Fujitsu SCANSNAP S1100i MOBILE SCANNER PC/MAC

Outstanding little scanner and supporting software ecosystem. I purchased this for my wife to scan the thousands of small family and historical photographs she's accumulated over the years, and to digitize them for use with her online genealogy system (Ancestry). The software installation on to her iMac 27" running Yosemite (OS X 10.10.1) was flawless, albeit quite long (it took about 10 minutes beginning to end). The scanner and software worked perfectly from the moment we opened it, placed a photograph in it, and pushed the blue "scan" button.The S1100i appears to be the updated (late-2014) version of the venerable SnapScan 1100, but after a cursory 15-minute glance online, I wasn't able to locate any further information on the differences. I noticed that the sale price on Amazon for the older (ca. 2011) SnapScan 1100 is actually ~ $60 more than what I paid, yet all the information I can gather is that the 1100i is the newest model. So, I can't explain why so many people continue to buy the old unit at a premium...What I can state is that the 1100i scanner is solidly built and feels of quality in the hand. The software suite is well-designed for the "push" operation that Fujitsu has determined to be the norm for this product (and, frankly, after using it for an hour, I have to agree with them on this operational workflow mode).You'll see quite a few people complaining about lack of a TWAIN driver for the 1100/1100i, but you really don't need any software application to "pull" images via this low-volume scanner; you can establish direct push links to any software you wish to accomplish the very same effect. For instance, I setup the software to push to TechSmith's SnagIt image capture/editor, and it worked perfectly from the get-go. For those critics that won't consider this scanner simply due to the lack of a TWAIN driver, you are missing a great opportunity with this little guy. Others wonder about the inability to push mounds of paper through the 1100i; that's not what this minute scanner was intended to do. It is meant for quick, easy, carefree scanning of small documents, photographs, and receipts. Anything more than 10-20 pages (fed manually), and you will probably want to consider a larger dedicated high-volume scanner for that purpose.Pros:1. Very small size, low weight.2. Stout build quality.3. USB-powered, quiet operation.4. Dirt simple to operate and use; you don't even require a manual as it all just works and makes sense.5. Simple, specific use, purpose-built scanner for small documents and ease of operation.6. Excellent software suite that appears to be coded specifically for Mac / OS X. Huge marks on the software.7. Nice, long USB cord so that the scanner stays out of the way when not needed.8. Very simple mechanicals, and intuitive operation. You just "know" how to open the scanner to clear a paper jam.9. Typical Fujitsu high-quality product.Cons:1. Simplex scanning only. I knew this going in, but it would still be nice to retain this form factor and have duplex scanning.2. No case; despite the steep price there is no carrying case included.3. Software is a bit "weird" on installation as six different packages install simultaneously. But, they install without incident.4. Price is a bit steep, especially when compared to Canon's similar products at a 40% lower price. But, I'm not dissatisfied with the SnapScan at all and feel I received great value for the price.Verdict:The Fujitsu SnapScan 1100i is a clear winner and deserving of a solid five-star rating. In fact, I am so impressed with this scanner that I'm purchasing a second one just for me to carry with me on the road so that I can continue my ongoing quest to become paperless.

5 stars is exactly what this product is. I am a scan aholic. I scan EVERYTHING for my business. invoices, pay stubs, estimates, checks, everything. I have not had 1 single problem with this product. I used to use a printer/scanner/fax but that got old quick. took to long. lift the cover up and down. this is a product that is compact and AWESOME. ive scanned easily over 2000 pieces of paper. from 8x1/2 x 11, business cards and pay stubs, and not 1 single problem. its so easy to use. open the scan folder, open your scanner and away you go. I'm VERY meticulous on what I buy and how the product works so im not just ranting and raving on some product I purchased on amazon. this is worth every penny. you get what you pay for. you pay for less, you will get less. if you need to scan a bunch of papers, business, personal, whatever... this is a great product. portable. small. perfect. I really can't say much else. nothing bad to say. and it takes a great product for me to give it a 5 star rating. well done Fujitsu. very surprised but blown away. if you need a scanner this is perfect. the one detail you need to know is that it only scans paper that's no wider then 8-1/2". nothing wider. big deal. great product.

In essence, if this little guy's performance is analogous to other larger capacity Fujitsu scanners, I'm going to switch completely to Fujitsu for all of my desktop sized document imaging/OCR'ing requirements. I use a Documate 262 (duplex sheet fed) at work, a Brother MFC (duplex sheet fed) at home and this one for when I'm away from home/office. I've had to use desktop scanners for projects that technically require much higher grade paper handling/imaging equipment, but it also allows me to really get a feel for things that work... or not.I pulled this out to see how it would do after getting Microsoft'd again with a recent primary computer upgrade which included Windows 10, which has caused all my other scanners to no longer work and trying this was a "Hail Mary" before risking a purchase of another desktop grade document scanner. Thanks to Microsoft, I'm now using it, for now, as my go-to general purpose scanner for receipts, bills, invoices, etc... although, sometimes it is a little painful that it's not duplex, but this thing is a life saver. Before that, I've had it on the side for about three years for trips & on-the-spot imaging tasks. Its image quality has ALWAYS performed well beyond my expectations and saved me countless hours of data cleaning.General Performance:Between the software and the hardware, everything I've put through this scanner images straight even when most other sheet-feed scanners would leave the images really crooked. The images are surprisingly good; in fact, if you don't have a well-defined requirement for high volume duplex imaging, you should give this some serious consideration. I thought, for sure, this thing would produce crooked images (especially with receipts), but the deskewing algorithms in the software are very good... and I'm extremely picky on image quality vs. OCR processes.Data Collection Performance:The pre-packaged software has performed very well for me. I initially purchased it to expedite data collection of materials that had to be destroyed immediately after analysis was complete. So only printed documents are provided. This scanner reduced a day and a half of 6 people manually collecting and double checking data to about 1 minute to get the data from paper to CSV (or XLXS), and about 10-15 minutes of cleaning and QA to get started on analysis. That is a HUGE benefit that allowed us to cut the number of people sent on the trip and the number of days we have to pay people to be there... and this is for data with a zero tolerance for error.I cannot attest to how well this scanner will work with other vendors' software such as an OCR data collection system (I use TeleForm, and InputExcel in the past), so my recommendation is to use the software from Fujitsu and use that get your images into whatever format you need, and then transfer into whatever specialized system you perform whatever other processing is needed. After all, this scanner is just insurance for situations like that.The receipt scanning software is very clean... minimal correction needed. The only corrections I've had to do so far is for novel receipt formats that have more than one tax lines (thank you Utah) that aren't just aggregated into a single number that can't be unpacked and accounted for without performing a regression analysis on every line item in every receipt.My only issue with the receipt scanning software is (and I've only just started using it, so this may already be possible), I would like to add columns for tips, and receipts that have more than one tax broken out. That way it'd be easier to account for what sales tax was actually paid. Such is the curse of being a quantitative analyst... I can't stop myself from analyzing things just... a... little... bit... more... accurately.