Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner Right now

The fujitsu s1500 is close to be a very good product except for a few very significant issues --
manual changing of image quality / color module for some (or maybe most) scans lead to reduce image quality (and not better image quality). This is where the scan is more blurry than what it would normally be if the scan was done at auto image quality / color. Additionally, I noticed that one side of the duplex scan is consistently of lesser quality than the other side.

For the person who is not serious about their scanning this may not be a terribly big issue. At least -- this is what Fujitsu customer support/technical assistance ardently asserted when dismissing samples / and detailed correspondence from me regarding this issue. Multiple contacts @ fujitsu claimed implied that most users of the their fujitsu scanner s1500 would not notice or take issue with the lack of image quality of manual scans since most users were not likely to use the more advanced options.

For anyone who would like to duplicate this issue here are the step:


1. obtain a document with fine images or detailed text or spreadsheet (in small font) on both sides

2. first scan document with auto image quality and auto color

3. perform second scan with excellent image quality

4. compare results from first and second scan

For my part, I will try to be doubly sure before I purchase any fujitsu product in the future.

Also -- the rack 4 filer application, which comes with the s1500 scanner combo, is not a very sophisticated application and also seems to be more of a headache than a solution.Get more detail about Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner.