Looks like the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 is in the wild and the first user reviews are starting to show up. Fujitsu sent Sam Glover over at Lawyerist a S1500 and he has done a great review of it, including a comparison of his old S500 with the new S1500. Like I said in the video […]
Continue readingIn the past I have posted about how to use Japanese ScanSnap drivers, and have posted that the new Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 and S1500M will be cross-platform, but what if you don’t want to mess around with foreign drivers or have an older ScanSnap scanner? if you have access to a Windows XP CD, there […]
Continue readingReader T. Joseph Carter wrote in the following question about using a MacBook Air (with only 1 USB port) and a ScanSnap S300M. I’m considering a ScanSnap S300M to carry with me–but the laptop I carry is the MacBook Air, which has just one USB port. It’s much higher power than the average USB port […]
Continue readingUpdate: It now looks like the ScanSnap S1500 and S1500M are now on Amazon! As you may have seen, Fujitsu posted a press release yesterday saying that the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 (for PC) and ScanSnap S1500M (for Mac) are now released. My main question was – will they be cross-platform like most USB devices? In […]
Continue readingThe whole scanner-replacing-fax idea is certainly nothing new, but I enjoyed this article in Esquire by Barry Sonnenfeld, who is a TV producer and the director of Men In Black. Instead of relying on faxes, he can now “efficiently harass writers from anywhere, at any time”: My method of working is to scribble thoughts on […]
Continue readingMany people have heard of the portable document scanner called NeatReceipts. NeatReceipts comes with a piece of scanning software called NeatWorks. What happens if you want to use the NeatWorks software but don’t need the scanner part? Will NeatWorks play nicely with the Fujitsu ScanSnap? If you have the newest version of NeatWorks, it will. […]
Continue readingPreviously I mentioned that Fujitsu unveiled the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M at Macworld. What I didn’t mention is that at the same time, they unveiled the ScanSnap S1500 for Windows at CES at the same time. Here are some of the features that I have found out about so far: Detection when two sheets are picked […]
Continue readingRecently I’ve been asked quite a bit how to use Evernote with the Fujitsu ScanSnap. It’s a great combination and quite easy. Here’s a video that runs you through the processs. The video shows the Mac version, but Windows will be the same concept. In a nutshell, here is what you do. In this example […]
Continue readingFujitsu has announced that they will be unveiling a new ScanSnap at MacWorld. It will be available to the public in Spring 2009 but they’ll be demoing it at their booth at the show from Jan 6-9. Who says there will be nothing exciting at MacWorld with His Steveness not there? Here is the info […]
Continue readingOften when there is a review or article about the Fujitsu ScanSnap, there are commenters saying that they already have a multifunction all-in-one or flatbed scanner, so why would they need to pay for something that just scans? I’ve decided to outline some of the pros and cons of each. Multifunction All-In-One/Flatbed Often cheaper – […]
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