This is Day 1 in a 12 Post series: 12 Days Of Paperless Gifts. If you know someone who could use some help going paperless, or if you deserve to treat yourself, this is the place. If you don’t, feel free to ignore this series. Normal DocumentSnap posts will still be coming!
If you know someone that needs to go paperless, it all starts with a decent scanner.
All-in-Ones can (sometimes) do the job, but if your special someone has a lot of paper to dig through, or it comes in on a regular basis, they’ll really benefit from a real document scanner.
Part of the problem may be that the scanner that came with their All-in-One is just too slow and may only scan one side of a page at a time. Trying to tackle a stack of paper becomes more annoying, and clutter builds up.
The solution? A proper desktop document scanner. They’re designed to be fast and to rip through a stack of paper faster than a five year old with a wrapped present.
Here are a few options:
Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 & S1500M
- Who is it for?: Windows (S1500) and Mac (S1500M) users who want to go paperless quickly and easily. Individuals and businesses that have a lot of paper to scan.
- How fast is it?: 20 pages per minute, double sided.
- How much paper can it hold?: 50 pages.
- What software does it come with?:
ScanSnap Organizer (S1500)
Adobe Acrobat X Standard (S1500)
Adobe Acrobat 9 for Mac (S1500M)
ABBYY FineReader For ScanSnap (Both)
CardMinder (S1500)
CardIris (S1500M) - Where can I buy it?
S1500:
Amazon US,
Amazon Canada,
Amazon UK
S1500M:
Amazon US,
Amazon Canada,
Amazon UK
NeatDesk
- Who is it for?: Windows or Mac users who want to be able to scan and export receipts.
- How fast is it?: 24 pages per minute, double sided.
- How much paper can it hold?: 50 pages.
- What software does it come with?:
NeatWorks. - Where can I buy it?
Amazon For Windows, Amazon For Mac
Epson GT-S50
- Who is it for?: Windows or Mac users who need a TWAIN scanner or need to scan plastic cards.
- How fast is it?: 25 pages per minute, double sided.
- How much paper can it hold?: 75 pages.
- What software does it come with?:
Nuance PaperPort. - Where can I buy it?
Amazon
Note: If you buy any of these products using these links, you’ll be contributing to the DocumentSnap Festivus fund. Thanks!