The SmallBizWindows Scanner of the Year 2015: Fujitsu ScanSnap iX100

07 - SCANNER-ZThe Fujitsu ScanSnap iX100 is the SmallBizWindows Scanner of the Year 2015 and also a SmallBizWindows Business Ready Award of Excellence recipient.

Small, fast, wireless, portable.

Those features alone put it in the offing. However, the ScanSnap iX100 delivered more value than that.

Having a built-in battery meant that it is truly portable. For recharging, the iX100 uses a microUSB cable. Any microUSB cable. That is a very smart decision, and extends the portability of the device as far as our panel is concerned.

Another plus is wireless, and manual duplex scanning.

1ScanSnap iX100 also has a very useful feature, PC-less scanning, which is in addition to the built-in easy-connectivity-to-Wi-Fi networks software: all you have to do is point your [mobile] device at the iX100 in device settings, and you are off! Seeing this feature in action across several devices and operating systems is impressive.

Unlike most scanners that are sometime quite ‘unintelligent’, the iX100 uses a custom processor, dubbed ‘G1’, that “not only created the PDF or JPEG file and corrects the image inside the scanner, but also creates a bridge between the iX100 and your [mobile] device to wirelessly transmit documents to your device at speed.”

Windows-Live-Writer-Shiny-New-Thing-to-Review-The-Fujitsu-Sc_14200-Again, impressive.

Finally, there’s the very good quality of the included software.

Here again, the iX100 shines. The software performs, auto-de-skew, auto-orientation, auto stitching, auto paper size detection, and auto color correction. It also allows users to perform dual scans of small documents such as ID and business cards.

Honorable Mention
2Bubbling under the ScanSnap iX100 is the Epson Perfection v600 Flatbed Photo Scanner, a winner of our SmallBizWindows Business Ready Award .

I like this device, which I have hogged for myself.

Employing a maximum optical resolution of 6400 dpi, though the Perfection v600 is perfect for photo scanning, it is also a very good home/SOHO scanner.

Perfection v600 was placed at a medical professional’s Windows-Live-Writer-d3610a97d4e3_E94B-office where it was used by the clerical staff there to scan and import old X-ray photos into their new EMR system*.

Like me they were very pleased with the features of the Perfection v600.

We highly recommend it for the very small office.

*We recommended the Epson Perfection v850 Pro Photo Scanner to this clinic because their needs require the performance and file management features the Perfection v850 Pro offers.

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