sheet-feed scanner suggestions ...

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At our small real estate business (4 persons) I would like to "digitize" or
turn into PDF's or similar format ... a lot of the documents we are
otherwise storing in folders and have scattered here and there. The daily
volume is not that great ( less than 50 legal-size pages, probably on
average), however there is a back-log of paper that would be nice to
digitize.

I asked a sys admin type friend as to what brand or make of sheetfeed
scanner he would recommend ... and he said that they ALL tended to be
unreliable (in their sheet-feed aspect) ... except for some models he's seen
that cost tens of thousands of dollars.

I have seen this model of Fujitsu

http://tinyurl.com/9s3yg ... and wonder what people on this forum think
of that brand ... and ask for any suggestions in this price range.

Thanks,

-RS-
 
RS-

The scansnap scanner (fi-5110EOX2)has had been extremely popular for
soft-scanning (ad-hoc scanning to pdf).

there's a newer ScanSnap than the one you have listed. The new model
number S500. The new scansnap is the same cost as the previous
(although some may find discounts on the older model).

Actually, I have family which is in real-estate and introduced them to
the older scansnaps- which they've been using daily since. My mom's not
the most technical person- she can do the basic windows functions and
use a handful of applications- word, excel, outlook, etc... but,
showing her some of the more advanced programs would be an
overkill-especially since she only needs to scan in documents like
contracts, loan statements, etc...

the scansnap's been a perfect match for her since she's able to insert
documents like a fax, press a single button, and see the multipage-pdf
pop up on her monitor.
Auto-deskew, auto-color detection, auto-blank page removal, and many
other features standard with the scansnap eliminates the need for her
to learn all the complicated adjustments terminologies and when to
apply each algorythm...

If you have any questions, feel free to call me at work anytime.
408-746-7096

Danny Ha
 
RS-

The scansnap scanner (fi-5110EOX2)has had been extremely popular for
soft-scanning (ad-hoc scanning to pdf).

there's a newer ScanSnap than the one you have listed. The new model
number S500. The new scansnap is the same cost as the previous
(although some may find discounts on the older model).

Actually, I have family which is in real-estate and introduced them to
the older scansnaps- which they've been using daily since. My mom's not
the most technical person- she can do the basic windows functions and
use a handful of applications- word, excel, outlook, etc... but,
showing her some of the more advanced programs would be an
overkill-especially since she only needs to scan in documents like
contracts, loan statements, etc...

the scansnap's been a perfect match for her since she's able to insert
documents like a fax, press a single button, and see the multipage-pdf
pop up on her monitor.
Auto-deskew, auto-color detection, auto-blank page removal, and many
other features standard with the scansnap eliminates the need for her
to learn all the complicated adjustments terminologies and when to
apply each algorythm...

If you have any questions, feel free to call me at work anytime.
408-746-7096

Danny Ha
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Danny,
A friend is asking me the same question. He needs to be able to scan
documents and is looking for an automatic feeder. Someone else has
mentioned the Fujitsu ScanSnap S500.

When he went to look in a store they also recomended a Canon DR2050C.
It would be more expensive though, and I do not see any particular
advantage. It turns out that they did not have either in stock on
location.

Is the Fujitsu ScanSnap S500 still your recomendation if one needs an
automatic feeder? Any other alternatives? Does it have some
advantages over the Canon besides price, that would convince my
friend?

If he needs to do some scanning that requires a flatbed, to supplement
the one with a feeder, do you have a recomendation?

Do you know some good place to buy the Fujitsu ScanSnap S500? If he
gets it and it works out, I may do the same. I need to at least
supplement my ancient, creaking flatbed, before it gives up.

Do you think the Fujitsu ScanSnap S500 will work OK with Vista?

Thank you!
 
Hi Fisherman,

At the time (May2006), the fi-5110EOX2 was the current ScanSnap model.
It's since been replaced by the latest model: S500. The 5110EXO2 is
'end of life' so you won't find new ones in distribution- but service,
warranty, and parts will remain available for another 5 years when it
eventually becomes 'end of service'.

The S500 architecture is similar to it's predecessor: optics,
footprint, ease of use are all identical.. but, improvements largely
based on customer feedback has resulted in enhancements with speed
(18ppm/36ipm vs. 15ppm/30ipm),Scanning to protected 128 Bit encrypted
..pdf capabilities, scanning directly to text/graphics pdf format,
improvements to support non-ISO standard page sizes are some of the
main improvements. For more details on specs:
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/peripherals/scanners/workgroup/s500.html


The S500 is outstanding like all the ScanSnap products for ad hoc
scanning (250pgs/day or less). Like all ScanSnap series models, the
S500 isn't Twain nor ISIS compliant- rather a proprietary
application/bacground service( pfussmon.exe or scansnap manager).

The Canon DR-2050C is a workgroup scanner which is Twain/ISIS
compliant. It also has single pass duplex capabilities like the S500
but has a disadvantage with 2 CIS CMOS sensors for optics compared to
the dual CCD's of the S500. I'm also assuming that it doesn't have an
onboard JPEG compression board internal due to the significant decrease
in performace when scanning color (20ppm monochrome / 7ppm color)....
the S500 maintains 18ppm/36ipm @ 150dpi color as well as normal
monochrom scanning (300dpi).
Cost is also a large factor- you could almost purchase 2 S500 for every
one DR-2050C.

Hope this helps~

Danny Ha

As for Vista-
 
Danny said:
Hi Fisherman,

At the time (May2006), the fi-5110EOX2 was the current ScanSnap model.
It's since been replaced by the latest model: S500. The 5110EXO2 is
'end of life' so you won't find new ones in distribution- but service,
warranty, and parts will remain available for another 5 years when it
eventually becomes 'end of service'.

The S500 architecture is similar to it's predecessor: optics,
footprint, ease of use are all identical.. but, improvements largely
based on customer feedback has resulted in enhancements with speed
(18ppm/36ipm vs. 15ppm/30ipm),Scanning to protected 128 Bit encrypted
.pdf capabilities, scanning directly to text/graphics pdf format,
improvements to support non-ISO standard page sizes are some of the
main improvements. For more details on specs:
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/peripherals/scanners/workgroup/s500.html


The S500 is outstanding like all the ScanSnap products for ad hoc
scanning (250pgs/day or less). Like all ScanSnap series models, the
S500 isn't Twain nor ISIS compliant- rather a proprietary
application/bacground service( pfussmon.exe or scansnap manager).

The Canon DR-2050C is a workgroup scanner which is Twain/ISIS
compliant. It also has single pass duplex capabilities like the S500
but has a disadvantage with 2 CIS CMOS sensors for optics compared to
the dual CCD's of the S500. I'm also assuming that it doesn't have an
onboard JPEG compression board internal due to the significant decrease
in performace when scanning color (20ppm monochrome / 7ppm color)....
the S500 maintains 18ppm/36ipm @ 150dpi color as well as normal
monochrom scanning (300dpi).
Cost is also a large factor- you could almost purchase 2 S500 for every
one DR-2050C.

Hope this helps~

Danny Ha

As for Vista-
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I got my S500 at the weekend, looks good so far. Cheapest I found
in the UK was
http://www.ekmpowershop3.com/ekmps/shops/bmishop/index.asp?function=DISPLAYCAT&catid=22

Regards
Ian
 
Hi Fisherman,

At the time (May2006), the fi-5110EOX2 was the current ScanSnap model.
It's since been replaced by the latest model: S500. The 5110EXO2 is
'end of life' so you won't find new ones in distribution- but service,
warranty, and parts will remain available for another 5 years when it
eventually becomes 'end of service'.

The S500 architecture is similar to it's predecessor: optics,
footprint, ease of use are all identical.. but, improvements largely
based on customer feedback has resulted in enhancements with speed
(18ppm/36ipm vs. 15ppm/30ipm),Scanning to protected 128 Bit encrypted
.pdf capabilities, scanning directly to text/graphics pdf format,
improvements to support non-ISO standard page sizes are some of the
main improvements. For more details on specs:
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/peripherals/scanners/workgroup/s500.html


The S500 is outstanding like all the ScanSnap products for ad hoc
scanning (250pgs/day or less). Like all ScanSnap series models, the
S500 isn't Twain nor ISIS compliant- rather a proprietary
application/bacground service( pfussmon.exe or scansnap manager).

The Canon DR-2050C is a workgroup scanner which is Twain/ISIS
compliant. It also has single pass duplex capabilities like the S500
but has a disadvantage with 2 CIS CMOS sensors for optics compared to
the dual CCD's of the S500. I'm also assuming that it doesn't have an
onboard JPEG compression board internal due to the significant decrease
in performace when scanning color (20ppm monochrome / 7ppm color)....
the S500 maintains 18ppm/36ipm @ 150dpi color as well as normal
monochrom scanning (300dpi).
Cost is also a large factor- you could almost purchase 2 S500 for every
one DR-2050C.

Hope this helps~

Danny Ha

As for Vista-
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Thank you Danny! I passed the info on to my friend. He has The
ScanSnap on order.

He also saw a 10 page a minute Xerox for less after he placed the
order, but I suggested that it was slower, and with the ScanSnap we
already have a few satisfied users to prove it works, versus one that
is, perhaps fine, but unknown, and by the time one researched it,
there would go the savings for a slower speed.

(Thanks IAN for your reply too!)

P.S. Danny, did you start to say something about Vista, or was that
just a, "who knows," response.
 
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