Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100 CLR 600DPI USB Mobile Scanner (PA03610-B005)

With my help, my hubby gave me this for Christmas last year. I love it. Most particularly, I love the fact that you can choose what format to save the scanned data to. JPEG, PDF, Word, Excel, etc. I also love the fact that it is FAST! I scanned 600+ photos (one at a time!) in about 4 hrs. I was amazed since my regular desktop scanner is much slower and will only scan to JPEG. PITA for documents and trying to work with them later. My daughter, who is a prosecutor, freaked out over it being so fast. She said she needed one to take to the office with her to copy original documents that have to be returned quickly. Sometimes there is someone waiting for them due to chain of evidence issues, etc. One other thing my daughter likes is the fact that you dont have to involve a copier & scanner both. It saves it straight to the computer very quickly and eliminates paper. (I am going back and eliminating all my tax paperwork from years past.) She is now getting one as a BD present this month from Mom & Dad! This appears to be the smallest and has the least bells and whistles of the whole Snap-Scan line. I dont know if my heart could handle anything faster or better! It even scans light weight cardboard, like mounted Polaroid photos from the 60s. Unfortunately it wont do tin-types with a backing on them. It will only take 8.5 inch widths but landscape orientation can be scanned in portrait format and the scanner will usually flip it to landscape on your screen. Needs something like text within the scanned document to reorient itself. I also bought the case for it and am glad I did. It does NOT have to be removed from the case to use it. Also, I wasnt sure whether or not the USB line came with it from the description on Amazon (it does!) so I didnt order one and figured I could get it later if it didnt. This thing has made my desktop scanner obsolete except for oversize photos or actual 3-D objects (dont ask! Im a fiber artist.). I leave it hooked up but off inside its closed case so it is ready at a moments notice. There is no ON/OFF button, just the lid to the scanner open or closed. Closed up in the case, it doesnt get damaged or get crumbs, lint, etc in it. One caveat: Do not close the scanner until you have saved everything. It does take a minute for the window to come up for saving your data after you have clicked the finish scanning button on the scanning screen. It does default to PDF if no choice is made for format. I keep a folder set up on my desktop to put everything in initially if Im in a hurry and then I move it to where I want it later.

Pros: You cant beat the small footprint, weight, speed, and clarity of scan for a scanner this size. A must-have for road warriors Cons: Placing the document in the feed slot requires an unnecessary amount of fiddling. Failure to place a docuent absolutely squarely in the feed slot results in a skewed document that the software does NOT correct unless you convert to text. The Software require much more than the usual glance through the instructions and is a bit disjointed. I have the S1500, which I LOVE, so when my old travel scanner bit the dust, I didnt think twice about ordering anything but another Scansanp product. I ordered through Amazona and received the scanner promptly, as usual. (I should mentnion that my old travel scanner was actually a very lightweight, flatbed Canoscan LIDE210, with which I was very happy other than toting around the extra 2 lbs of weight. It gave me great scanning options, both single sheet and books, but it wasnt meant to be gate-checked, or travel in a suitcase that was going to be drop-kicked by an airline baggage-handler.) Installation was relatively simple, although the options require some reading if you arent familiar with Evernote, etc. The scanning program launches automatically when you open the feed slot cover; a very nice feature. You dont have to look for an icon to click or scroll through a list of programs. Otherwise, the software is pretty full-featured but a little annoying. The menu screens are very small, and the option icons require some study. The scanner setting are in a program that is separate from the program(s) that launch when you open the scanner. Placing the document in the feed slot is unacceptably difficult (watch some of the YouTube videos), particularly if you have arthritis, and if you dont have the document seated dead square when you scan it, the software does NOT correct the skewing unless you use the conversion to text. This is a TRAVEL scanner, ostensibly developed for business travel. Given that basic assumption, there needs to be more care put into the document-handling aspect of this product. Im not going to be scanning reams and reams of paper at at time, but when I do scan a document, I expect the results to be professional and acceptable for business use, not just for archiving. This, more than anything, is what dropped my rating to 3 stars. Having said that, I did find a pretty good workaround by making my own sheet carrier. There are probably more elegant solutions, but I used what I had on hand. I cut the 3-hole-punched side and the bottom off of a clear plastic sheet protector and used that as a carrier sheet. That makes it MUCH faster and easier to seat the document quickly and squarely. I made 6 that I carry for multi-sheet document, rather than loading and removing each one in succession. This is also a better solution, in most cases, than the carrier sheet that came with my S1500 (I tried that first) because it has no markings on it that are otherwise captured in the scan. I strongly recommend the optional case to anyone who plans to use it extensively for travel. While it appears to be pretty sturdy, it is a small, dark-colored item that can be easily overlooked, stepped on, sat upon, etc.. The case is rigid, and as others have noted, you can use the scanner without removing it from the case. All in all, I am happy that I purchased this scanner, and would recommend it to other road warriors with the caveats I have mentioned above.

I was looking for a scanner to organize receipts from a renovation job I was completing and wanted something I could carry with me. After looking at

I love the ScanSnap line and have had several models. I have adopted this product line at my workplace for personal scanners, and we have never had a failure. Theyre fast, reliable, durable and this model is no different. Ive also owned the model slightly larger than this, the

I have 25 years worth of family pictures to sort through and scan. I looked at a lot of different kinds of scanners but mostly I wanted a good scanner that would make my job easier and allow me to not be tied to my desktop. I already have a flatbed scanner but it takes forever to scan the pictures and, due to my home office configuration, I have to stand up to scan each picture. So I ordered the Snap Scan S1100

I havent been this pleased by a product in a long time. At first, I was hesitant about the price, but after scanning a few hundred pictures, I know its worth it. First, the rationale--I received a hand-scanner from work to do some research, where you manually rake it across a photo. Short of being a nightmare, it was, however, a pain. Dust was an issue (white lines/streaks), and stability as well (trying to prevent rotations and the smearing of photos that were too glossy). It was quick, and saved to onboard microSD, which was great, but then you have to go back and look at them on a computer to see what didnt work. And, good luck rectifying those. For some family photos (in the process of archiving hundreds of pounds), I decided to upgrade. Saw this scanner and the auto rotate/skew and auto-feed, and decided to give it a shot. Bingo! Plug it in, and youre seconds from scanning. It stays off/dormant when the cute lid/cover is closed, and when you open it, it lights up, and provokes your software. There are a ton of options, but I set mine to grey scale and color versions of 600 dpi, let me feed you, you auto-name, and let me feed one after another, save them as different names, and put them in a folder. Feed a picture, it spits it out, its saved automatically, and you can start putting the next picture in. Brilliant! When youre done, click finish, and the scan window on the computer goes away. You can scan pictures that are merely an inch or so by an inch or so (it crops automatically!!), all the way up to anything thats 8.5 or so wide by however long. Its nice to look at the pictures in the folder as youre scanning to ensure theres no dust. Wait, dust? Yeah, some of these pictures are quite ancient, and now matter how much I wiped or sprayed air, dust gets in. Is this a problem? No. Lift up the scanner lid, and theres a strip of glass thats a cinch to clean! After maybe 100 pictures, I noticed one white streak, cleaned it, and havent seen it since. You can scan to JPG or PDF or whatever youd like. In the slowest scanning mode, you can scan about 28 inches in length per minute. It doubles in speed when you switch from 600dpi to 300dpi. Im doing high, but dont mind the slow because its not too slow. I just scanned 28 8x10 photos and it took 12 minutes or so. Quality is awesome--I couldnt ask for better colors and images. It will also do full duplex scans, apparently, where it prompts you to flip the paper. UPDATE: Ive scanned over 2,000 pictures with this. The only issue I have is that reds and brown seem to be overmodulated and splotchy. In other words, light reds and browns go to this dark red shade, making a lot of the pictures useless. I turned to my flatbed (which Fuji recommended, as opposed to this ScanSnap) for scanning any pictures with reds/browns of certain shades. For EVERYTHING else, colors, greys, its great. There are no controls for color correction, so nothing can be done about it. Thats what tech support at Fuji said. For old pictures, youll be dusting more often. I use a strip of black thick paper to check and see if I have any dust in my sensor, taking a look at the image on the computer before moving on (every once in a while).

I like this device. I just did 4 sets of tax records and backup docs, several 90 year old birth certificates and a couple pictures my relatives are now viewing in panic because they look so CUTE... EASY: 1) I have a new macbook pro and I had to download the software. Not hard at all. Download main program and then immediately download update for OS 10.9. Load the program and then immediately update it. . . BTW - The new MacBooks dont have CDrom readers. Its not an obstacle. 2) After the software is loaded -- THEN plug the scanner into the computers USB, open the back door on the thing and stick a sheet of paper you want scanned into it. It sucks it right up. A window on the computer shows it to you. The blue light blinks if you want to do more pages in the same PDF. IF not, then touch the stop button. Then go to the computer and save the PDF. It WONT scan again until you save the prior scan. It can misalign if you feed the paper in crooked. Throw the image away and rescan. Dont panic. 3) If you want to change the parameters then you CNTRL-CLICK the icon on the icon bar and go to settings. The settings are obvious. For my stuff, the defaults are great. And thats it. I am scanning tax records, house deeds, papers, more papers and all those things that fill boxes. I am the executor on my Mothers Estate and Ive inherited her papers that date back over a century for her family. I have my tax records that date back to 1971 and over the summer I will scan what is important and shred what is not. Whatever I need as records will be scanned. Things like those yearly statements from mutual funds that list reinvestments for calculating returns. I have labels for artwork that need to be scanned and not lost in drawers. Original receipts for your appliances and big ticket items like TVs, Computers, and so on. All those records can be saved to a CD, a Cloud, or a thumb drive and stored in a -- fireproof, flood proof, hurricane and tornado, earthquake, volcano, meteor, alien invasion and whatever else I forgot in might happen --- place. My taxes are electronically filed and I get a paper copy that is five pages long for Federal and six pages for State taxes. I simply scanned the pages one after another for the Fed Tax and saved two files. Its not hard. I scanned all the 1099s, W2s, tax receipts, medical bills, and other receipts that appear on the Tax Forms into a third file. It didnt take long and tonight, I will create a thumb drive to back-up the electronic copies on the computer. My Mother had 15 years of renewals for her homeowners policy and shredded that filled two 30 gallon kitchen waste baskets. You can scan to email and storage services but I havent done that yet and probably wont. I back my files on thumb drives. I dont need OCR and this doesnt have that. I dont need professional quality photos for printing purposes and this doesnt do that.

Amazon delivered my new scanner within two days and I had the chance to get familiarized with its main features during the last two days. Hence, this review reflects rather temporary impressions. It is intended to give some hints to would-be-buyers, who are Mac users and focused on document filing issues. The Windows/PC community is much better served by the majority of the reviews one can read here. My profile: - Mac user, resorting to Windows in rare events when there is no suitable option available fpr Mac. (e.g. password protection of pdf files offered by ScanSnap for Windows users only) My MacBook is partitioned for Windows 7 as well. - Document hoarder, i.e. little or no experience with scanning pictures, art works, 3D objects and the like. - Aiming at paperless filing, I do organize and file all correspondence and documents systematically. - Extensive experience with document scanners, whether stand-alone flatbeds, sheet-feed, wands or all-in-one devices. No experience with pen-style scanners though. - Owned or still owning, various HP, Xerox, Canon, brother, Neat and Vupoint scanners. - The ScanSnap is my first Fujitsu scanner. Purpose of purchasing the ScanSnap S1100: - the ultimate search result for a Mac-compatible scanner software, which none of the other scanners I own or owned offer, - high quality scans at max. 300 dpi. - durability, - portability (size and weight) and small foot print on the desk, - no AC power required, - versatility of software and extensive filing options, - worldwide network of customer service. Awareness of limitations before purchasing: - no duplex scanning possible by the nature of the device - sheet feeding restricts scanning of laminated or thick media. - portability implies that sheets must be often guided by hand when feeding, as none of the portable scanners offer a retractable side guide. (Vupoint is selling a letter-size piece of hard plastic guide for those, who may compromise portability or for home users though) All above said here are my first findings, considering that no objections shall be made against limitations, which I was aware of prior to the purchase: - Mac-compatibility is true; file sizes are the same whether scanned under W7 or OS X, both scans 300 dpi performed on the same MacBook. - Mac-compatibility further confirmed by scanning the same documents on my HP all-in-one under W7; file sizes produced are the double in both, black & white and color, both 300 dpi. HP produces even four-times larges file sizes when scanning under OS X. Reason: Software incompatible with Mac. Therefore, ScanSnap fulfills almost my first main criteria. Why only almost? read below. - Windows users enjoy password protection of pdf files, which is not available to Mac users. A two-class community, Fujitsu is creating. The impact is that I have to scan on the Windows side of my MacBook using Parallels Desktop, which is slowing down both sides of the laptop and switch back to the Mac side after scanning. Worse, I have to do the same several times during the day. Therefore, ½ star off in my rating. - The visual quality of both, b&w and color scans made on ScanSnap is a lot better than the ones scanned on my HP all-in-one, by having just half of the file sizes, all of them at 300 dpi. Another plus for ScanSnap. HP scans can reach the same contrast and crispiness at 600 dpi, but then the file-size is more than doubled. - Expected durability however remains a question mark. As other reviewer pointed out, the flap of the sheet slot is rather flimsy. Moreover, the center of the top easily bends under a point load. (e.g. pressing by finger or by another object in ones travel bag) Hence, the purchase of the custom-made case is an absolute must, as stated by other reviewers too. I ordered it with the scanner together for a hefty 30 bucks incl. sales tax. As it is a must, just like the wheels of a car, which are not sold separately, Fujitsu should have bundled it at a fair price as well. Hence I knock out another ½ star from my rating. - Portability: both, sizes and weight are not only reasonable but compare well with the bricks of Xerox or Epson WF. - Power supply by USB is fine, which I prefer versus battery-operated portables. - The software seems to offer more options than I probably will ever need. E.g. 10 customized profiles can be added to the wide selection of standard profiles. I still have to learn many of the other features. - One of the reasons of my purchase was my former experience with Fujitsus world wide services, by vividly remembering that the cooling fan of my old Fujitsu Lifebook P7190 was replaced in their shop at a remote location in Southeast Asia overnight. SUMMARY: Pros: - Versatile and dedicated Mac-compatible software - Small file sizes of both, black & white and color scans on Windows and Mac alike. - Password protection of PDF files - No AC power required - World wide customer services Cons: - No password protection of PDF files under Mac OS X. - Fragile looking body with flimsy flap requires a protection case, which is not included. - Pricey, particularly due to the expensive and absolute necessary protection case. Overall rating: Four stars Your comments and critics are welcome.

After comparing the features, reading the reviews and watching the prices, I settled on the ScanSnap S1100. Its easy to use, conveniently slim and light, and it comes from a reputable manufacturer. Unboxing the scanner is simple. The main thing is to take the CD and install the software before hooking up the scanner. We installed it to a Dell laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium, and it was more or less straightforward install process. It took a while to install and then it needed to update from the website. Something went wrong the first time I did it, and I needed to start over. Ultimately, however, I got everything installed--the driver and the scanner management software. Then the scanner is hooked up via a mini-USB cable attached to any USB port on the computer. Opening the door of the scanner turns it on and you should see a steady blue light indicating that its ready to work. Now the fun begins. You can feed in photos, receipts, 8.5x11 documents, envelopes, etc. The scanner software reads it all in and even adjusts crooked documents automatically (there are plenty of options in the settings menu to control this). By default, it will prompt you for the next page, to make it easy to feed in a multi-page document that is processed into one PDF file. A mouse click ends the scan session, or you can set it up to only accept one page at a time in the settings. Its great for scanning in those old photos; we have a bunch of old envelopes containing 24-36 photos (4x6) and we really want them digitized. I just feed them in, about 3 seconds per photo, and within a couple of minutes I have scanned an entire roll into a fairly compact PDF file. The only problem is that occasionally the software rotates a photo, and I dont know why; perhaps it thinks its helping you. Its possible to turn off the auto-rotate feature, although even then I had a problem with rotation; perhaps it was user error. I really got this for my wife, so that she could take these boxes of old flyers, letters, and documents and scan them all so we can finally recycle them. While she has yet to undertake this effort, the scanner has already proved its worth with the photos and receipts I have scanned. The scan software presents you with a default file name containing todays date and time (also configurable from settings) that is easily edited. I like to leave the date/time in the file name and add some descriptive text. Then the file is stored on our archival hard disk and backed up to the external disk, and we can retire that piece of paper. Its very handy for receipts, which seem to pile up on the desk at an alarming rate. Scan them, and bin them. If you need a receipt, print it again. One limitation this scanner has is a failure to work in Linux. I tried plugging it into my Linux PC, and while the system detected the device, it lacked the drivers to actually use it, and Fujitsu provides no Linux drivers. For most people, this is not an issue, so they can comfortably use it with Windows and, I believe, the Mac as well. Im getting a Brother scanner for my Linux machine, because it has Linux drivers. I would say, the only other limitation is that its not a duplex scanner, meaning it wont scan both sides of a page at once. That would be a sweet feature to have, and would save time when scanning a lot of documents, but its not a deal breaker. It scans so quickly that you can just flip the page and scan the back, 5 seconds and youre done. All in all, a well engineered device with good software that runs correctly in Win7 (I cant vouch for Win 8 or MacOS) and is just very simple and easy to use. Highly recommended.

I am a physician = pediatrician to be exact. My office is transitioning to Electronic Health Records and I needed to be the expert to show everyone how to do things. Thus I thought I d start with a little personal scannner since I saw such great reviews here. Basically I am in total agreement with everyones assessment. The set up was easy and painless. You put a disc in your computer to load the drivers for the scanner (making sure not to plug the scansnap scanner in yet!). Once the programs are loaded, you can watch a video demonstration on how to scan (nice touch!). To use, one simply plugs the scanner into a USB port. This also powers the scanner. When you open the feeder tray a blue light glows on the scanners button. You place your item to be scanned in the feeder tray = the scanner wakes up and gets ready to scan the document. Press the glowing blue button = your item scans and a scansnap tool shows you a preview of the scanned item. When finished with your scans you select finished scanning on the scansnap tool and it then directs you to multiple options. I use the scanner to transfer patient lab results into a temporary PDF file in my laptop. My EHR can then upload these files based on how I title them (by patient last_first name) directly into the EHR. I then erase my version of the files after every scan (it is stored permanently in the EHR in the patients chart). This little tool has allowed me to eliminate the huge stacks of paper that swamp me on my desk. I can now just scan my items to review into our EHR and go home early. I then go through my labs, xrays, etc... from home instead of staying in the office till 9 or 10 pm everyday! Anothr benefit I had not planned on was that I can now scan my favorite Pediatric Education Handouts in to a file on my computer. For example, when I see a baby that is a few months old, I always get questions about how and when and what foods to start. Now I just open my education file with all my scanned favorites and select American Academy of Pediatrics Handout on How to Start Solids = our office printer then can wirelessly print this handout for the parents to take home. I only print out information that the parents need or request = this saves alot of paper. It also saves me time because my informational handouts would be stored in a paper file somewhere and this was always a bit of a hassle to find. Now it is a part of my work flow. Love this little tool. I have also decided to get the larger version for my office staff and will be showing them how to scan everything so I no longer have to be tied to my desk for hours a day. I can clear my to do list from any where I have internet access.