The iX 1500 does photos well? Looks like the iX 1600 goes to 600 dpi, which might be good enough for photos. I’ve been scanning them at 1200.
What happened to Fujitsu? The scanner now put out by Ricoh. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’ve used ScanSnap IX500 since 2013. I’ve scanned 6 drawers of 4" x 6" illustration files and 7 drawers of file cabinets, in addition to frequent use for records and daily use. I’m happy.
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Ricoh bought Fujitsu’s ScanSnap product line (and others in the PFU Limited scanner division) in 2022, and rebranded them starting in 2023.
Katie
Another vote for the ScanSnap ix1600. I have ScanSnap Home configured with profiles (both simplex and duplex) that deliver scans directly to DevonThink. You can have as many profiles as you like, each with their own settings, and select them on the ix1600 screen prior to scanning. I also have additonal profiles that scan both simplex and duplex into the ScanSnap directory if I don’t need the scan in DevonThink. All works great with my M4 Mac Mini.
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Well my venerable ScanSnap S510M just died. Showing a hardware failure and nothing seems to get it back into working mode.
What’s the current best option now? Seems there are 3 very similar models available. iX1300 $280 , iX1400 at $330 and iX2500 at $420 Wondering about user experiences with these options now.
I know this is an old post but I wanted to see if anyone has any recommendations. I just upgraded to a ScanSnap ix2500 Receipt Edition. The scanner is very nice but the ScanSnap Home feels very clunky. Does anyone have any 3rd party software they can recommend to use with this?
I don’t have ScanSnap Home manage my scans – I only use the Scan window. Then I have a bunch of profiles customized for what I am doing. For instance, the default “Auto Scan” profile has Managing option “Scan to file” not to ScanSnap Home, and Application set to “Scan to Folder”. The destination folder is monitored by Hazel which renames and moves each document scanned to one of many destination folders on my server computer.
Since Auto Scan will take a stack of sheets as a single document, I’ve got another profile that will treat a stack of sheets as individual documents. I’ve got another profile that will put the scanned document PDF on the desktop rather than process by Hazel. Yet another profile just prints the scanned document – this turns the ScanSnap with my printer into a copier machine. Admittedly my printer is an All-In-One so can do it itself, but the ScanSnap is faster.
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I use DEVONthink to hold and manage my scans. My only use for ScanSnap Home is to set up a bunch of profiles that scan directly into the DEVONthink application. One profile does multiple simplex one-sheet scans, a second does one simplex multi-page scan, and then the same two profiles but for duplex scans. I use the screen to select the proper profile before I hit the scan button.
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Every single I get close to buying the ScanSnap ix2500 I ended up pausing and asking what do I really need to scan and how much paper needs to be scanned. I have a bin worth of paper that needs to be sorted. (taxes, deposited checks, bills, receipts, property tax statements, payroll stubs for several years)
I keep telling myself one of 2 directions
- buy the scanner, scan everything, storage is cheap, then decide what to delete/keep/glacier (although the storage hasn’t really aged well this year)
- don’t buy the scanner, sort out all the paper first from the bin…and then assess how much paper am I willing to scan via my phone. What if I only really need 10-20 pages to really be scanned. Do I want to spend hundreds of dollars on a few scans?
Ughhhhhh…decisions…options…
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We do choice (1). We have more than a decade of “stuff” scanned. But I scan with the phone for receipts when traveling. Once I got the ScanSnap and Hazel set up it’s easy and convenient. Only saves a few seconds each document, but it adds up over time. Cost has been about 2¢ a page to run the ScanSnap.
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Several years ago I bought a scansnap and scanned several boxes of ancient files. After that my need to scan documents dropped considerably and I eventually gave the scanner to my brother. Since then I’ve been scanning with my iPhone.
One thing you might try is using your iPhone with a program such as Simple Scan, and a frame to hold your phone in position.
Simple Scan will scan a document automatically when it recognizes one.
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When I went paperless in 2012 I scanned all the documents I had in my file cabinet - 2 banker boxes worth. I’ve added to it over the years and now have about 7,000 documents stored totaling 7gb of data. It will easily fit on a typical thumb drive. I keep the files in a hierarchical file structure that’s easy to navigate and Spotlight makes searches fairly easy. Nowadays I do less scanning because of electronic receipts. The simple file structure makes it easy to access from other devices like my iPad.