Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 A4, Duplex Wi-Fi Scanner

I would definitely recommend buying this scanner to anyone who is eager to sort out their entire hard copy documentation at home in pursuit to release some serious space taken by statements, receipts, certificates and many more other documents that were collected over the years which we are just so cautious to dispose in case of possible future need to refer to them... With this very user friendly and yet so compactly designed piece of scanning equipment this task becomes a walk in the park.I am professionally using production scanners and software that requires licensing as well as deep knowledge of how to set up both to perform a data capture that nowadays companies are after. Fujitsu ScanSnap is hassle free, easy to install and ready to use as soon as taken out of the box.Crisp clear images scanned in a very intuitive manners, user ingerence is reduced to absolute minimum, you get outstanding results every time in no time as speed is also included in a package.Coupled with your own licence of Adobe Acrobat which opens another vast array of what you can do with all newly created PDF files.Huge library of support on board in a form of tutorials and manuals. Very useful and well thought over!Checked Wi-Fi scanning from smart devices (iPad & iPhone in my case) all works just beautifully, recently software was upgraded and now I put my USB cable in a drawer as scanning to PC is also done wirelessly. Great!It has got many of other useful features like scanning of business cards, scanning to different outputs to name just a few.Its size impressed me also as scanners which are able to scan fast, double sided and in colour tend to be rather big and heavier so hats off for developing scanner which looks so nit and quirky and is not taking up half of a desk space on on top of those produces top quality images. Small but mighty! That's how I describe my home scanning helper.I would also recommend to all scanning users, do yourself a favour and back up your electronic library of records to an external media. Trust me it's safer that way, remember you aiming at paperless home, but what if something goes wrong with your PC?All in all with my purchase of ScanSnap , could have not done better! Simple.

This scanner is awesome! Has made doing my accounts so much easier as it's a fun job feeding my paperwork through the machine - it scans so fast I can't keep up!The software it comes with is a bit heavy though, but does include the full version of Adobe Acrobat X Standard. The other software I don't really use, apart from ScanSnap Manager, but that is quite a large program.I can scan to my android mobile which means I don't have to have the scanner hooked up to the computer. Instead it sits out the way in another room. Being able to control the scanning using my mobile is excellent as I can not only start and stop scanning, but the documents download to my mobile as pdfs. I can then transfer them to my computer and process them further if needed and file away accordingly.A software update has allowed scanning via Wifi to a computer, but I don't find this as useful as scanning to my mobile as I can have my mobile right next to the scanner instead of having to walk back and forth between the computer and the scanner. However, this was certainly a welcome feature addition.Scanning is so fast I really wish I got this earlier instead of struggling with my HP multifunctional scan/print/fax machine, though I keep that in case I need to use the flatbed.I can scan all my receipts of any size, including thin receipts from supermarkets etc. I don't even have to set the guides up, though I do usually.The only weakness I can find is there is a slight tendency for paperwork to jam when trying to scan booklets. Of course I'm abusing it now as I'm trying to force it to take multiple pages as I'm too lazy to take the staples out or put it in the carrier. This is not the fault of the scanner is it specifically is designed to take one page at a time, though can be tricky to remove the jam.I tried scanning *a lot* of business cards using the ADF, but found this to be a bit unreliable as sometimes jams would occur when more than 1 business card was taken through the machine. This does not bother me though, as I didn't buy this to scan business cards, just my receipts and it does that very well.It is expensive, however it's worth it as as soon as you use it you'll be pleased.I very highly recommend getting this if you need to use a scanner.