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Post your comments for Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100 here

[Peteryur]

I own 3 scanners. A Canon cheap flatbed scanner that works great for photo scanning. A Fujitsu multipage duplex portable that I keep on my desktop for multiple page duplex (duh!) scanning. Works great for that. I bought the Fujitsu S1100 several weeks ago to use for quick scanning of receipts, credit card slips and quick scanning of individual pages. The important thing is that each scanner has its purpose, and the latter works great for the needs it fulfills. It's also a permanent resident alongside my Macbook Pro in my backpack. It has no weight, easy to connect and a snap (no pun intended) to use. The only negative? Go find a case for it.

[alterbentzion]

If it isn't TWAIN compliant, will it play nice with software like photo editors, databases, etc.?

[rlav]

This looks interesting as a second, portable SnapScan, but what I'm really interested in is a new general-purpose ScanSnap. The S1500 seems to have been around forever, and I've been hoping for something even better. Does Fujitsu have any real competition in this space?

BTW, in the final sentence, you have "mulit-page" instead of "multi-page".

[metonyme]

I can see how this could be useful for some purposes. However I can't imagine carrying even a SnapScan with me everywhere I go, so when I need to capture a page in a hurry it is easier just use my 5 megapixel phone camera since, if I use it take a 1920 x 2560 snapshot of an 8.5 x 11 inch or A4 (8.27 x 11.7 inch) letter-sized page, I still get something like 225 dpi. Which might seem like a throwback to the days of Pong on the Atari 2600 by comparison, but doesn't actually look that bad since it's a 24-bit color image. In fact sometimes it looks better than the 600 dpi b&w scans i get from my Samsung SCX-4600 printer/scanner/copier.

[swissfondue]

I don't see the value of a mobile document scanner if doesn't do duplex scanning. The reason for having a document scanner is to scan documents fast. Many documents are printed double-sided today.

Therefore I bought and am very happy with the next model up, the Fujitsu SnapScan S1300.

[Peteryur]

metonyme, on 22 February 2011 - 07:02 PM, said:

I can see how this could be useful for some purposes. However I can't imagine carrying even a SnapScan with me everywhere I go, so when I need to capture a page in a hurry it is easier just use my 5 megapixel phone camera since, if I use it take a 1920 x 2560 snapshot of an 8.5 x 11 inch or A4 (8.27 x 11.7 inch) letter-sized page, I still get something like 225 dpi. Which might seem like a throwback to the days of Pong on the Atari 2600 by comparison, but doesn't actually look that bad since it's a 24-bit color image. In fact sometimes it looks better than the 600 dpi b&w scans i get from my Samsung SCX-4600 printer/scanner/copier.

That's true, but then you'll need a camera connection to the computer to get the file transferred. The scanner connects quickly, and saves the file as a pdf, which can then be opened immediately, and edited easily. I guess the way you do it depends on your needs.

[spinoza2]

" Does Fujitsu have any real competition in this space?"

Yes, many consider the Epson Workforce GT-S50 at least an equal to the ScanSnap, if not even better. As a full TWAIN scanner, it is more flexible and open than the ScanSnap, which really only works with its own software.

"That's true, but then you'll need a camera connection to the computer to get the file transferred."

Not really. I use an Eye-Fi card with my camera, which wirelessly sends the images to my MacBook Air. This setup works quickly and smoothly for mobile scanning in libraries and other office environments. The ABBYY OCR software also does a decent job with photographed images of pages.