Input is saved as a PDF by default, but there is a window that pops up after your scan is complete to allow you to choose another way to handle the input. The scan quality of the S1100 is up to 600 dots per inch (dpi) and it can scan in colour or in greyscale. You also get ABBYY FineReader optical character recognition (OCR) software and CardMinder, an application that attempts to recognise and store contact information from scanned business cards. The software that gets installed is the driver, of course, in addition to Fujitsu management tools for the scanner, which include ScanSnap Manager (the program that allows you to select the settings for your scanner as well as how scans are handled) and ScanSnap Organiser (which allows you to view scans that were made in PDF or JPEG format). It's supplied on a CD-ROM, which could be inconvenient if you plan to install it on an Ultrabook. If you'll be leaving it on your office desk every day, there are two holes on the side through which you can pass a thin cable to tie it down.īefore you can start digitising documents, you'll have to install the software that comes with the scanner.
It's super-easy to use with a laptop (once all the software is set up). Importantly, the cable that it ships with is relatively long so you don't need to have your computer too close to the scanner.īecause it's such a small and light unit, and also because it draws power from a USB port, it's suitable for those of you who may need a scanner while travelling. It's also easy to set up as it gets its power from a USB port. There is a scan/stop button on the right side, and that's about as difficult as the controls get. It's a slim, 350-gram unit with a small flap at the front that drops down so that you can feed pages into it facing up and one at a time. Fujitsu's ScanSnap S1100 Portable Scanner is one of them, and it's very convenient if you need to digitise documents every now and then, either at your desk or while on the road. But there are still some interesting models out there, and compact ones at that. For many of us, a scanner isn't something that's high on our wishlist of tech gear.
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