ScanSnap S1500 Benefits

Compared to almost all other scanners, the ScanSnap S1500 makes the usual scanner tasks easier and much faster. Even if you are not particularly “tech savvy”, you can quickly learn to use this scanner to make paper copies, send documents as email attachments and scan and organize piles of papers.

Faster is so much better
One of the problems of many scanners is that they just take too long. Slow scanners are OK if you only have to scan one form to email to someone, or if you just want to keep a record of one receipt. But, what if you have a stack of receipts? Or, what if you need to scan your tax return or a business presentation?

That is what makes the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 head and shoulders above most other scanners. It is blazingly fast. It scans pages at 20 pages per minute- that is one page every 3 seconds! Not only that, but it scans both sides of each of those pages. With speed like that, you can really use this scanner to turn those paper files into digital ones.

No need to hand feed it one page at a time.
The S1500 also features advanced document handling which means that you can insert a stack of papers at once and they don’t have to even be the same size! Simply align the bottom edge of the pages (a sharp tap on the desktop will do it) and slip them in the scanner. Each page will be drawn into the scanner and scanned, while you do something else. You can set the scanner to name each page as a separate PDF file, or all together as one file in the case of a mulipage document. You can even set teh scanner to create a new PDF file after a certain number of pages, so that if you have a number of two page documents for example, each one will be created as one file. And you can set it in duplex mode so that it will be scanning the backs of those sheets as well.

Easy to setup and use
One of the reasons that many scanners are difficult to use is that you are required to make a lot of complicated decisions each time you want to scan something. You have to decide on technical things like input dpi, output dpi, page size, color or b&W, image quality and more. For most of us, this ends in a lot of trial and error before we get even one scan that is worth keeping.

But the ScanSnap is way different. Fujitsu has created a technology that they call Automatic Resolution and Intelligent Auto Color Detection. What this means is that the scanner automatically detects the type of document you are scanning and whether it is color or black and white. In most cases, you don’t have to change any settings. You just load in the pages and press the Scan button. And in no time flat, the scanner goes to work, scanning all your documents perfectly.

Instant Copies
One of the more common uses of a scanner is in making paper copies of a document. Some scanners make you go through several steps to accomplish this, but not the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500. It is designed to make this process quick and easy. Once you have the scanner plugged into the USB port on your computer and the software installed, you simply load the original and select the “scan to print” menu item. The scanner scans the image and a special print dialog box appears. You can select how many copies you want and make other choices before printing. If you have a color printer, you can even print color copies!

Quickly send a document by email
The Fujitsu S1500 provides a super easy way to send documents as attachments in an email. This is a very popular and useful task and one that can be complicated with many other scanners. Once you have your email application running, simply insert the documents in the ScanSnap and press the “scan” button. Once scanned, you then click on the “send to email” icon and an email message opens with the documents already attached and ready to send.

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