Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1500 Review

[@papadogmew]

They both look good. If buying the scanner from scratch, the 1500 is slightly upgraded over the 500. Good to know. But for almost anyone with a ix500, it appears there is no practical reason whatsoever to upgrade.

[@samsafeway3849]

Excellent side by side comparison. Thank you!!

[@vikaspell]

I bought the Fujitsu Ix1500 And i would like to put out a few stuff which almost all the reviews i saw have missed out. My main reason for buying the Fujitsu ix 1500 is the support it had for MacOs. the competition mostly does not support mac or there drivers are almost few years old. Now coming to scanning it was good and i did not face any major issues. but being a scanner which can be connected to the access point the big putoff for me was that it is dependent on the system which has the software. If it can connect to network why can i simply scan and save to network folder. What i really wanted was to simply scan the document to a pdf (searchable) to a folder on my network. here is where the problem lies the scanner is connected only to the pc/ mac with the scansnap home software even though we have connected it via wifi to the network irrespective of the fact of the network drive is online. I need the computer system to scan. It cannot scan directly to a network drive. as the OCR function are not down by the scanner but rather by the software on the desktop and the save to folder function is also done by the software on the desktop rather then by the scanner.. So basically running the scanner silently was non existent. Further you need to click save on the system for it to save a pdf when we have already preset the folder it needs to be saved. Why should i have to click save when setting are already there.. shouldn't it just be silent. i would have loved if it could run silently without have to click the save button evertime. I hope fujitsu can make it run silently. I loved the fact that it takes the details of date and name from the document being scanned for file naming but that is also where the problem lies.. sometime the name that it takes up is way to long and creates and error. and i get this error way to often so i have to simply turn off the auto naming feature which was just perfect. i guess fujitsu should look at improving this. I used it to scan the mountain of business cards i had which were from people from so many different countries. The OCR was off at many places but the thing was all the 500 odd business cards i scanned had the country listed as united states when not more than 20 business card were actually from united states. looks like they seem to keep that as default when you are simply supposed to add what you find on the card and if nothing is mentioned leave it blank. But the OCR software simply puts the country as US for everyone. All in all it is a good scanner for individual use but it needs a lot more work for a group of people to use this.

[@TomM-ug3zc]

I know this comment is pretty old now but I just wanted to thank you for the information. You just saved me a potentially costly mistake as running the scanner without a computer connected is one of the main aims for me.

[@Quizzical106]

Nice review. I'd like to see a really good video of the controls, now the ix-1600. Nobody seems to cover that.

[@davidzizza]

Having owned a ix500 for several years and loving it, it was nice to have this review of the new one. I agree that the feeder is probably the best of any device I have run across in my time, it literally never fails. The only reason to consider upgrading would be if the 2.4GHz network was abandoned or if my current scanner just up and broke. My appreciation of your open and honest review. The only thing I would have liked is if you reviewed the quality of the ix500 scan that you tested to see how file size and quality compare. Thanks!

[@EsotericDesi]

I think this is the best way to review... for us viewers, not company... Great review...

[@cebukitty]

Great review. I bought the ix500 5 years ago then upgraded to the ix1500. didn’t know there was a black variant. I have the white ix1500 but i prefer the black color.

[@Sewprano]

just bought this scanner and this video was helpful for me. Thanks for taking the time.

[@Noahsamonte31]

Excellent product!

[@carinbernard1712]

Thank you so much, am awaiting the scanner to become more minimal!

[@SupraBlack-dp4zz]

I've purchased about 150 of these for my office. The Ix500 that is. I'm curious to see how these new ones are. The 150 were over the course of a few years though. We have some s1500's as well.

[@SiMahDan]

And is there a document management software like Neat scanners have?

[@Harmonee64]

Can I scan 8.5 x 14 paper in it?

[@Ryan-hp6xs]

Great review. Thanks Andrew.

[@MrDIYincome]

Can the ix1500 scan sports cards or post cards?

[@TheMrBennito]

thanks Andrew, I would buy this scanner only if the photo scanning is satisfactory as well. Anything you could say about that?

[@emilywilson4918]

ix500 NOT FOR MAC, no 64bit support. I was just given one.

[@amithimani8163]

Andrew have you tried connecting this scanner to hard wire ethernnet cable via USB to ethernnet cable?

[@pammalone8649]

I loved the ix500 as you could scan to the same folder without going through the browser each time. Now with the ix1500 I am having to navigate through the browser each time I scan. Also frustrating I cannot get the ix1500 to scan directly to my specific drive, it want to go to the ScanSnap specific drive. Is this something new in forcing you to use all of the Fujitsu software? Wish I had my ix500 back, but I wore it out. I use the scanner on a daily basis probably 3 hours or more a day.

[@mhyanks]

Fujitsu tech support should be able to assist with that. 800-626-4686 and reference the product serial number

[@axel9546]

What scanner is the most silent??

[@mrslcakes]

Thank you for this review. I just ordered one

[@MR-cj8uw]

Hope it works out well.

[@listwithlindag]

Great job, very informative. thank you!

[@SupraBlack-dp4zz]

Felt like I was watching SuperSpeederRob with the music. Haha.

[@PegManning]

Is it true that Fujitsu is not providing 64 bit software for the i500? Spent a bundle to buy it-my second-and love it but Mac is issuing its new OS.

[@jjgangi]

Same issue here. Mac software for ix500 is trash.

[@AGH_666]

It seems they have released 64 bit software for macOS (www.fujitsu.com/global/support/products/computing/peripheral/scanners/scansnap/faq/macos10134.html). Can someone who has ix500 verify that it works?

[@Raindown15]

... does this guy have his backpack on? anyone? bro where u going!?

[@andrewesquivel]

You mean my suspenders?

[@liameneuk]

Trust me, the new one is a downgrade. I have S1500 then iX500 and then fi6130z.

[@brandijonason2983]

Dont come here for music...aggravating!

[@arthurfiorillo8591]

I, scan into my computer and I can't find anything but I'm not a great feger outer of these machines. this machine is as bad as neat.

[@MR-cj8uw]

ix1500 scansnap I have the scanner I hate it piece of garbage aggravating miserable little machine. The 1500 was a wonderful machine I bought the Apple upgrade it and it wouldn't work with Catalina this is disgusting. I'd like him to pick up this piece of garbage I have and just I still have a 1500 I would love to know. I could go back to that I never had a problem with 1500 machine.

[@AGH_666]

I'm sorry, what?

[@MR-cj8uw]

@@AGH_666 Scan snap ix1500 is lousy.