be emailed instantly is worth every penny.
Does more than PDF's. We did a large volume of family pictures as well. The variety of sizes were a problem, but we used the clear carrier to scan several at a time. Took a weekend to convert hard copy photos in a huge family album (boxes actually) and burn to CD for everyone in the family. Biggest problem was the sudden demand for those cd's from everyone who had any connection at all to the family.
Customer Review: Awesome Scanner
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this product. I have been trying to convert my office to paperless for years, but with my Epson flatbed scanner and autofeed attachment, it just took forever and was very painful. Scanning both sides of a document was very tricky, since you needed to turn the whole stack of paper around and pray that it would not skip a page, then everything else would be off. The ScanSnap is awesome.
I had the scanner now about 4 weeks and have scanned over 2000 pages, with no problems. From business cards, to greeting cards, to average papers. If you use the guides to get the paper aligned it will work perfectly. My Epson would often pull in multiple pages for a scan, the ScanSnap has done this only twice so far, which is a fantastic rate. When I have a minute I gather up 50 to 100 pages and depending on the folder structure with a press of a button they are archived within minutes.
For weird pieces you can use the scan envelope that comes with the scanner. I have not scanned any pictures with it since the resolution may not be as good, in addition I still have my Epson around. And besides that it is a document scanner.
You sure can't beat the conversion to searchable documents for rapid finding of information.
The install went ok, wasn't the fastest since there were a bunch of components to install. But you usually only install it once. I am working on Vista and have not encountered any problems nor interference with any other hardware/drivers.
In all, worth every penny if you want to scan lots of documents.
Customer Review: Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 Scanner
Summary: 5 Stars
I really like this scanner for its ease of use, its speed and its compact size. It came with quick start instructions and was easy to setup in less than an hour from the time I opened the box. A 6' USB cord was included and that was just long enough for my desk layout but some people might want a slightly longer cord. The scan function is easily accessed with a one touch button on the scanner or by right clicking on the tray icon on the screen.
The sheet feeder works well although twice it grabbed the first two pages simultaneously when scanning a group of 6 - 15 pages that were thin legal pad paper and had been previously folded. As a test, I tried the same group of papers with the sheet feeder on my HP LaserJet 3015 and the LaserJet had no problem. The scanner easily handled post it notes taped to pages and torn corners on pages without jamming. It was wonderfully simple to unjam when I left a staple in one of the papers I was scanning. I pulled an easily visible silver lever on the front of the scanner and removed the paper.
The scanner came with Adobe Acrobat Standard which makes it easy to combine PDF files or change the order of the pages scanned. However, this scanner is so fast that I find it easier to simply put the pages in the correct order and rescan them. The quality of the scanned images looks fine to me. Pencil notes written out in the field on yellow legal paper are legible.
I haven't used the OCR or Organizer functions that come with the scanner. Overall, I am really pleased with the performance of this scanner.