#1:ScanSnap iX100 Wireless Mobile Portable Scanner for Mac or PC, Black
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Wow! Works amazingly when I stopped overthinking. Just buy it!
I almost returned this because I was making the process harder than it needs to be. I kept trying to use the app to scan to a cloud, but once you use the app to set up where to send the scans to and the wifi/bluetooth, you no longer need to use the app.
Just open the bottom to turn on, wait until the wifi light is solid. (I have seen both blue and purple, but both work and I don't know what each color means.) Insert your 1st item to scan, and press the scan button. If other pages are needed, just individually feed them through. When you are done with the last page, then press the scan button again.
Within a few seconds, my scans are available on Google Drive. I tried to scan receipts, andthere was no issue, I did not even have to adjust anything for paper size. I am buying 2 more for my techs. They keep losing receipts.
ScanSnap iX100 WiFI enabled portable scanner
A few years ago I received a desktop ScanSnap S1500 at work and was blown away by its speed and versatility. No more trekking to a large workgroup Copier/Scanner/Printer to capture documents. No more being constrained by the "black & white only" limitation on our workgroup devices which made it difficult to capture color images. I was so impressed with software and the device itself that I bought its smaller cousin, the ScanSnap S1100, for home use. After three years of heavy use, I discovered that it had a failed pixel. While that would have been just a minor annoyance scanning text documents, it was a major problem scanning pictures. Since the cost of repairing the now out of warranty unit would likely have exceeded $100, I decided to replace it with the newest version of the s1100, the iX100.
This unit is a functional twin to its older cousin but with added WiFI capability. Using a smartphone app, you can scan directly to your phone. If you are at home with a WiFI network running, the smartphone and scanner can communicate through the router. If you're not at home, the scanner can flip roles and function as a WiFI source to which your smartphone can connect directly. Also, your home-based desktop or laptop computers can connect via USB to the scanner or you can set up a WiFI connection through your home router to your home computers although only one of your home computers can be paired to use the WiFI connection at a time. You need to use the ScanSnap Wireless setup tool to select a different home computer to connect wirelessly to the scanner. You can use the USB interface on any of your computers without having to reconfigure any settings. The fact that you can only use WiFI between the scanner and one of your home computers at a time has been noted as a deficiency. I, too, thought that was a problem however upon thinking it through, I realized that it's a necessary constraint. Consider that if you had more than one PC wirelessly connecting to the scanner how would the multiple instances of the ScanSnap manager software know to which PC you actually wanted to scan a document?
Unlike its big brother, the iX100 doesn't feed thru an automatic feeder, but the device makes handling multi-page documents quite easy. Just insert the first page and touch the blue button. The page will scan and the device will wait for you to insert the next page (or flip side of the first page). As soon as it detects the paper in the feeder, it will be scanned. When you've scanned the last page, just touch the blue button again to tell the system you've completed the scanning. The scanned document will be processed according to the settings you chose. While it doesn't do full duplexing like its big brother, it's quite easy (a Snap??) to just flip a page over to scan the second side.
The device will scan at your choice of four different resolutions:
Normal (Color/Gray: 150 DPI, B&W: 300 DPI)
Better (Color/Gray: 200 DPI, B&W: 400 DPI)
Best (Color/Gray: 300 DPI, B&W: 600 DPI)
And at a slower speed (ideal for high quality capture of color pictures, etc)
Excellent: (Color/Gray: 600 DPI, B&W: 1200 DPI)
When you use it, the ScanSnap manager gives you several choices of what to do with a scan. You can Scan to a PDF in a folder, email, print, JPG, OCRd PDF, Power Point, Excel, Word, Sharepoint, Card or Receipt minder and several cloud-based destinations. You can customize each option to specify a location to store files, resolution, etc. You can even create custom items to scan documents into a specific application of your choosing. If you're scanning multiple JPG files, each scan will become a seperate file. Saved files are named with a long time stamp (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS) or you can specify your own default file name prefix (letting the software add a serial number after your file name).
If you scan to any of the Office suite editors (Word, PowerPoint, etc.) the document will retain the original fonts and formatting! The Card Minder application will automatically capture metadata from a business card which can then be exported to your contact list.
While it's not included, both soft or hard cases are available for the scanner. If you'll be travelling with the it, I'd suggest getting this case, too.
The iX100 is powered by an internal lithium-ion battery which is recharged through the single USB connection. No worrying about a seperate power brick to lug around. It's small enough that I can leave it plugged in all the time and just drop it behind my computer when I'm not using it or put it in front of my keyboard to scan. All in all, a very impressive device!!
top notch, versatile wireless mobile scanner
I have a Fujitsu ix500 scanner attached to my desktop computer at home which is the finest scanner I've ever used. I needed a portable scanner, though, for use with my laptop computer while working out-of-state. I did not hesitate to order this Fujitsu ScanSnap ix100 wireless mobile scanner for that purpose.
The scanner arrives boxed securely and includes installation software and a USB cable. The scanner is surprisingly small and powered by a lithium ion battery that is recharged via USB. No AC adapter is provided, so you will either need to charge it on your computer or use a 3rd party AC adapter for USB charging (I simply use the one I use for my iPad and iPhone). The battery should be fully charged before using the scanner, so I just charged it up overnight and was ready to go.
The installation software gives you the option to install off the included disc or download the latest version. I opted to download the latest version, which is a very large download and takes quite a while to download and install even with fast broadband wi-fi. Additional software for OCR scanning and interface with various services like Dropbox and Evernote is also available to download for free from Fujitsu during installation. I had no difficulty downloading and installing all of the software on my HP Pavillion laptop running Windows 10, and the scanner was quickly ready to go.
To turn on the scanner you simply pull down the front cover and open the lid. A blue lighted button off to the right shows you the scanner is powered and ready to go. You simply put your document or receipt in the scanner slot and press the blue button. Scanning is very fast. A dialog box opens to give you the option to scan additional pages or to finish the scan. The software can be configured to automatically scan to a specified folder or to an application like Word or Excel. The scanner does not perform duplex scanning (you will have to flip and scan two-sided documents) but can scan two receipts side by side simultaneously. There is software provided to organize receipts, but I find it cumbersome and awkward to use and prefer to use the ScanSnap organizer instead. Unlike the Fujitsu ix500 scanner, there is no carrier sheet provided to scan photos or jagged documents (it can be purchased separately from Fujitsu if needed).
The coolest feature of this scanner, for me anyway, is the ability to wirelessly scan a document directly into an iPad or iPhone. Just download and install the ScanSnap app from the App Store. When you run the app it will detect the scanner and allow you to control the scanner with the app. The app is somewhat awkward to use and really needs to be improved (you have to go through several steps before scanning to assign a name for your file and change it every time you want to scan another document), but it is still enormously handy to scan something into a mobile device.
In summary, the Fujitsu ix100 is a great wireless mobile scanner that is very fast and versatile. Yes, it costs more than other similar wireless scanners, but it is worth the higher cost.
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