Customer Reviews
Fantastic Scanner 
2008-07-07
What a great buy! We could not be any happier with a scanner than we are with this one. Works great - scans whatever we give it and the images are extremely clear. Rarely jams and even if it does it just pauses, we re-set the pages, and away it goes. Would highly recommend this machine to EVERYONE!
Terrific scanner 2008-07-02
This is my 4th ScanSnap - big fan, started with their early models. Each new model seems to be better than the previous. Great value for the money.
Well worth the price! 2008-07-01
I work in real estate as an abstractor in Ohio. I had tons of files taking over my home office until I bought this scanner. An Attorney that I do some work for has 5 of these in his office and suggested I get one. I am so glad that I took his advice b/c this this thing has been a life savor! I wasn't crazy about the included software at first but have grown to like it. I have title work that sometimes includes copies over 100 pages long and this scanner has no problem handling the load. Other than an occasional jam, I have had no problems with this scanner. I would highly recommend this product to anyone interested.
-Jason Roush
Ironton, Ohio
Technology does not get better than this 2008-06-28
I am happy to agree with the other positive reviews. This thing works! Hooked up to my new Thinkpad, it is a rocket with only one paper jam due to 2 pages stapled together (my bad) and 2 pages that simply refused to scan as 2.
Clearing paper jams is a snap and the software is intuitive without being annoying. Everything should work this well. I am going to buy a second one for my home. It does not replace a scanner for photographs, but for documents, bills, receipts, etc, it is perfect. It corrects skewed feeds and it almost always auto-rotates correctly - even when one sheet is vertical with the following sheet horizontal.
And one can set it for duplex (auto 2 sided scanning) or one sided simplex. When set to the former, it can be set to auto delete a blank page. When a multi-page scan has one sided and two sided pages mixed in - no problem - blank pages deleted.
All in all, a pleasure to use - well worth the price.
Almost Great 
2008-06-27
A fast document scanner like this one can be a huge help in organizing your life. Six months ago, the S510 was about the only game in town for a reasonable price. Now, there may be better options, especially for rather heavy-duty users like me. The pluses have been well-written about, so I'll give only the minuses:
1) No Grey Scale! B/W is fine for pure text and some graphics, but is horrible with photos. In a publication with b/w photos, one is stuck with either copying in full color which results in large files, or manually switching between color mode and B/W mode since "Auto-Color Detect" senses color, not the presence of photos.
2) The paper input tray has fences that are too short. Pages tend to torque left as they feed. The paper output tray has no fences at all, which often means that the output pages get shifted around or kicked off onto the floor. The "De-skew" option can get confused if there is graphics on the page or if the printing is stylized.
3) The color scans are too light and there is no way to adjust the setting.
4) Japan has lousy paper. As a result, this scanner has a hard time with good quality paper as it's too thick.
5) Oft-used scan options are buried in strangely organized menus.
6) Inadequate cooling. A few cooling holes in the base along with rubber feet would fix the problem, but as it is, there is no airflow through the unit.
7) Life limit of 150,000 - 200,000 pages, possibly due to the bad cooling. There are now quite a few pixels missing from the scans; it's still okay for text, but irritating for illustrations.
It's doing the job, but I'd shop around were I looking for the same type of scanner today.
Good for College 2008-07-19
I was very impressed at how well this scanner can handle handwritten notes. They are on lined paper, which is not as clear as white copy paper. It's not a problem for the ScanSnap S510. I set it to Black and White and "Better" quality, and was able to scan 70 pages of notes in a matter of minutes. They came out crisp and legible, and when I was done, the PDF was only 3.6MB!
Jams do happen from time to time, because the rollers run the paper through so quickly. But it's easy to fix. Also, the scanner comes with a carrier sheet, for scanning newspapers and large documents, or preventing "multi-feeds" (when the feeder doesn't feed a single sheet like it's supposed to).
It's possible that a more expensive model would have a better feeder that wouldn't jam. Documents that were folded can be hard to feed. However, the scans are so quick and so impressive that it's forgivable.
Be advised that there are no TWAIN drivers for this scanner. You have to use ScanSnap Manager. The software is intelligent enough to rotate images automatically, and detect skew automatically and correct it. This is very nice to have. There appears to be some integration between the software and the hardware. For example, when you push the green SCAN button on the scanner, the software can detect whether there is a document in the scanner. If there is no paper, it will alert you.
I haven't tried the OCR so I can't comment on it. Instead, I use Adobe Acrobat to do OCR. In general, you shouldn't need an excessively high resolution to do it like some reviewers mentioned; 300 DPI is sufficient. Higher resolutions will simply require more processing time.
I highly recommend the ScanSnap S510. If you have a lot of paper documents, the ScanSnap S510 can help you.
Excellant, quick scanner 2008-07-18
Works great, a bit pricy however.
If you need to do a lot of scanning the price is worth it.
Comes w/a good software package as well.
Quick and Easy to Use 2008-07-12
The Fujitsu S510 is absolutely the fastest scanner I've ever seen. I love the fact that it converts on-the-fly to PDF and that it has a very small footprint. The only negative is that it occasionally takes in two sheets at a time. Overall I'm very pleased with the product.
It's Everything Everyone Says 2008-07-09
I rarely bother to do this, but this little scanner is the best thing I've bought for my business in the last three or four years. It's allowing me to finally go nearly paperless. You get what you pay for, and this is true value for the money.
great performance and value 2008-07-08
I went from an HP scanner with document feeder - a device that took a huge footprint and gave less than perfect results, to this compact, quick, high quality output device with a footprint of about 5" x 11" and couldn't be any happier. I highly recommend this equipment.
