Raven Pro Document Scanner

Product	Format	Scanning area	Connectivity	Sheets per minute	Images per minute	ADF Size	Daily Duty Cycle	Price
Raven Pro Document Scanner	A4	8.5 in. x 11.7 in.	Wi-Fi (2.4ghz), Ethernet	60	120	100 sheets	6000 sheets	Click for more info

The Raven Pro Document Scanner definitely makes our list. The price point is under 1000$ which is really a good thing.

Coming back to the device, this is a really interesting A4 digital sender. What does this mean? It means that it’s mostly built to be an electronic courier, that everyone uses to get paper documents digitally sent to others.

For this, it comes fitted with both a Wi-Fi and an Ethernet connection. The ethernet connection is really nice to use inside a company, as you can plug it to your network, and get data across. The Wifi feature is nice on the other hand that it allows to have no cables and also easily scan to mobile devices.

Why we think this is one of the best scanners? Simple, it has a really large touchscreen that is sensitive enough and provides great feedback to the user. Also, you don’t need a PC to attach to the scanner for it to work properly.

Fujitsu fi-7160

Product	Format	Scanning area	Connectivity	Sheets per minute	Images per minute	ADF Size	Daily Duty Cycle	Price
Fujitsu fi-7160	A4	8.27 in x 11.69 in	USB 3.0	60	120	80 sheets	4,000 sheets	Click for more info

The Fujitsu Fi-7160 is really the only productivity scanner out of this selection. I’ve always said that this is the best document scanner that you can get out of the A4 devices.

Where to start? Well with the speed. 60 pages per minute might not seem a lot, but what is more impressive is the way this scanner goes on and on. Very rare paper jams and multifeeds. Te rollers installed are made from a really good material, and they need less cleaning than in other scanners.

Then we have the scanning quality. Fitted with a CCD sensor, the quality of this and other Fi scanners is just superb. Manually, from the driver, you can even set it to 1200dpi. It’s a really really nice machine that provides great colors and image reproduction.

But what is really great about this scanner are the drivers and scanning software. Starting with the driver, the Paperstream IP, this has so many features, that some of them you’d never expect to find on such a small scanner.

Then it’s the Paperstream Capture, which is a really nice scanning software that comes bundled with the device when you buy it.

Epson DS-575W

Product	Format	Scanning area	Connectivity	Sheets per minute	Images per minute	ADF Size	Daily Duty Cycle	Price
Epson DS-575W	A4	8.27 in x 11.69 in	SuperSpeed USB 3.0, Wireless and Ethernet (optional)	35	70	50 sheets	4,000 sheets	Click for more info

The Epson DS-575W is in the category of one of the best small document scanners. It has a modest scanning speed of around 35 A4 sheets every minute.

Yes, this is an A4 device, which can hold around 50 sheets in its ADF and a daily duty cycle of 4000 sheets. It can reach an optical resolution of 600dpi, and will work through a Twain or ISIS interface.

It also comes bundled with a lot of different software. For example the Abbyy Finereader sprint is able to create numerous file formats, such as Word or PDF from images that have been OCR’d.

Then optionally you can get the Epson Document Capture suite, which is a scanning software with decent features, but it will never be near when compared to the Paperstream Capture.

All in all this is a realiable scanner, so if the budget allows it, go for it. It’s really small so it won’t take much space on the desk of your office. At the same time, it has an average weight, so you can easily move it around if necessary.

Fujitsu Scansnap IX1500

Product	Format	Scanning area	Connectivity	Sheets per minute	Images per minute	ADF Size	Daily Duty Cycle	Price
Fujitsu Scansnap IX1500	A4	8.27 in x 11.69 in	USB 3.1, WiFi	30	60	50 sheets	400 sheets	Click for more info

Last but not least we have the IX1500. As you probably already know, we have said many times that this is one of the most popular document scanners currently on the market.

Let’s start with the scanning speed. It scans around 30 pages per minute in simplex mode, but it also has a duplex mode, which will scan both sides of a paper at once.

The optical resolution is 600dpi and the capturing sensor is CIS. This makes it a good choice for standard documents, and probably not the best solution if you want to scan images. For that, see the FI 7160, it will do the best job in its class.

This scanner works with USB or Wifi. But we are more interested in the Wifi connection. It makes it perfect for you to scan and send documents instantly. It has a touchscreen to allow for easy transfer, but it’s not the biggest screen. It does not offer the ease of use of the Raven, but it will still work quite well.

Besides that it works as standalone, it also comes with a lot of software apps. For example, it has the Abbyy Finereader for ScanSnap as the OCR solution attached to it. Also, the Scansnap Home is a great tool to manage the scanning process and different features or settings.