I've had a few scanners over the years.
They all sucked. Generally they had bad software and were super slooooow. Scanning pages of documents was a non-starter. Scanning old photos was even worse.
As a result, I never used these things.
That all changed this last week. My friends Stu and Jason gave me a demo of the Fujitsu ScanSnap S500M
at their office. This scanner is unbelievable. I ordered mine a few days later. Received it yesterday.
This thing is super fast. And when I say fast, I'm talking 2 seconds per page or photo. Honest. You can feed in 20 pages at a time. No problem. It does single or double sided and it's smart enough to deal with a mixed bag. And it doesn't care what size document you are scanning.
And it's a breeze to set up and use. You press one button. The software is a great too.
I never thought I would write such a gushing review on a scanner of all things - but this is so worth it.
I'm scanning everything and shredding docs from now on. This is going to be great for the kids report cards, art projects, bank statements, photos etc etc.
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Posted by: How To Spot-er | April 27, 2007 at 06:32 AM
I've been using the ScanSnap both at home and at work for several months now and it is amazing. For the first time it seems possible to have EVERY important document online rather than on paper.
Posted by: LarryS | May 16, 2007 at 08:03 AM
I might just get one of these.
Posted by: Heather Paquinas | May 19, 2007 at 11:52 AM
Hi - I've read a number of comments on this scanner - it seems to be THE scanner to get. One of our primary uses will be to scan snapshots - both 4 x 6 and 3 1/2 x 5. I'd like to scan the majority of those at 600 DPI - I guesss I might get 1.5 to 2 per minute. My question - how good is the quality - in your opinion of the resulting JPG?
Thanks in advance - you are welcome to email me a response.
Thanks - Rob
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Posted by: Paper Shredders | October 24, 2008 at 01:17 AM
Does it scan textbook photos?
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