ScanSnap S510M Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner

It does its job. Really fast. Scan well on color pages but not black and white pictures. There were several pictures from a fashion magazine I wanted to keep so I scanned it in and it turn out really bad. The scan looked like pencil sketchings and you cannot see any color gradation at all (basically black and white...no greys). I gave it 3 stars cos its good overall if you dont need to scan black and white pictures. Plus I think its a bit expensive for a pretty basic function.

I bought this so I could send faxes from home. I know, you can get fax machines for much less, but I didnt want to mess with shared lines or installing a separate line. The image quality on scanned sheets is great, it automatically saves the file as a pdf and it integrated perfectly with my MacBook Pro. The files work fine with my online fax service and the pdf format makes file handling simple for emails, file sharing, etc. Its a little challenging to get the paper to feed straight for the scan (especially a multi-page scan), but thats the only (minor) issue Ive had with this unit.

I have owned this scanner since November 2007. It just works. I mainly use this scanner to scan receipts for expense reports. It handles receipts of all sizes easily. I do not find the inclusion of adobe acrobat helpful. You can scan to email, print, preview, or file. With OS X Leopard and quick view scanning to file is easy. You can also scan to Chronos SOHO, iphoto, or pdfPen. I really dont need or use acrobat. My favorite application to scan directly into is ReceiptWallet. This allows you to scan a receipt into pdf format and automatically link this receipt to a spreadsheet and calculate totals, categorize, date and describe transactions. This makes submitting receipts to work very easy. Overall one of my most helpful purchases

This is a really nicely made product. The white color complements my Mac and I had no trouble setting it up out of the box and getting it running in about 10 minutes. It is quiet, very fast and had only about one or two misfeeds in three or four hundred pages of documents. Scan quality on the slowest setting is superb and excellent on all others. It is happiest with about 25 pages in the feeder but will go up to 50. The software interface could be better or faster in use but gets the job done and offers you enough options to be flexible and useful in naming scans and so on. The inclusion of the Acrobat Pro software is a nice bonus. Also the covers can fold top and bottom to enclose the unit when not in use which helps to keep dust out. I turned a four drawer chest of papers into a 4GB thumb drive with this baby! I would have given it 4.5 stars if possible - the only ding is the software (at least for Mac). Highly recommended!

If you have Snow Leopard, or planning to upgrade dont buy this scanner. It was great until I upgraded to Snow Leopard now its just a paper weight. I cant use it until they come out with an update to fix it. Fujitsu says it could be until the end of December before I could use it again. Hopefully its fix before tax time because that was the reason I bought this thing.

This machine is a pretty good solution for Mac users whose desks (and sometimes floor) have gotten lost under towering stacks of paper. Scanning really is more snappy with the automatic paper/document feeder, one-button scanning and Fujitsus ScanSnap software that allows you to adjust controls for: - quality (normal=fast, better=faster, best=slow, excellent=slower) p.s. best is not actually the best. - color mode (auto-detect, color, black and white) - which sides you scan (duplex, single-sided -- if you choose duplex, it automatically deletes blank pages) Although scanning with this machine is normally a smooth process, paper jams do happen. The likelihood of a paper jam obviously depends on the documents paper quality. Clean and uncreased documents go through most smoothly. With these documents, you can practically walk away worry-free and come back when the scanning is done. For documents that have been stacked tightly together for some time, I do have to watch out for two sheets feeding through at the same time. For documents that tend to stick to each other, I have to smooth out dog ears and creases as best I can, cut off corners that have been stapled (not just use a staple remover), feed singly and/or watch over the scanner to clear any jams that reoccur. Clearing paper jams is extremely simple: use the grey latch (above the scan and power buttons) to swing open the front part of the machine, and pull out any paper. Other perks: The inclusion of Adobe Acrobat Professional helps justify the pricetag. The small size (and lack of bulk) makes it easy to carry or store. Downside: Besides the price, PC users cannot use this model of ScanSnap. Im not sure why Fujitsu has to have two separate models for Mac vs. PC users.

This product is a dream. I read all the reviews on this site before I made my purchase. I was interested to see if the features and benefits would stack up to my expectations. Wow! This is the best electronic device I have purchased in years. A flatbed scanner is painfully slow campared to this. If you have a ton of papers that need to be scanned you will be amazed at how neat this device is. It arrived in a nice big box. I took it out and installed all the software on my Apple Laptop running Leopard. Installing the software took less than 10 minutes. I connected the device to my laptop through a USB hub and started scanning. It was flawless. As fast as stated, all the features worked, I really enjoy it. I am now cleaning out all my old files and am excited to get rid of all the paper in my office. I am also considering adding an online backup from Amazon to cover myself. I love this thing.

after seeing the scansnap in action on a website, i must have spent a good months several pouring over the 10+ odd reviews on amazon for all the pros and cons. the possibility of going paperless was almost more than my inner productivity nerd could handle. so is it worth it? * initial impressions: i distinctly remember my impression the first time steve jobs demoed the iphone. o @#*$@#*$. watching the scansnap slurp in a stack of papers and output them instantly in pdf form produced a similar reaction. so FREAKING FAST. * as other readers have expressed, the ocr is slow. if you dont need to ocr everything you scan, youll be good. at this point, ive just decided that some things dont need ocr. * i heavily debated waiting for the upcoming s300m but ultimately decided to go in for the s510m. the dealbreaker was that the s300m does NOT come with adobe acrobat professional. in my opinion, this TOTALLY makes it the s510m worth it. the ability to optimize / compress / combine / split / adjust your pdfs is very very nice. * make sure to visit the fujitsu site for a $[...] manufacturers rebate. see the discussions on the amazon product page for the s510m more information. * this does photos, but my photo friend told me that the good quality 600dpi is going to give you fuzzy photos. i would imagine if youre not big on exact replication of your photos, youll be fine. in my experience with images + text, no problems. * document clarity is excellent as others have indicated. you can set it up to scan one side (simplex) by default, two sides (duplex), or auto-detect. and yes, it is stupid fast. * my only gripe is that there isnt a save as option right after you scan a document. you have to manually rename in finder. * you know things are different when you start conniving things that might need to be scanned so you can shred / throw them away. bye bye stacks of paper. the speed and ease of scanning is a game changer. there you have it. good stuff!

UPDATED on February 22, 2013: This little scanner is still going strong (as is my 2008 iMac). Its gotten a little cranky about the paper feed sometimes, but Ive just read a suggestion to clean the rollers and vacuum out dust, so Ill try that. Other than the occasional feed-through of multiple pages at once, its still an elegant and reliable - and FAST - scanner. It sits on my desk next to the iMac and its a matter of a few seconds to flip it open and start scanning documents. Someday I may upgrade to a newer version but for now Im happy with this one after nearly 5 years. By the way, Ive upgraded my iMacs OS over the years. Its now at Mountain Lion, and the scanner has worked well with all the OS versions. --------------------------------------------- Original review: Ive owned and used a

This thing is simply amazing. It is the fastest scanner. I cant begin to say how great this is. I have scanned now over 7 thousand pages of files and pictures. The only time you will get a feed failure is if your paper is really old. I had a few when I ran some 15 year old stuff that had been in storage. In that case you just feed a few one at a time and since it only takes one second per page it would still be the fastest scanner you ever used even if it came with no doc feeder. I was sceptical about pictures but when i compared them to my cannon 600 scanner the Fujitsu won hands down. Cannon has been retired. Had some friends over and saw it. They got upset because in their business they have the big honkin HP $2000 scanners and could not believe the quality for being so small and cheap. They too were sold and said they would be purchasing these in the futre. This has helped me get rid of 3 huge bins of files and I can now find them easily on my hard drive. Comes with full Adobe Pro and is awesome. See the pictures I have added for size. Update:Feb 4, 2009. Still going strong and still love this thing. Update: May 5, 2014 Still Working Well