Combine multiple pages into one searchable PDF.automatic removal of translucent backsides (background pattern).Automatic cropping and rotating of templates that contain, among other things, text by which the alignment can be recognized.automatic color recognition and scanning in black and white or in color.automatic text recognition (OCR software ABBYY Finereader) and generation of searchable PDFs with the help of text recognition.
Duplex scanning (scanning of sheets with front and back printing).Speed: 25 pages or 50 images per minute.
I think there is hardly a device that can hold a candle to it in terms of price-performance ratio, especially if you are looking for a solution that also runs under Mac OS X (for me under Mavericks). For this reason, it was also the first choice for me when buying a document scanner. I got the ScanSnap iX500 a long time ago times introduced. They were able to solve my issue once we discovered what the issue was, and from that point forward, my review unit performed flawlessly.Sir Apfelot recommendation: Clean up your Mac hard drive with CleanMyMac Unbeaten good: the ScanSnap iX500 document scanner for the Mac Fujitsu reported that only a small handful of people have complained to them about the problem, and users should contact them for a fix. After going through two machines, we discovered my household is one of those rare places. It seems, and Fujitsu is aware of the problem, that certain places (houses, offices, etc.) experience some kind of radio interference that confuses the iX500’s ultrasonic sensor, causing the machine to throw errors whenever scans are initiated. I should also mention a quirk I experienced with my unit one that rendered my first iX500 unusable without disabling the machine’s ultrasonic sensor. Poof! Scanned documents are sent to any iDevice running Fujitsu’s free ScanSnap iOS app, and can then be emailed, sent to Dropbox, or moved on elsewhere. Scanning to an iOS device, however, is as easy as opening the scanner from its closed position, entering a document, then clicking scan. This means, if you want to use the iX500 with your Mac, it needs to be plugged in via USB. That was a point of frustration for me, and one I’ve heard echoed from users who have reviewed the unit online. Those Wi-Fi scanning talents only work with your iOS devices. Isn’t the iX500 a wireless scanner? Kind of. This functionality allows you to avoid plugging your computer into the iX500. I also found iOS scanning to be an incredibly useful feature.
That’s what the iX500 paired with CardMinder does. Imagine being able to search digitally for a card you got two years ago, bringing up a contact, and being able to see the front and back of their business card. The ScanSnap menu pops when when your document is scanned.įujitsu also includes their CardMinder app with the scanner, allowing you to digitize those huge stacks of business cards you’ve collected over the years.