Fujitsu ScanSnap

2017: Sales exceeded 4 million devices

On January 24, 2017 the PFU Imaging Solutions Europe Limited company announced more than 4 million Fujitsu Scan Snap scanners sale.

ScanSnap, the solution for private use, idle time in installation and management, locates the fantastic opportunities and new options which are constantly added. Mike Nelson, vice president of PFU (EMEA) Limited

2014: Sales exceeded 3 million devices

To summer of 2014 world sales of scanners of the Fujitsu ScanSnap series exceeded three million devices, having designated the next boundary in the history of success of this line of personal scanners of documents. The first two million ScanSnap scanners were sold during the period between July, 2001 and June, 2012 then the Fujitsu company reached a point of three million less than in two years. It does ScanSnap second on marketability by a series of scanners after a series of the professional Fujitsu fi scanners intended for document management.

The first ScanSnap device was provided by Fujitsu subsidiary company in July, 2001. Since then PFU pleased with the products many clients worldwide, and total sales overcame a boundary of one million devices in December, 2009, two million — at the end of July, 2012 and three million — at the end of April, 2014.

Fujitsu ScanSnap SV600

Fujitsu represents ScanSnap SV600 — the contactless scanner in Fujitsu ScanSnap line. To scan the document, it is enough to user to put of it on a table. The scanner allows to digitize different objects, including the filed or fastened documents up to A3 format (for example, notepads, newspapers, directories, business cards and books with fragile pages) and also three-dimensional objects up to 3 cm thick.

Moreover, the scanner is capable to create high-quality images of objects with a curvilinear surface. In the ScanSnap SV600 model the intuitive management using one button which became distinctive feature of all ScanSnap series is brought to new level. Function of continuous scanning allows ScanSnap SV600 to create automatically the next digital image at a page revolution. Thanks to the new device objects can be scanned almost instantly. Everything that is required from the user, is to put documents on a rug (is included in a basic equipment) and to click scanning start. In only a few seconds the digital document with which it is possible to work on any computer with Windows and Mac, in a cloud service and also on the smartphone or the tablet will be created.

The Multi-Document Detection mode allows the device to scan several documents or objects at the same time. And it is optional to decompose such documents or objects on a rug in a certain order: upon completion of scanning the device will automatically align documents and will separate them from each other.

Create own e-books or newspapers using Rack2-Filer Smart

ScanSnap SV600 quickly and qualitatively scans notepads, newspapers and others, the filed or fastened documents of different formats, up to A3. As originals lie the scanned party up (and not down as in flat bed scanners or photocopiers), users see the document in the course of scanning and can prevent its sminaniye, an excess and page overlapping in time. Now the quality of scanning can be made even better thanks to two functions intended especially for digitization of the filed originals and magazines:

• Book Image Correction automatically eliminates all distortions arising during scanning of the open book or the magazine.
• Page Turning Detection provides continuity and efficiency of process of scanning. If the user turns on this function, scanning will be continued automatically after turning of each page.

The new feature "Simple creation of books" (Easy Book Creation) in the Rack2-Filer Smart application allows to save the scanned pages in the form of the e-book or the magazine. The library of the Rack2-Filer application can be placed in Dropbox service or in the local area network that colleagues and business partners could in any time, convenient for them, to study documents.

Workmates — ScanSnap SV600 and ScanSnap iX500

ScanSnap SV600 and ScanSnap iX500 is an ideal option if you want to combine effective automatic cutsheet scanning of documents with contactless scanning. The user can connect both scanners of Fujitsu to one Windows or Mac computer and scan documents using these devices, saving result in one file. At the same time afterwards it should not connect documents.

The Fujitsu ScanSnap SV600 scanner is compatible as to Windows OS, and Mac OS. Only software for Windows is included in a basic equipment of the device; Software for Mac OS is offered to be loaded from the Internet: it is made in order that on the computer without DVD driver it was possible to begin work in the shortest possible time. The Fujitsu ScanSnap SV600 scanner can be purchased at resellers of Fujitsu since September 2, 2013. The recommended retail price — 580 English pounds sterling (699 euros, 908 US dollars) plus the VAT.

Fujitsu ScanSnap iX100

The Fujitsu company provided in October, 2014 ScanSnap iX100 — the mobile page scanner of A4 format with an original broach, support of Wi-fi and also opportunities of direct work with mobile platforms and with "cloud" services. The device is niche, focused on the employees working in the field of a mobile commerce. Owing to the known reasons a phrase "mobile commerce" perceive in the annex to solutions for purchase something from gadgets today, but the concept is much wider. Hundreds of thousands of mobile professionals — traveling "sales", merchandisers, insurance agents, forwarding agents, etc. concern to it — which happens it is necessary to work with documents "in field conditions" for which daily work innovation of Fujitsu will be convenient.

iX100 weighs only 400 gr together with the built-in rechargeable battery, processes the page in 5.2 seconds, receiving the color scan with the resolution up to 300 dpi which can send on wi - fi - the channel to computers running Windows, the tablets and smartphones working under iOS or Android and also as now it is fashionable, directly to cloud services (certainly, in the presence of Internet access through Wi-Fi). According to the statement of the producer, one battery power is enough for processing and sending 260 pages of A4 format. It is interesting that the scanner allows to process sheet documents A3 format, only they need to be turned in half and to pass consistently via the scanner, and the software will allow "stick together" the received separate scans in the uniform file. The recommended price of ScanSnap iX100 is three hundred dollars.

It is a little solution for mobile professionals, they are let out by not all companies. The broad spectrum of mobile scanners represents, for example, Brothers. There are such solutions in the offer of Mustek (iScan Air), Xerox (Mobile Scanner A4) and Hewlett-Packard (ScanJet of 1000 Professional). As an alternative for such mobile scanners with a possibility of independent operation the mobile multi-function printer capable to work from the built-in accumulators can serve, but it is even less such solutions. With a possibility of independent operation it is possible to give NR OfficeJet 150 all-in-one which, of course, has big functionality as an example of the mobile MFP — except scanning it can print also copying of documents, certainly, in color — but is almost twice more expensive and weighs in eight times more (2.9 kg).

If use profile in a standalone mode assumes traditional use in a tandem with the computer, without wireless-data transmission on tablets and smartphones, or in "clouds", then the portable scanners receiving a power supply through USB can serve as an alternative (in that case the autonomy of operation of the device is provided by the notebook battery). But in the market it is even less such devices, than scanners with own batteries. We will give Canon P-215 and Plustek MobileOffice AD450 as an example of portable scanners.

Portable and mobile scanners are the products focused on a corporate segment — they are balanced for work with office documents and not in the best way are suitable for scanning of a photo that to very important home users. Let's notice what told belongs also to other equipment focused on the corporate user both mobile, and stationary — to printers, the MFP, etc. The exception is made only by notebooks which corporate models, despite the lack of video accelerators, have success with some private users. At the same time users are ready to pay for the technological solutions unnecessary them ensuring functioning, security and controllability of the computer as a part of a corporate information system if receive the high performance, the increased resource of work and some other "counters" optimizing the notebook for povsedenvny active work (for example, the opaque screen). But also to these computers private users the periphery purchase "house".

Respectively, will correctly advance such scanners on the channels focused on sales to business customers, but not through traditional retail. Sometimes customers will be needs a possibility of independent operation, but they will be sometimes attracted also by the compactness allowing the office worker it is easy to place such scanner on a desktop for use in the personal mode. Let's notice that in the mode of stationary use such scanners are relevant to not only SOHO users, but also some employees of large corporations, it is more convenient to them to have the compact personal scanner on a desktop, than to run several times a day with documents through all office to the corporate network scanner or the MFP. Often such users purchase the periphery for work in a private order, but not so there is a lot of them to keep iX-100 and its competitors on a shelve in retail. Especially as the staff of corporations is rather qualified to find goods necessary to them in the offer of business solutions.

Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500

The main advantage of new model – considerable reduction of time which the user spends on scanning. Thanks to usability and compatibility with different devices and the software ScanSnap iX500 allows to digitize large volumes of paper documents quickly. The supported scanning speed in the bilateral mode – 25 A4 pages a minute. Using the powerful built-in processor the device independently processes and improves quality of images. The user can send the document to the PC via high-speed USB interface 3.0 or on Wi-Fi on the smartphone or the tablet. Scanning in cloud environments is also possible (Evernote, Dropbox, Google Docs, etc.).

Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100

The ScanSnap S1100 scanner is compact portable model of Fujitsu offered by the company at exclusively beneficial price. The new ultracompact mobile scanner equipped with USB port transfers by clicking only of one button printing, graphic or hand-written documents to the PC or Mac and supports using the integrated interface direct access to Google Docs, Evernote and to others "cloud" to applications.

The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100 scanner considerably simplifies document management in the desktop editorial systems of users, in popular offsite-applications or in that and another at the same time. At any time and in any place access to documents is guaranteed to the user or other persons irrespective of the fact which they use devices – PC, Mac, iPhone/iPad, Blackberry, Windows or androidny smartphones. ScanSnap S1100 does mobile well thought over system of intuitive scanning which personified all advantages of family of the ScanSnap scanners. Scanning of documents is performed easily and simply: put the document in the scanner, press only one button, select purpose – and the document is already scanned and sent! Intellectual functions of the ScanSnap software package (is included in the standard delivery) provide generation of a continuous electronic flow of the browsed PDF files, the scanned images, messages for e-mail or a contact information and also the edited Microsoft Office files for Word applications, Excel and PowerPoint. The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100 device scans with a speed up to eight A4 pages a minute. In the continuous line duty the scanner without problems copes with imprinted plastic cards, admissions, business cards or documents of A3 format.

Intellectual functions increase performance

The new portable document scanner of Fujitsu draws to itself attention of those who intend to use without any compromises in quality and functionality in mobile conditions all wide range of the functional advantages characteristic of settings of modern office systems. The new ultracompact portable scanner is an optimal solution for freelancers, the staff of sales offices and exit services and also for scanning and data transmission during negotiations and conferences, in hotel or at home. Numerous intellectual functions of the scanner guarantee its idle time and easy service, good functionality and provide a reliable communication with numerous data warehouses, an online service and local applications:

• Function of indexation simplifies and accelerates process of creation of the browsed PDF files. The words or phrases selected in the document are transformed to a search key word.
• Function of automatic alignment and cutting on a format provides a bringing of the scanned image to the actual size of a format of the sheet and carries out adjustment of the warped or inverted documents.
• Control function by data of business cards: with the help of programs of CardMinder for Windows or Cardiris for Mac OS (the standard delivery) the device scans information from business cards in electronic address reference books or exports it to management systems for a contact information (CRM).
• Function of line scanning of documents (CDF) guarantees scanning in the unceasing mode to eight pages of A4 format a minute (7.5 seconds on one page). The device processes one page for another, without requiring carrying out any additional steps or difficult procedures. The intellectual software of ScanSnap automatically combines the scanned sheets in the multipage file taking into account their correct sequence.
• Unique performance: a one click of the button the ABBYY FineReader program for scanners of a line ScanSnap will transform the scanned documents to the edited Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.

Optimal mobility

The compact ScanSnap S1100 scanner guarantees fast scanning of documents at a round table of a conference room, at the stand of customer service and provides reliable service of information to colleagues from the train or the airplane. Well thought over construction of the scanner with two folding covers creates optimal conditions for exact direct submission of the scanned document and its automatic upturning at double-sided scanning. In the closed cover status well protect the scanner during transportation.

Being en route, users should not spend time for search of the feed cable or the suitable adapter. The ScanSnap S1100 scanner is equipped by all necessary – it is only necessary to have near at hand the USB cable. The smallest and easiest scanner of the Fujitsu ScanSnap family weighs only 350 grams and has dimensions 273 x 47 x 34 mm that allows to place without problems it in any bag for the notebook.

The specification, the price and terms of receipt in sale

The standard delivery of the S1100 scanner represents the mobile complete solution which contains all necessary for providing optimal conditions of work: the scanner, the USB cable, a software package which included the programs ScanSnap Manager, ABBYY FineReader, Evernote, CardMinder, scanning Microsoft SharePoint and OfficeLive, Cardiris for users the Mac OS operating system. The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100 scanner can be purchased in shops of specialized trade at the recommended retail price of 163 euros of/135 English pounds sterling of/211 US dollars (excluding VAT) already now.