Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300i Portable Color Duplex Document Scanner for Mac or PC, Classic

My previous scansnap had given about 15 years of solid service and was still going strong, but could not handle the latest OS on my Mac. Hence the need for an upgrade. I did not need a machine with the same level of functionality as the previous model (I don't scan as much as i used to) and this seemed to fit the bill. It seems less 'solid'/'robust' than the previous model (S510M), but is way cheaper and far more compact, which really helps. The most important thing is that it scans perfectly, it was a breeze to set up and the software seems to be far more intelligent. Overall seems to be excellent value for money.

I bought this as a small office scanner to help reduce the amount of paperwork that has to be kept and filed. The duplex facility means that you can scan both sides at once, cutting down scanning time and removing the need to turn the pages over, like you would on a flatbed scanner. The description states that 10 sheets can be held in the scanner automatic document feeder, but I found that this could result in two pages being drawn through from time to time. If I restrict it to 3 or 4 sheets, I have no trouble. There are a number of reviews that say the software lets it down. Maybe I have a later version, but I think that it is very easy to use and has the following features. - Easy to Install - Mutiple scans can be joined to one document (Largest I have made is a 40-page PDF) - Selectable Optical Character Recognition (OCR) which can be embedded into the scanned to make it a searchable PDF. - Business Cards with character recognition. - Receipts - Scan to folder, scan to email - Auto or selectable colour and resolution settings - Software automatically tries to read date and text to give a document an appropraite title when saving - Abilty to set up custom named profiles for the above, so that you can easily select different scanning scenarios (to join documents into one PDF which is searchable at best resolution, for example) - I also was able to easily change the destination folder to my One Drive to ensure cloud backup. This seems to be a recurring negative in other reviews, so perhaps they fixed it. This will definitely help me scan all of my business documents in the move towards a paperless office. I was hoping that it would also scan in photos equally well, but unfortunately this is not the case. Scanned photographs tend to have streaky lines on them that appear to be totally random. (See attached pictures) Since the photos were disappointing, I was tempted to drop one star, but looking over the description from Amazon, it does not mention photographs or say it can be used for this purpose. As a small office scanner, it is worth 5 stars.