Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500

The Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 is a capable and reliable document scanner that is fast in scanning to searchable PDF and did well in both text recognition and business-card scanning.

-- As reviewed by PCMag
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Product details

  • Achieving organization with the ScanSnap iX500 starts with the touch of a single button and ends with a host of productivity features that keep you ahead of the stack

PROS

+ Very fast at scanning to searchable PDF.
+ Met its rated simplex and duplex scan speeds.
+ Good optical-character-recognition (OCR).
+ Did well at reading business cards.
+ Misfeed-free in our testing.
+ Wi-Fi and USB 3.0 connectivity.

CONS

- You can't give a scan command from within an application.
- Scanning to some programs may require several steps.
- Only connects wirelessly to one computer at a time.
- Documentation could use improvement.

Expert reviews and ratings

By PCMag on September 05, 2014
The Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 is a capable and reliable document scanner that is fast in scanning to searchable PDF and did well in both text recognition and business-card scanning.
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