Questions & Answers for Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M Sheet-Fed Scanner

I run the S1500 on my imac using fusion and windows XP.
The scansnap S1500 is the best investment I have ever made. I have scanned hundreds of documents successfully, on a virtual PC on my Mac.

The software included offers MAC OS X versions, however, there is a greater software package if you use the windows version. Besides the S1500M is more expensive!

i cant recommend enough the scansnap. It makes a cluttered messy paper home office into a minimalists dream!
Just ensure you do backups onto your time machine or burn DVD/CDs off and store securely.

According to the scansnap website the official line is that all current market products namely both versions S1500 & S1500M are cross platform with relevant software drivers provided.
The only choice is which software package - The windows version wins hand down! So use Fusion etc to get windows on your Mac!

• Answered by Andrew R
• 08-Feb-2010
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I would doubt it - the photo card on the driving licence is plastic, isn't it? That would just break as it went through the scanner. A passport might work, but it's probably a bit thick to go through. This is probably a job for a flatbed scanner.

• Answered by John Y from Arundel
• 03-Nov-2009
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Small file size!
(by "memory" you really mean "storage" here don't you.)

To explain further. You can set this in the settings, but even when using the high quality settings, the results this machine gives are brilliant for a fairly small file size.

I have compared it with the so-called competition, and they neither deliver the amazing results this machine does, nor do so in as efficient a file size.

All the software supplied, except Acrobat, works on Mac and Win machines (Acrobat is the decider: Mac version comes with S1500M, Win version comes with S1500).

Get one, trust me you won't regret it as everyone should own the S1500M machine if they really want to be serious about going paper-free. It really did the job for (one machine at home, one in my office), as nothing really competes with it.

• Answered by James S
• 11-Jul-2012
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No, afraid not. It has to be connected directly through a wired connection.
Dunno why you can't get an affordable home/soho wireless network doc scanner myself (I've looked around) but that's they way it is currently.

If you want a machine that is wirelessly networked, you need the Fujitsu N1800 model, which unfortunately costs around 3 times this one (fairly good though, given other network doc scanners are several thousands, on average!).

For a reasonably affordable wired machine, this S1500M is still the best on the market IMO (I've tried many), so don't hesitate getting one if you really need to get docs or photos scanned into either .pdf or .jpg format.

• Answered by James S
• 12-Jul-2012
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