Fujitsu iX1500 ScanSnap Document Scanner

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To round out my tests, I scanned several colorful business documents, drawings, and other graphics and photos on the flatbed, focusing not on speed but color accuracy and detail. Other than the unavoidable tedium of removing and replacing content on the scanner glass, the flatbed performed fine, reproducing colors accurately with no graininess or loss of detail. At least two of the fi-8270's more direct competitors, the Raven Pro Max and the HP ScanJet N6600, come with Wi-Fi wireless and Wi-Fi Direct peer-to-peer networking, in addition to Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.2 connections. This Fujitsu supports only USB and Ethernet, offering little or no support for scanning from handheld smartphones or tablets. The Raven also has an auxiliary USB port for scanning to flash drives and other USB storage devices. Connectivity consists of Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.2. ScanSnap Home combines all your favorite functions into one and is the ultimate platform to utilize scanned data in various ways. Easily manage, edit and utilize data from documents, business cards, receipts and photos with the software. You can scan large volumes of various types of documents from color photos to double-sided landscape documents with a host of intelligent automatic image processing functions. Effortlessly scan small documents with the Receipt Guide. No need to be concerned about fixing receipts and business cards that tend to curl or skew. Designed to be a comfortable fit even when the cover is closed, it dramatically reduces the handling of documents before hitting the scan button. Finally, PaperStream NX Manager is a built-in server solution designed to integrate centralized client-server document management systems easily.

I tested the iX1600 (and all these others) over a USB connection from our standard Intel Core i5 PC running Windows 10 Professional.I also tested it using ScanSnap Home from the control panel and got basically the same performance. To ensure consistency, we try to test all machines the same way, so the scores reported here are for PC-initiated scans. ScanSnap Cloud delivers scanned data directly from your ScanSnap iX1500 to your favorite cloud services without a computer or mobile device. The software automatically classifies your file type by documents, receipts, business cards and photos, and sends it to the appropriate cloud based on your pre-set profiles.Control your paperwork and rapidly file your documents with ease using the intuitive ScanSnap Home software. The software allows you to scan to and produce editable and searchable pdf’s, Excel, Word and PowerPoint files. As I've said more than once, OCR accuracy is at least as important as raw speed; the fastest scanner on the planet is worthless if you must spend too much time fixing conversion errors. The Fujitsu fi-8270 proved error-free down to 5 points in our Arial font test and 6 points with Times New Roman. That's superb—and these days, fairly average for professional-grade scanners. Allows you to preview, manage, tag, search and retrieve your important documents or memories. Never lose important documents again with ScanSnap Home. The ScanSnap Cloud mobile app provides direct access to scans placed in your cloud repositories. We could even use our iPad to take photos of documents and send them as PDFs directly to our Dropbox account.”

You can connect a single computer to the iX1600 via USB, or a computer, mobile device, or wireless network via Wi-Fi. Fujitsu’s ScanSnap Connect app runs on most smartphones and tablets and has many of the features of the ScanSnap desktop app. Scan larger-sized documents, like A3 documents that need to be bi-folded, envelopes, and much more, with Manual Scan Mode. * Documents that are typically difficult to scan in Normal Scan Mode can now be captured without any issues. The ScanSnap Home software makes capturing documents a breeze. Scan directly to your phone or laptop. Receipts, invoices, business cards and photos are automatically identified – ScanSnap Home even suggest a name and learns from you. What it does is complex, how you use it is simple. Its wireless connectivity, an intuitive touch screen and advanced software, "ScanSnap Home", enable you to do anything from scanning papers, converting them into fully editable files, to utilizing data in your commonly used applications. With its various automation functions, it intelligently adapts to your preferences and continues to evolve around your needs, enabling you to work in a smarter way. Scan your documents, receipts, business cards and pictures and let the software file each format - even suggesting file names. Save time searching for photos of the family or vital documents – find them with ScanSnap Home.The Auto-Scan profile takes the leg work out of scanning. It detects whether they are standard documents, business cards, receipts or photos and automatically applies scan settings and organises them into separate folders on the host.” Support for Fujitsu's core computing products - including notebooks (LIFEBOOK), tablets PCs (STYLISTIC), PCs, servers (PRIMERGY), and storage (ETERNUS) - is provided via a central portal.