Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 Sheet-fed Scanner
by Fujitsu Imaging
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Manufacturer: Fujitsu ImagingPlatform: Windows XP
Model: PA03360-B515
Product features:
- Scan Resolution 600 dpi Optical
- Image Sensor CCD
- Bit Depth 24 bit Color / 8 bit Grayscale / 1 bit Monochrome
- Media Size Legal 8.5" x 14"
- Ports 4-pin Type B USB 2.0 USB
- Fujitsu SCANSNAP CARRIER SHEET 5PK ( PA03360-0013 )
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to A-Female Extension Cable (3.3 Feet/1.0 Meter)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to B-Male Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters)
- FUJITSU ScanAid scanner consumable kit ( CG01000-510501 )
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to A-Female Extension Cable (9.8 Feet/3.0 Meters)
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Customer Review: Excellent Tool for Paperless Office
Summary: 5 Stars
I have a large collection or periodicals...magazines, journals, etc; which occupy way too much space on shelves in my basement. I only keep those periodicals which are reference types, not news and popular magazines, but still those worthy ones were slowly pushing into my available work space.
Several years ago, National Geographic decided to issue all their past issues in a CD-ROM set, with the promise of update CDs every couple of years. I went this way and dumped the magazines themselves. This was very nice, since besides saving lots of room, the latest CDs included an index of articles and subjects that included all issued back to the first one, so I could easily find anything they ever published. Unfortunately, not long after I went to this system, National Geographic had some sort of run-in with the various people who submit articles, over compensation for the CD-ROMs, and they ceased the CD program. That's another story, but it was a great idea and implementation. It got me thinking...
I waited a few years trying to decide how to get a similar result for all my other periodicals, but blanched at the thought of trying to scan page after page in my flat bed scanner. Even my trusty Canon MF6530 copier/scanner/printer (also reviewed here at Amazon), would be too slow or otherwise problematic for this task.
I finally settled on the Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 document scanner. here was a machine designed specifically for what I wanted it to do, and nothing else. From all other reviews I read, people loved it and were having very good results. The machine seems to go for about $400 in most places, which seems like a lot for what you get, but it is important to remember that it comes bundled with a FULL version of Adobe Acrobat (not just the free reader program), which by itself goes for about $200. Looking at it this way, the scanner costs $200 for the machine.
This scanner is not designed for scanning odd sized and shaped items, although it can do them in a limited sort of way. You really need a flat bed scanner for those. This scanner is for rapidly scanning lots of regular sized pages arranged in stacks, as with a sheaf of papers. It is excellent for periodicals once the binding is removed....I ended up buying, online via eBay, a guillotine type paper cutter, also known as a 'ream cutter' and by several other names. This is a tool used by print shops and such to cleanly and accurately cut through many sheets of paper at once, on on the larger ones the user can cut through an entire ream of paper without fanning the pages or making a sloppy cut. The $150 one I bought can cut through a medium sized phone book but not a whole 500 sheet ream; in other words, excellent for books and periodicals. I place the volume in, crank down on the clamp that keeps the pages from fanning during the cutting process, then haul down on the large lever to shear through the paper. It cuts off just the very edge of the binding, leaving clean edged sheets of consistent size, losing no text (on photos that span one sheet to another, you would lose about 1/8" in the middle of the image). I mention this to be helpful to others contemplating the same scanning task.
With the ScanSanp on my desk, it opens (unfolds, really)from an 11" x 6" footprint in two quick hand movements. Opening it also turns it on, and it is ready to go instantly. I drop the stack of pages into the top chute and press the single large green button. The scanner driver pops up a box on the screen (which can be minimized if you don't want to look at it) and the scanning commences. The pages sail through very quickly, perhaps one sheet every 4 seconds. By 'sheet' I mean the actual piece of paper, which of course usually is printed on both sides, and hence is actually two (2) 'pages'. The scanner has identical scanning elements positioned both above and below the paper path, so it scans both sides at the same time as they pass through into the output tray below. The on-screen box shows the tally of the number of scanned pages.
Paper jams are infrequent. When they occur, it is because the paper is dusty and the rubber feed roller is getting slippery with the dust. The scanner driver detects this and halts, alerting you to open the scanner (a single button pops it open in a clamshell manner), clean the roller if necessary, replace the paper, and click an on-screen button to resume scanning. If done this way, the pages scanned before the jam are not lost, and you get an uninterrupted PDF file as if nothing had happened. If you go about clearing the jam any other way, you might need to use Acrobat later on to merge separate PDF files, each containing parts of the scan. I usually use a compressed air can to blow the dust off of the roller, but you can also use a clean rag, etc. If the roller gets really dirty, you might need to clean it with more attention, according to the instructions in the manual. Fujitsu also sells a kit to replace the components that eventually fail due to accumulation of crud from the paper, including the main roller. This is not expensive and the parts are all laid out and easy to reach when the scanner clamshell is opened.
The default result of a scan is a single PDF file per document. However, the scanner driver allows setting other preferences, including a separate PDF per sheet and other choices. You get pretty much the same choices you would with most other scanners.
You can also decide whether the scanner should try to correct for you mistakes. The scanner has the ability to straighten (in software) pages that might have fed through slightly askew, rotate pages that went in upside down, remove any blank pages, etc; For my periodicals, I have most of these turned off.
The scanner can also be set to automatically do an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) during the scan process. This is handy if you want the resulting files to be searchable in Acrobat, but it does slow down the scan. The OCR software also comes bundled with the scanner, or I believe you can decide to use you own existing OCR...don't quote me on this though, as I have not tried it.
You can tell the scanner driver to save the resulting files anywhere you choose, and it can automatically assign file names (much like a digital camera does with its image files), or you can type in the names manually.
I have found the scanner to work nearly flawlessly with paper ranging from newsprint to fairly heavy, glossy covers. Every once in a while I will hear the roller working on a problem page (almost always the thicker glossy ones)...it does a little dance back and forth to try and entice the page to move from the stack before it gives up and indicates a misfeed....and I can press down slightly on the top of the sheet to help it, but like i said this is infrequent.
The scan quality is excellent. Not really what you might get from the better flat bed scanners in high resolution mode, but very good for documents. It makes short work of the periodicals I put through it. This is one of those tools that does exactly what it is supposed to and does it very well.
I should point out one other thing that I am doing, besides shearing the bindings off as previously mentioned, to achieve my goal. I also database the articles. I have a speadsheet open on one part of the screen and the Acrobat open on another, and scroll through the scanned magazines while entering data on the articles and subjects I find, indexed back to the file names. This will allow me to find anything once the whole process is complete. I mention this as a reality check....many people think that once they scan something, their problems are over, but what they may really have in many situations is a bunch of computer files without any way to find out what's in them. You could use the scanner's little file management utility for this, but it would not be as comprehensive of flexible as one you make up on your own using a database or spreadsheet program you probably already own.
Description of Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 Sheet-fed Scanner
Scansnap S510 18Ppm 600Dpi Usb2.0The Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 scanner has all the advanced yet easy-to-use one-touch features that made its predecessor the perfect scanning companion for home and office professionals. Now, with the addition of Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Standard (included with the scanner) and a new Vista supported version of the ABBYY FineReader 3.0, the ScanSnap S510 provides users compatibility with the latest software enhancements. One-button scanning to searchable PDF processes are supported, and users can even scan directly to Microsoft applications (such as Word and Excel). There's also a new multifunction quick menu feature for protecting and sharing documents with ease. In addition to the ability to scan business cards, the S510 can scan color pages in duplex at 18 pages per minute. Compatible with Windows 2000 Pro and later operating systems (including Vista), the scanner features a speedy USB 2.0 interface. For added convenience, its small footprint requires less space than a letter size piece of paper. Measuring 11.2 x 6.2 x 6.2 inches and weighing only 5.9 pounds, the scanner is backed by a 1-year limited warranty.
What's in the Box
FI-S510 scanner, AC adapter, AC cable, USB cable, set up CD-ROM (driver, manual), CD-ROM (Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard), CD-ROM (ABBY FineReader for ScanSnap 3.0), ScanSnap carrier sheet, and getting started guide.
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