Scanner recommendations

Jonathanm1222 · Nov 10, 2012, 09:19 PM

I'm in the market for a new scanner. Price range of around $500. What brands are recommended that work well with Apple?

MisterMe · Nov 10, 2012, 09:39 PM

What kind of documents do you want to scan? book pages? business cards? 8.5" x 11" single sheets? larger single sheets? double-sided single sheets? photographic slides? What?

quasinormal · 09:47 PM

What are you scanning?

Canon has a list of their scanners with 10.8 drivers.

http://www.canon-europe.com/images/M...m13-955725.pdf

The US Apple store has a few.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/hom...ories/scanners

Personally I have a few Canon Lide u660/u1200 or something scanners that I've scavenged over the years and use with Vuescan scanning software. I haven't used it since 10.7 but I'm positive, given the the developers propensity for new releases, that 10.8 won't an issue.

http://www.hamrick.com/

A list of scanners Vuescan supports;

http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm#supported

flynz4 · Nov 10, 2012, 10:04 PM

I think that the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M is the gold standard of document scanners for the Mac. Search for the numerous posts in MacRumors to get more information. A+++

/Jim

Caromsoft · Nov 11, 2012, 01:16 AM

+1 for the Fujitsu scanners. They are fast and accurate.

BigBeast · Nov 11, 2012, 02:55 AM

Instead of a S1500M, I went with the S1300M. I'm glad I did! It's portable enough to put in my book bag and take with me to school if I need to (done this more than a few times), can be run and powered using only USB (this is the very method I use), it's fast, light, folds up small... it really has no cons– except that it could have been cheaper. I still feel that the S1300M has a fair price though.

Jonathanm1222 · Nov 11, 2012, 10:16 AM

I'm mainly scanning documents but many pages at a time.

Caromsoft · Nov 11, 2012, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathanm1222

I'm mainly scanning documents but many pages at a time.

I have scanned over 45000 pages with my Fujitsu Scanner, both single sided and double sided. I have scanned some documents 500 pages in length. The Fujitsu just runs right through them. If you had pages stapled together you need to take some extra time to make sure the pages aren't stuck together, but other than that it just works.

Jonathanm1222 · Nov 11, 2012, 03:35 PM

Thanks. Great advice.

glenthompson · Nov 12, 2012, 02:08 AM

I bought a Scansnap 1500m based on comments in these forums and couldn't be happier. Scanner is great and included software works well. In the month that I've had it I've scanned over 10k pages with only a few jams and errors.

Nov 10, 2012, 09:19 PM	#1
Jonathanm1222 macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2012	Scanner recommendations I'm in the market for a new scanner. Price range of around $500. What brands are recommended that work well with Apple?
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Nov 10, 2012, 09:39 PM	#2
MisterMe macrumors G4 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: USA	What kind of documents do you want to scan? book pages? business cards? 8.5" x 11" single sheets? larger single sheets? double-sided single sheets? photographic slides? What? __________________ Neither a borrower nor a lender be For loan oft loses both itself and friend William Shakespeare from Hamlet
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Nov 10, 2012, 09:42 PM	#3
quasinormal macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia.	What are you scanning? Canon has a list of their scanners with 10.8 drivers. http://www.canon-europe.com/images/M...m13-955725.pdf The US Apple store has a few. http://store.apple.com/us/browse/hom...ories/scanners Personally I have a few Canon Lide u660/u1200 or something scanners that I've scavenged over the years and use with Vuescan scanning software. I haven't used it since 10.7 but I'm positive, given the the developers propensity for new releases, that 10.8 won't an issue. http://www.hamrick.com/ A list of scanners Vuescan supports; http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm#supported Last edited by quasinormal; Nov 10, 2012 at 09:47 PM.
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Nov 11, 2012, 02:55 AM	#6
BigBeast macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2009	+1 for Fujitsu Instead of a S1500M, I went with the S1300M. I'm glad I did! It's portable enough to put in my book bag and take with me to school if I need to (done this more than a few times), can be run and powered using only USB (this is the very method I use), it's fast, light, folds up small... it really has no cons– except that it could have been cheaper. I still feel that the S1300M has a fair price though. __________________ 2012 rMBP 2.6GHz Core i7 16gb 512 SSD13" 2010 Ultimate MBA 2007 MBP 2.4GHz C2D 4gb 160gb MatteiPhone 5iPad Mini 16 GB Wifi
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Nov 11, 2012, 10:16 AM	#7
Jonathanm1222 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2012	Scanner recommendations I'm mainly scanning documents but many pages at a time.
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Nov 10, 2012, 10:04 PM	#4
flynz4 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Portland, OR	I think that the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M is the gold standard of document scanners for the Mac. Search for the numerous posts in MacRumors to get more information. A+++ /Jim
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Nov 11, 2012, 01:16 AM	#5
Caromsoft macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2012	+1 for the Fujitsu scanners. They are fast and accurate.
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Nov 11, 2012, 03:35 PM	#9
Jonathanm1222 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2012	Thanks. Great advice.
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Nov 12, 2012, 02:08 AM	#10
glenthompson macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Roanoke VA	I bought a Scansnap 1500m based on comments in these forums and couldn't be happier. Scanner is great and included software works well. In the month that I've had it I've scanned over 10k pages with only a few jams and errors.
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