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• Pros Document and business-card scanner. Rated at 20 pages per minute (ppm), or 40 images per minute (ipm) for scanning both sides. • Cons Lack of a standard driver means you can't give a scan command from within a program.

• Bottom Line The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 is the most impressive ScanSnap model yet, but it doesn't provide a standard scan driver, which would give it more flexibility. Starting with the first version of Fujitsu's ScanSnap scanner that I reviewed—the, in 2004—Fujitsu has done a great job of turning out one impressive model after another, ratcheting up the performance and features over the years. The ScanSnap S1500 ($495 direct, which includes a one year warranty) fits firmly in that tradition, with faster speed and much improved software than the previous-generation. I can even make a strong argument that it's the best desktop document scanner in its price class.

Unfortunately, it falls one small, but significant, step short of being an Editors' Choice. The good news first, starting with the most superficial: The S1500 looks good. It can nicely complement an executive office decor, with its silver and black color scheme and a design that's as close to being sleek as any document scanner I've ever seen—even with the input and output trays open.

(There's also a Mac version, which I didn't see, with a different color scheme.). Better yet, the beauty in the design goes beyond skin deep. The footprint is a mere 6.2 by 11.5 inches (WD), and you have the choice between opening the front output tray or not. Leave the tray closed, and the paper lands on the flat space in front of the scanner. If your desk is too cluttered for that, you can open the tray—either permanently, or only when you scan, so you still get to use the desk space for other things.

The S1500 offers roughly a 10 percent boost in speed from the last-generation ScanSnap, to 20 pages per minute (ppm) or 40 images per minute (ipm) when scanning in duplex mode (both sides of the page at once). It shares the same 600 pixel per inch (ppi) optical resolution, which is more than enough for document scanning, and the same 50-page capacity for its automatic document feeder (ADF). It also adds an ultrasonic sensor to detect double feeds. Setup is standard fare. Install the software, plug in the power cord and a USB cable, let Windows recognize the scanner, and you're ready for your first scan. I installed the ScanSnap on a Windows Vista system, but according to Fujitsu the disc includes a full set of software for Windows 2000 and XP as well as a Mac version of the scan utility. You can buy the identical scanner (with the different color scheme I already mentioned), with Mac software instead plus the Windows scan utility, as the ScanSnap S1500M.

Software The ScanSnap's software—and particularly its scan utility—demands special mention, both for what's good about it and what's bad. With any scanner, the included software is a key component in determining what the scanner can and can't do. That's been particularly true for all of the ScanSnap models—including the S1500—because Fujitsu doesn't provide a standard driver that will let you use the scan command from within a program. If you have a driver, you can use it with, say, an optical character recognition (OCR) program, so you can open the OCR program and use the program's scan command to bring up the driver. You can then adjust the scan settings if necessary, scan, and work with the scanned document.

In many cases—if you're adding scanned pages to a document you already have open, for example—this is the most convenient approach to scanning. And there are few, if any, other scanners that don't come with a driver—most often a Twain driver—to let you work this way. With the S1500, however, you're locked into scanning through Fujitsu's scan utility, which may or may not feel straightforward to you or easy to use, depending on your tastes, work habits, and experience with scanning.

The good news about the scan utility is that it offers a number of small, but significant, improvements over earlier versions. It also gives you two choices for how to scan. One lets you set your scan parameters and destination first, and then hit the front-panel scan button.

The second reverses the process, letting you hit the scan button first. Then you can pick from a number of predefined destinations showing on screen in the redesigned Quick Menu.

The Quick Menu choices include your printer, a folder (to save as a JPG or PDF file, depending on the current settings), e-mail (to launch a message and add the scanned document as an attachment), and a set of choices for Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Each of these last three options will recognize the scanned text using ABBYY FineReader for ScanSnap 4.0, a version of FineReader that works strictly as an OCR module for Fujitsu's scan utility (meaning you can't open it directly to use as a standard OCR program).

If you have the appropriate program (Word, Excel, or PowerPoint) installed, as I did for my tests, FineReader will launch a program window and send the recognized text to the window. Fujitsu says that if you don't have those programs installed, FineReader will give you the choice of saving the file in the appropriate format—DOC, XLS, or PPT. If you have another program that can read or import the particular format you saved the information in, you can then open the file using that program. In addition to the scan utility, the S1500 comes with Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.0 and Fujitsu's own document manager and business card programs—ScanSnap Organizer 4.0 and CardMinder 4.0. ScanSnap Organizer will be of particular interest if your company uses SharePoint, since it can connect to SharePoint to scan directly to a SharePoint folder and index the document as part of the process. Both of the Fujitsu programs use Office 2007-style Ribbons, which means you'll either love them or hate them, depending on how you feel about the Ribbon approach to menus. Performance Unlike the software, the hardware side of the package, as well as the overall performance of hardware plus software, is unambiguously a strong point.

In my tests, the scanner was a little faster than Fujitsu claims, scanning one side of a 25-page document (simplex mode) at 21.1 pages per minute (ppm) using default settings, and scanning both sides (duplex mode) at 41.7 ipm. That makes the S1500 nearly as fast as the 25-ppm, which I timed at 22.7 ppm and 45.5 ipm. It's not even much slower than the more expensive Editors' Choice, at 25.4 ppm and 49.1 ipm. The S1500 can also serve as a first-rate business-card scanner, running cards through its ADF at high speed, recognizing text reasonably well, and sending the results to a variety of programs. It worked without problems in my tests sending the data directly to Outlook. It can also send directly to Outlook Express, Goldmine, and ACT, as well as save the data in a comma-separated variable file, which Excel and most database programs can read. Although the S1500 is easy to recommend, the recommendation comes with a hedge.

The lack of a standard driver will be a potential issue for some people, and that's just enough to keep the scanner from being an Editors' Choice. If you're used to scanning using your favorite program's scan command, and you prefer scanning that way, you will likely find that the ScanSnap approach feels counterintuitive. But if you like the S1500's approach to scanning—or can at least tolerate it (which is how I feel about it)—it will be hard to find a better choice at this price. More Scanner Reviews: • • • • • •. Lead Analyst Printers, Scanners & Projectors M. David Stone is an award-winning freelance writer and computer industry consultant. Although a confirmed generalist, with writing credits on subjects as varied as ape language experiments, politics, quantum physics, and an overview of a top company in the gaming industry.

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Software Windows® Mac OS Driver (Note1)(Note2) ScanSnap Manager V5.1 ScanSnap Manager V3.2 Applications ScanSnap Organizer V4.1 - CardMinder™ V4.1 - - Cardiris™ 4.0 for ScanSnap ABBYY FineReader for ScanSnap™ 4.1 ABBYY FineReader for ScanSnap™ 4.1 Scan to Microsoft® SharePoint® 3.4 - Adobe® Acrobat® X Standard - Evernote for Win 4.4 (Note3) Evernote for Mac 2.2 (Note3) [Note] • TWAIN or ISIS™ applications cannot be used directly. • “One touch” image file (JPEG, PDF and searchable PDF) generation. These functions are operable with ScanSnap Manager (ScanSnap specific driver). • Download and install the latest version of Evernote, which is available from the official website of Evernote Corp. ScanSnap S1500 System Requirements Windows®.

Compatible operating systems macOS v10.13 v10.12 (Note1) OS X v10.11 v10.10 OS X v10.9 10.8 Mac OS X v10.7 Mac OS X v10.6 (Note2) Mac OS X v10.5 (Note3) v10.4 (Note4) Driver / Applications (Note5) ScanSnap Manager for Mac Supported Supported Supported Supported I.R.I.S. Compatible operating systems Windows Vista® (32-bit / 64-bit) Windows® XP (32-bit) Windows® 2000 Professional Hardware requirements CPU Intel® Pentium® 4 1.8 GHz or higher Intel® Pentium® III 600 MHz or higher Memory capacity 512 MB or more (recommended: 1 GB or more) 256 MB or more (recommended: 512 MB or more) Display 800 pixels x 600 pixels or more Disk capacity System drive: 10 MB or more disc space Installation drive: 450 MB or more disc space* *Additional space is required for the data created by Rack2-Filer [Note] • This product only supports Microsoft® Windows®. • Please refer to the ' for latest support information.

Description Model number Remarks ScanSnap Carrier Sheets (Note1) PA 5 Carrier Sheets Intended for ScanSnap S1500, S1500M, S510, S510M, S500, S500M and ScanSnap fi-5110EOX series scanners ScanSnap Bag PA Intended for ScanSnap S1500, S1500M, S510, S510M, S500, S500M and ScanSnap fi-5110EOX series scanners and included items [Note] • Although ScanSnap Carrier Sheets have a listed lifespan of 500 scans, the lifespan may vary with usage. ScanSnap Carrier sheets are intended to scan paper documents with weights of 127 g/m² or less. They also support the scanning of folded documents that are as large as 216 mm x 297 mm. Included Items. For details on how to buy cleaning tool, please contact the Fujitsu scanner dealer where you purchased your scanner. Do not use aerosol sprays near the scanner. Shin Koihime Musou Otome Ryouran Sangokushi Engi Download on this page. Do not use any aerosol sprays or alcohol based sprays to clean the ScanSnap.

Dust blown up by strong air from the spray may enter inside of the ScanSnap. This may cause the ScanSnap to fail, malfunction or scanning errors. Sparks, caused by static electricity, generated when blowing off dust and dirt from the outside of the scanner may cause a fire. [Cleaning the Inside of the Scanner] Clean inside of the ScanSnap with a cloth moistened with Cleaner F1. In an alternating succession of scanning documents, the accumulated paper-powder and dust inside the ScanSnap causes a scanner error.

As a guideline, clean the inside of the ScanSnap every 1,000 scans. Note that this guideline varies according to the type of the documents you are scanning.

For example, the inside of the ScanSnap must be cleaned more frequently when scanning documents with loose toner. Clean the inside of the ScanSnap according to the following procedure. The scan glass surface inside the ADF becomes hot during ScanSnap operation. Before you start to clean the inside of the ScanSnap, disconnect the AC adapter and power cable from the AC outlet and wait at least 15 minutes to let the ScanSnap cool down. • Do not use water or neutral detergent to clean the inside of the ScanSnap.

• It may take a long time before the cleaner vaporizes if a large quantity is used. When cleaning the ScanSnap parts, dampen a cloth with modest quantities of the cleaner. In addition, wipe off the cleaner completely with a soft lint-free cloth to leave no residue on the surface of the cleaned parts.

Clean the following locations with a cloth moistened with Cleaner F1. This scanner is designed to digitize materials that can be reproduced lawfully, in accordance with applicable copyright regulations and other laws.

ScanSnap users are responsible for how they use this scanner. It is imperative that ScanSnap users comply with all applicable local rules and laws, including, without limitation, copyright laws when using this scanner. • Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, PowerPoint and SharePoint are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. • Word and Excel are the products of Microsoft Corporation in the United States. • Mac, Mac OS, Mac logo and iPhoto are trademarks of Apple Inc. Interpersonal And Group Dynamics Ebookers. • Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, and Adobe Reader are either registered trademarks or tradenames of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. • Intel, Pentium, and Intel Core are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

• ISIS™ is a registered trademark of EMC Corporation in the United States. • ABBYY™ FineReader™ Engine ©2011 ABBYY. OCR by ABBYY ABBYY and FineReader are trademarks of ABBYY.

• Cardiris is a trademarks of I.R.I.S. • Evernote is a registered trademark or trademark of Evernote Corporation.

• Google and Google Docs are registered trademarks or trademarks of Google Inc. • Salesforce and Salesforce CRM are registered trademarks or trademarks of salesforce.com which is based in the U.S. • SugarSync is a registered trademark of SugarSync, Inc. • ScanSnap, ScanSnap logo, and CardMinder are the trademarks of PFU LIMITED. • Other company names and product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Share this page.