Document scanner home solutions?

[ibex333]

I been looking for some ways to digitize tons of papers I have to store and sort all the time. Bills, school, work, medical and legal documents. I am not running a business - just an average joe. I don't have tons of papers, but it would just be nice to get rid of whatever I have.

I was looking for something that has a document feeder, and scans pages FAST. Not necessarily office copy machine fast, but fast enough to do say... 10 pages per minute.
I have a Brother MFC inkjet printer combined with a laser standalone at home, and together they do the job, but the document feeder on the AIO is slow! It takes a good 15-30 seconds or so run a single page through the scanner and return it back to me depending on quality.

I looked at some dedicated document scanners online but they cost $300-900+


Are there any cheaper solutions that anyone knows of?

Thanks.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I bought my wife a decent Xerox scanner a couple years ago for her business. I don't remember what it cost (wasn't much) but it is fairly fast and works well. She is very happy with it.

 

[alien42]

i use a Neat Portable scanner at work for our receipts. it's a great little machine but may not be fast enough for what you are looking for.

 

[Brian Stirling]

I think the best choice is something like the Brother MFC series that do large format paper (11x17). Try buying a stand alone large format scanner -- they're more expensive than the large format MFC printers.

I have used several models of them and the scanning speed can be as slow as 30 seconds and as fast as 5 seconds -- it depends on the size of the paper AND what your scanning settings are. For example, if the settings for scanning are 24-bit color at 600x600 it will take a lot longer than if it were Black & White at 300x300.

I use them mostly to scan in receipts for work so my settings are:

PDF, Black & White, 300x300 and that's pretty fast and the quality of the scan is still pretty good.


Brian

 

[Mixolydian]

I use the ADF scanner on my Brother MFC laser printer. It's fast and does duplex scanning in a single pass.

 

[FrootyPebblez4u]

http://www.amazon.com/Fujitsu-ScanSn.../dp/B001V9LQH0

super fast. reliable. sorry not cheap. but very handy even for home use.

 

[highland145]

http://www.amazon.com/Fujitsu-ScanSn.../dp/B001V9LQH0

super fast. reliable. sorry not cheap. but very handy even for home use.

SNAP...mine.


Look at refurbs too. There's a local guy that sells new/refurbs/toner/does repairs....I got a good price on a refurbed Brother fax and an all-in one.

 

[JulesMaximus]

This is similar to the one we have.

http://www.amazon.com/Xerox-XDM5155D...ref=pd_sim_e_2

 

[ElFenix]

http://www.amazon.com/Fujitsu-ScanSn.../dp/B001V9LQH0

super fast. reliable. sorry not cheap. but very handy even for home use.

i had an earlier one of these at work and it had a nasty problem with trying to pull 2 pages at once.

 

[7window]

You will be happy with fugitsu scanner from amazon or costco.

 

[LeoW]

I recently bought the fujitsu ScanSnap ix500. It's incredible. 50 pages per minute, 2 sided. I've had no problems with it. It's about $450, but it's worth it to eliminate all the file cabinets.

 

[yinan]

I also love the Fujitsu ScanSnap line. I have had the S500 (I think?) for a long time now, it is fast, has a document feeder, and can scan both sides at the same time. Like LeoW said it wasn't cheap, but I spent way more than that on scanners I hated.

 

[Fayd]

I also love the Fujitsu ScanSnap line. I have had the S500 (I think?) for a long time now, it is fast, has a document feeder, and can scan both sides at the same time. Like LeoW said it wasn't cheap, but I spent way more than that on scanners I hated.

I second the fujitsu.

I bought it a couple years ago based on a need given by parents, and based on best judgement considering newegg reviews.

parents have put over 20,000 pages through it without any catastrophic failure. Seems to be going well.