Customer Reviews:
  stacks of papers gone in an instant October 7, 2008
I bought this item back in May 08 and have been continuously pleased these last few months. I've been able to completely digitize all my paperwork within two days (I had alot of paperwork). After scanning, the document is automatically saved as a PDF file. I've been able to scan all my magazines and put them in the recycling bin where they belong.
I'm a believer! October 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a 20 year Mac user who's tried Microtek, HP, and Epson scanners with little satisfaction. I read every review of this product before purchase and I'm happy to add my recommendation. It's fast, easy, works well, and the software alone is worth more than half the price.
Yes, it jams occasionally and the interface is a little clunky, BUT IT WORKS. FAST.
Easy setup and a small footprint are nice.
The ABBYY only works on scanned docs, you can't use it on a previous pdf file, but the Acrobat has a pretty good OCR function as well.
All in all, I'm very happy with this scanner.
 Excellent design October 2, 2008
I have installed one at work. The footprint is pretty decent, despite my crowded desk. As others have noted, the product tends to pull in multiple pages of paper at times. This is primarily when many sheets have been together (e.g., stapled, or pulled from a journal/magazine) and have not been "riffled" to get a little air between the sheets.
Generally, with multipage stapled documents I clip off the staple and riffle the sheets; this eliminates the problem. I have not had problems with it feeding glossy pages from medical journals.
The software is generally easy to use. I typically "scan to file" and I wish the window for selecting the desired folder wasn't in the format of the Windows "explore" function; I'd rather it were like opening folders in a regular window.
In addition, it'd be nice to be able to delete unwanted pages from within the scan menu before saving them all to a file (you can see all scanned pages there, but can't delete any). It takes going into the file later with Adobe 8 (still getting used to that app) to delete them.
Have used the business card scanning app only a couple of times. Seems useful, but my opinion is awfully premature.
Overall, however, I give this device high marks (4/5). I'm an administrator and physician, and often scan in notes, interesting papers, photocopied pages of books, and odd-sized things. I'm a bit of a geek, too, and enjoy well-designed software and hardware. This isn't perfect, but pretty darn good.
ScanSnap exceeds expectations September 30, 2008
Fujitsu's ScanSnap scanner is a little powerhouse scanner - great for getting organized. It scans pages very very quickly. Comes with Acrobat Professional which gives you lots of flexibility in deleting pages, combining documents etc. The ABBYY Finereader OCR software does a great job of making the documents searchable. The only drawback is that it takes a long time to process each page.
Scans only one sheet at a time.. September 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like the compact size of the scanner, its auto features and fast
scanning speed. I bought the scanner to scan multiple sheets in view of its excellent reviews and features. However, it is taking in several sheets at a time and I am not able to fix this problem. The result is that I have to feed the next sheet in the scanner as soon as it is done scanning a sheet, which is annoying.
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