Fujitsu fi-6130 Duplex Scanner (PA03540-B055)
Friday, February 5th, 2010This is a great scanner. The sheet feeder holds about 75 sheets, and you never have to worry about over-stuffing: it will warn you if there are too many sheets. Staples aren't a real problem either - this thing is tough enough to suck in staples and disfigure your pages, but the staples won't hurt the scanner. Just pop open the case, remove staple, smooth out the pages, and hit retry - scans like a charm.
For speed, this is a great. At 300dpi double-sided, I couldn't pull staples from manuscripts fast enough to keep up with this thing. I also had some materials in Arabic to scan - once you go up to 600dpi, it's slow enough that you have to wait a bit. 1200dpi - you may as well go make some coffee while it scans your 50 sheets. But this is all for B&W with no text conversion - once you add in grayscale or color, the scanner slows down significantly. With Adobe Acrobat, I recommend skipping the OCR text recognition completely - you can always OCR the PDF later, and it will take for freakin' ever to finish your scans if it's doing OCR in between each document.
Now then, this is a heavy-duty scanner. It took me about an hour to set it up and figure it all out. I'm using Windows 7, and I couldn't get all the Fujitsu programs to load correctly. Doesn't seem to matter - Adobe Acrobat 9 loaded just fine, all the drivers loaded all right, and then I was scanning away. Something to watch out for - after your computer goes to sleep, it might recognize the scanner when it wakes up. Just unplug and replug the USB cable. If Adobe doesn't see the scanner, then go to Scan Documents -> Configure Presets and make sure you've selected the Fujitsu scanner.
Once you're good-to-go, you can scan all day. I bought this to archive short stories that have been workshopped for my MFA - at 300dpi B&W, I can read all the text crystal-clear, and all the comments are legible, and I filled up a whole file box with scanned manuscripts with maybe six hours of scanning. (Be careful - if you have several days of scanning, this can become fun and addictive. It's like shredding paper - once you start, you don't want to stop).
For smaller print, you'll want 600 or 1200dpi. 900dpi doesn't seem to work for some reason - I guess the scanner isn't set for it. I have some workbooks in Arabic to scan, and Arabic text is smaller 12pt and the dots can easily be blurred (not to mention the workbooks themselves were copies of copies). For the good copies, 600dpi worked fine. For the poor copies, 1200dpi preserved the copy of a copy pretty much perfectly. As in I can still barely read it, but it's no worse than what I had to start with.
I don't use the color settings much, but they are amazing. If you scan a yellow legal pad with your handwriting, it's like your soul appears like magic on the computer screen. You should try it - it's really cool. Much cooler than B&W scans, but much slower with much, much larger file sizes.
As for file size - you can scan a few hundred B&W 300dpi into about 2MB. Very nice and small. Grayscale or color might push it to 15MB or 30MB, so it's a huge difference. It you're just archiving, B&W is quick, dependable, and readable.
That just about does it. Be careful of staples: they won't hurt the scanner, but the scanner will hurt your paper before realizing there's a jam.
Product Description:
Scan 18 double-sided pages per minute Advanced features for the ultimate ease of use! Auto paper size detection Auto de-skew Auto blank page removal Instantly create searchable PDF files Scan directly to Microsoft Office Applications Quickly organize business card information Increase productivity with enhanced functionality Simple installation and operation in a compact design Advance Exchange service program maximizes uptime Scanner Type: ADF (Automatic Document Feeder), Duplex color scanning Output: Color/B&W/Automatic color and Bi-tonal detection Image Sensor: 2x Color CCD (charged coupled device) Optical Resolution: 600 dpi Scanning Speed (A4): Normal mode: Color 150dpi, B&W 300dpi - Duplex 18 pages per minute / 36 images per minute Better mode: Color 200dpi, B&W 400dpi - Duplex 12 pages per minute / 24 images per minute Best mode: Color 300dpi, B&W 600dpi - Duplex 6 pages per minute / 12 images per minute Excellent mode: Color 600dpi, B&W 1,200dpi - Duplex 0.6 pages per minute / 1.2 images per minute Scanning Range: A4, A5, A6, B5, B6, Business card, Letter, Legal and Custom sizes (can be set for Upto 5 different paper types) / Automatically recognizes paper type by paper length Use of Carrier sheet permits the scanning of A3, B4, double letter and photographs as well as those listed above Paper Weight (Thickness): 14 ~ 34 lbs / 52 ~ 127 g/m2 Hopper Capacity: 50 Sheets (20lbs) Interface: USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) Operating System: Windows 2000 Pro (SP4)/ XP (SP2)/ VISTA (32-bit) Power Requirement: 100 ~ 240 VAC, 50 ~ 60 Hz Power Consumption: Operating- 28W or less; Standby- 6W or less; Sleep- 1W Dimensions (WxDxH): 11.2 x 6.2 x 6.2 inch / 284 x 157 x 158 mm Weight: 5.9 lbs
Scan 18 double-sided pages per minute Advanced features for the ultimate ease of use! Auto paper size detection Auto de-skew Auto blank page removal Instantly create searchable PDF files Scan directly to Microsoft Office Applications Quickly organize business card information Increase productivity with enhanced functionality Simple installation and operation in a compact design Advance Exchange service program maximizes uptime Scanner Type: ADF (Automatic Document Feeder), Duplex color scanning Output: Color/B&W/Automatic color and Bi-tonal detection Image Sensor: 2x Color CCD (charged coupled device) Optical Resolution: 600 dpi Scanning Speed (A4): Normal mode: Color 150dpi, B&W 300dpi - Duplex 18 pages per minute / 36 images per minute Better mode: Color 200dpi, B&W 400dpi - Duplex 12 pages per minute / 24 images per minute Best mode: Color 300dpi, B&W 600dpi - Duplex 6 pages per minute / 12 images per minute Excellent mode: Color 600dpi, B&W 1,200dpi - Duplex 0.6 pages per minute / 1.2 images per minute Scanning Range: A4, A5, A6, B5, B6, Business card, Letter, Legal and Custom sizes (can be set for Upto 5 different paper types) / Automatically recognizes paper type by paper length Use of Carrier sheet permits the scanning of A3, B4, double letter and photographs as well as those listed above Paper Weight (Thickness): 14 ~ 34 lbs / 52 ~ 127 g/m2 Hopper Capacity: 50 Sheets (20lbs) Interface: USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) Operating System: Windows 2000 Pro (SP4)/ XP (SP2)/ VISTA (32-bit) Power Requirement: 100 ~ 240 VAC, 50 ~ 60 Hz Power Consumption: Operating- 28W or less; Standby- 6W or less; Sleep- 1W Dimensions (WxDxH): 11.2 x 6.2 x 6.2 inch / 284 x 157 x 158 mm Weight: 5.9 lbs
Features:
Special Features: nv:Scanner Type^Sheetfed|Scanner Element^Color CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) x 2|Light Source^White Cold Cathode Discharge Lamp|Optical Resolution^600 dpi|Maximum Document Size^8.5 x 14 (Sheetfed)|Color Depth^24-bit|Gray Scale Depth^8-bit|Interface Connectivity^USB|Power Source^AC Adapter
- Scan 18 double-sided pages per minute
- Instantly create searchable PDF files
- Scan directly to Microsoft Office Applications
- Quickly organize business card information
- Increase productivity with enhanced functionality
Special Features: nv:Scanner Type^Sheetfed|Scanner Element^Color CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) x 2|Light Source^White Cold Cathode Discharge Lamp|Optical Resolution^600 dpi|Maximum Document Size^8.5 x 14 (Sheetfed)|Color Depth^24-bit|Gray Scale Depth^8-bit|Interface Connectivity^USB|Power Source^AC Adapter
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