forum thread Posted by USMCR over 3 years ago
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forum thread Posted by USMCR over 3 years ago
Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1600 Versatile Cloud Enabled Document Scanner for Mac or PC, White on sale for $400 at Amazon - $399.99
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Not to derail, but if you're considering setting up a solid workflow and are comfortable with iOS:
- scanning app: Scanner Pro, ScannerLens+ (paid apps), Dropbox (free, native scan to PDF)
- PDF handling / OCR: PDF Expert, PDF Pen 6 (paid apps)
All in, $20-25 to match the functionality of a ScanSnap. These apps have various ways of hooking into each other and uploading to your preferred storage service or local hard drive. I'm sure there are equivalent apps in the Android ecosystem.
I'd really like to hear opinions of scanner owners that considered this alternative and went the other direction, fwiw
Not to derail, but if you're considering setting up a solid workflow and are comfortable with iOS:
- scanning app: Scanner Pro, ScannerLens+ (paid apps), Dropbox (free, native scan to PDF)
- PDF handling / OCR: PDF Expert, PDF Pen 6 (paid apps)
All in, $20-25 to match the functionality of a ScanSnap. These apps have various ways of hooking into each other and uploading to your preferred storage service or local hard drive. I'm sure there are equivalent apps in the Android ecosystem.
I'd really like to hear opinions of scanner owners that considered this alternative and went the other direction, fwiw
For personal home use, it is a HUGE time saver. I went with $220 for a used product but looking for something new with WIFI. That is either Fujitsu IX1600 or Epson Workforce ES-580W (both of which right at $400). It's the decent price at this point in time for 2021. Also, I do use iOS scanning feature and its great but its too slow for digitizing everything. Its great for a page here or there but not something I would sit around scanning dozens of pages. The scanner is better for clearing out tens of pages. The difference will be if you want to go paperless + how many scans you do. It is something that will help clear the house while giving you comfort esp if you are a paper hoarder.
For me, I think I would bite on IX1600 or Epson Workforce 580w if they go to $330 but as of yet they are new releases so cheapest would be $393 for Epson 580w.. you would have to wait a few years when they go out of fashion. Also these are DOCUMENT scanners so obviously you will not be able to scan pages from books. And you will also not be able to scan photos. These are for receipts and loose single pages.
They are amazing document scanners - they scan both sides of the page at the same time in rapid fire fashion. Seem to do a pretty passable job at OCR, and documents land on the computer fast over wifi or USB. ScanSnap Home software has had a few minor updates fixing bugs, scanner itself has had one firmware update. The Fujitsu scanner and software just kind of works - it isn't real fancy, but it's reliable. Fujitsu doesn't seem to roll out any new features to already released models, but their hardware and software feel mature and stable.
Got it to digitize 20 years of printed records my girlfriend had filed away. The Waiting for the Scanner of the process is by far the least painful part of the whole process.
The other similar price, competitive scanner is the Raven scanner - they seem to have a rapidly growing number of very similarly named models available. I got the impression that the higher model Raven scanners potentially have more capable hardware - but their software is in a constant Beta Test state. You'll have to decide for yourself if having a piece of hardware like a scanner download updates and restart weekly is a plus or a minus. I guess it's a plus if they're pushing out a feature you requested, but it feels a bit rushed for proper testing.
While researching to compare the Fujitsu ix1500 to the Raven Scanner I found multiple conflicting pieces of info on the Raven website about features. Consulted with Raven Customer Service about some of the vaguely phrased features only to find that as written they were technically correct, but also as written they were easily misunderstood and felt misleading. After the 2nd response from them that a feature that was alluded as existing on their website description might be added to the scanner in the future, I took a hard pass on the Raven and bought the Fujitsu instead.
What is the bundle? is it just acrobat pro dc and that only good for 1 year?
So no need to get bundle, if I refuse to pay a yearly fee?
Thanks
Note that my perspective is from an IT stand-point as someone who has to install/support them. I don't routinely scan with either but I have not gotten any complaints on Epson.
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Have to say was impressed. Did not know they could actually work this good and fast. Coming from using flat bed scanners for past 20 years.
I finally made the jump and to go all paperless. I actually ended up scanning over 20K individual documents. Over a few days.
Worked great.
Besides flat beds. I have not used any other to compare. But dont see how it could even be better.
To soon to see how reliable it is. But if it breaks, I now could not live without one.