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Scanner Review: Fujitsu fi-6140

By Rick Borstein

One of the nice things about working for Adobe is that occasionally nice things show up on my doorstep.

That was the case a few months ago when a Fujitsu fi-6140 scanner arrived. My test of this scanner was delayed as I waited for my new laptop to arrive . . . apologies!

Fujitsu fi-6140 scanner on my messy desk.

Fujitsu offers an entire line of scanners from inexpensive personal scanners to heavy-duty departmental scanners. Many of their scanner offerings include Adobe Acrobat, too!

Need to learn about scanning and OCR in Acrobat 9? Check out my movie page to see how to use these features.

 

The Fujitsu fi-6140 is department-level scanner that is rated to scan 60, double-sided black and white pages per minute at 200 dpi and 40, double-sided color pages at 300 dpi. This kind of performance is about three times what you'll find in a personal scanner.

The price is also about three times more:

• The Fujitsu fi-6140 is about $1580 (CDW)
• ScanSnap S1500 is a bit under $500 (CDW)

For a small firm that doesn't do a lot of scanning, the Fujitsu fi-6140 might be overkill. However, if you have a lot of documents to scan, or difficult document types, this scanner has many benefits:

1. TWAIN Interface
   Unlike the ScanSnap personal scanners, Fujitsu's business scanners can interface to any software such as Acrobat. (You can't scan inside of Acrobat using the ScanSnap, which is an annoyance).
2. Scanning Options
   The fi-6140 TWAIN driver offers sophisticated imaging tools such as edge cleanup, hole removal, document numbering, etc. You can even have the scanner automatically scan the front of pages at one resolution and the back in another.
3. Paper Handling
   The fi-6140 capably handles thick card stock and other tough to scan documents. I scanned a stack of credit cards and it worked fine!
4. Speed
   The fi-6140 is fast, really fast. If you scan large stacks of paper frequently, you will benefit the most.
5. Software Bundle
   In addition to Acrobat, the fi-6140 includes full versions of professional-level software such as Kofax VRS Professional and Fujitsu ScandAll Pro.
6. Long Duty Cycle

In the rest of the article, you can read more about my overall impression of the Fujitsu fi-6140. In this review, I'll cover how to use this scanner with Acrobat and access some extended functions.

Spoiler alert: I liked it! Read on . . .

Full post as published by Acrobat for Legal Professionals on June 03, 2009 (boomark / email).