Review of the Fujitsu ScanSnap iX100

Review of the Fujitsu ScanSnap iX100
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When I’m packing for a business trip, I try to grab the smallest and lightest versions of anything I take along. Laptop? Yup, but make it small and light. Shampoo and toothpaste? Definitely, but take the smallest bottles and amounts of them that I can.
That’s why I was intrigued by Fujitsu’s latest addition to its scanner line—the Fujitsu ScanSnap iX100. It’s small, (relatively) light, has a built-in power batter, and does a great job scanning. It’s even wireless, so you don’t need to connect cords before you scan!
Granted, on most business trips I don’t need to bring along a scanner. But for the times when I do want to, the ScanSnap iX100 is a great choice. Fujitsu’s ScanSnap iX100 is a good choice for business travelers that want to scan receipts, paperwork, business cards, or just about anything else, whether they’re in the office or on the road. The device is definitely small and light enough to slip into your suitcase or carry on. It also connects (wirelessly) to a wide variety of devices, from computers to phones and more.
Description
According to Fujitsu, the ScanSnap iX100 is the lightest and fastest the company currently makes. The slim scanner (it’s just a bit wider than the width of a standard piece of paper and a bit over an inch high is also light. It weighs just a bit more than 14 ounces.
The device comes with a USB cord for charging or connecting to a device. But once you’ve used the USB cord to charge the on-board (lithium) battery with such as Fujitsu Lifebook S6200 Battery, Fujitsu FPCBP80 Battery, Fujitsu Lifebook S6220 Battery, Fujitsu Lifebook S2020 Battery, Fujitsu FPCBP64 Battery, Fujitsu Lifebook S6120 Battery, Fujitsu N5485 Battery, Fujitsu Lifebook T4000 Battery, Fujitsu Lifebook T4020 Battery, Fujitsu FPCBP121 Battery, Fujitsu FPCBP95 Battery, Fujitsu FPCBP36 Battery, the ScanSnap iX100 can connect to your device or computer wirelessly, eliminating the wires and the hassle of connecting.
The device is also much faster than the current scanner I currently use. Pages that I scanned seemed to zip right through the device. The specs have it at just over 5 seconds per page at 300 dpi, which was consistent with my experience. The device scans in black and white or color.
Another one of the aspects that I liked about the scanner was that once it’s connected (wirelessly) it simply takes the push of one button to do the scan.
The scanner also allows the user to pick the paper path by flipping the device’s top back cover. If the cover is closed, the paper slips straight through the scanner. If you flip the cover open (or back), the paper curls up to come back at you. In either case, I found it helpful to pay attention to how you’re loading the piece of paper to be scanned. Since there’s no feeding tray, it’s important to line up the piece of paper you’re scanning correctly, so that it won’t slip or skew as it gets scanned. (But that’s also the case with my existing mini scanner).
Users may have to spend a little time getting the scanner set up. It didn’t take me very long to figure out how to connect the device, but I did have to search for the security key and password to connect the scanner wirelessly (hint: they’re on the bottom of the unit on a sticker—easy to see if you know where to look).
The device can be set up to scan in either Wi-Fi or USB connections. I found the wireless connection to work great for me.
The device also has an on-board image processor, so the scans are fast and the device is able to generate PDF or JPEG files on-the-fly. The scanner works with iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire devices as well as computers. The scanner comes with a ScanSnap Connect application for mobile phones and tables. After connecting the scanner via Wi-Fi, I was able to scan directly to a PDF on my Apple iPhone.
Other features of the device include: the ability to scan more than one small document (such as a receipt or business card at a time), automatic document stitching, which allows users to fold larger documents in half, scan each side, and then have the device “stitch” the scans together, battery power for up to 260 scanned sheets, and more.
The software included with the device also allows users to do a number of things with the scanner, including: receipt scanning with optical character recognition, a business card manager that can export cards to multiple formats, simple one-button PDF scanning, and OCR capability for turning scans into editable documents.
One other neat trick the device is capable of is scanning directly to cloud services such as Evernote, Google Docs, Dropbox, SugarSync, and Salesforce.com.
The ScanSnap iX100 is available for $229 (U.S. list).