Fantastic Scanner

Took the advice from the many great reviewerson Amazon for this scanner and I am so pleased. Reviews make Amazon so wonderful and helpful.
The Snapscan scanner is so portable, scans very fast, I like that its white (not typical black) just for looks. It is so easy to set up. Plus I downloaded a program called Receipt Wallet http://www.receiptwallet.com/ which organizes all my receipts that are scanned in from SnapScan.
With the ScanSnap Pro Scanner they are a powerful duo. SnapScans works flawlessly with Mac and I could not be happier.

One thing I hope the company could add on their next upgrade is some thing that can help keep receipts straight when scanning in. Other wise its not to big of a deal to align them, but some kind of receipt guider would be an enhancement

Also would like to see a Future Blue Tooth upgrade feature which would make this until that much more outstanding
and buy the next one faster than I did this one!

However no other complaint . A+

It Works Fantastically

Just like most things on the Mac itself, the S300M scanner just works. You have to follow the installation instructions exactly, though, before connecting the scanner.

But once you do, this is truly amazing. Put a stack of papers - all different sizes, double sided or single sided, and press the scan button. It scans quickly, accurately and then ... it's all there.

It will detect a blank page - e.g. if one page is single sided but others are double sided - and will not include a blank page in the output. It will auto rotate an image if it was scanned in crooked - this happens to me when I scan in small receipts.

After stuggling to use an HP all-in-one printer/fax/scanner, I never thought scanning could be easy on a Mac. But whatever Fujitsu did, they did it right.

If you want to scan on a Mac, get this scanner. It works incredibly well on documents (I have not scanned any photos with it yet).

I thought I'd tried all the good scanners out there!

I had seen this scanner featured in ads in Mac Life and Mac World, but I wasn't sold. I had invested in the NeatReceipts scanner and software and was glad that they'd recently released a Mac port of the software, but it just didn't "do it all". I figured it was worth a shot and I ordered the S300M from Amazon.com.

Was I ever happily surprised! I got right down to business scanning documents and receipts, the scanner's automatic settings are to scan in color/duplex. With the versatility of the Preview application on the Mac I was able to add or delete pages from a PDF once it was created, with ease.

The only drawback on this scanner is if you want to scan a page from a book. That's why I have a little Canon flatbed scanner. Also, a small drawback is sometimes the scanner has trouble pulling in multiple pages that have been folded (for example an American Express bill). In that case I scan each page separately and use Preview to make one big PDF.

All in all, the S300M gives me the ability  more

Scansnap S300M Delivers

This scanner and software work perfectly with my Macbook Pro. It runs great on Leopard. I especially like the ability to define separate scanning profiles and select them in the dock. I have several profiles that send scans to various apps and it works perfectly. I am using this with Mail, ReceiptWallet, Yep, and other apps as well.

Speaking for the scanner itself I am amazed at how fast it is scanning both sides of a page. The feed mechanism works well. Sometimes a skinny receipt will feed in skewed but the software corrects for that so it's not a problem.

The only thing I didn't like, which is probably a limitation of USB more than a design flaw, is that it requires two USB ports if you don't use the AC adapter. If you want to be truly portable, you'll use one USB port for power, and one for data. That's a pain to carry two cables but at least it makes portable scanning possible so it's a small complaint.

Overall, I love this thing and have recommended it to many friends..  more

Works perfectly

Received scanner, hooked it up and it work perfectly. Now, I scan in all my documents, bills, notes, anything that I should remember but never do. I date and name all documents and after a couple of years, i will simply delete the scanned documents when I determine that they are no longer needed.

Unbelievable scanner!

Tiny. Fast. Push one button. (Although there's also a very nifty Quick Menu that let's you rename, file in a specific location, send to iPhoto, print, email, etc.)

It's unbelievably small and light and unbelievably fast.

I'm an artist/designer/educator and I'm always clipping images and arcane bits of text. I sent odd size pieces of flimsy paper from the New York Times magazine without a hitch.

I love this product. It's one of the best purchases I ever made.

Excellent Scanner

This scanner works great. Very easy to use and well engineered. Jams, although rare, are easily fixed with ingenious design. No regrets with this purchase.

Works perfect

This is a very well designed and built scanner. Works great with Mac just make sure you order the 300m for mac and it is something you will never know how you lived without. I scan all my business cards and all my bills and anything i want to keep without clutter.

Pro's: Very fast. Even straightens miss feeds automatically. Small footprint for your office or desk. Sets up in a snap (pun intended)

Con's: Nothing yet

Great Scanner!

I've got to say, so far I love it! I was looking for something that would fit on my desk and not too big, and I think this has really hit the mark! I use it to scan in expenses, school papers, clippings, etc. The duplexing feature is nice, but I haven't needed to use it very often.

CardIris is a nice bonus, but seems like it's not really designed for 10.5.

Also, and this is a minor gripe, you have to put your originals face-down and head-first, which isn't terribly user-friendly.

Overall, highly recommended!

Great scanner

This scanner is simply the best I have ever seen. The flat bed scanners and the all-in-ones I have used with my Intel iMac G5 all suffered from various problems that made scanning a maddening experience that I couldn't fit into the work flow of any project regardless of how simple it might have seemed. Most scanners are geared for the PC world and Mac software is mediocre at best and usually flat out useless. This scanner and its software are aimed at the Mac market and they have done it the right way.

Following the quick start instructions to the letter, and I suggest you read them all the way through before starting, I had the unit up and running in a few minutes.

It doesn't take long to see the beauty of opening the unit and putting something in to be scanned, pressing the "scan" button and seeing the resulting PDF on your screen within seconds! There are many output and storage options as well, to fit just about any workflow application.

This scanner has become a key part of my day  more