ScanSnap iX1600 Photo and Document Scanner, Wireless or USB, High-Speed, Cloud Enabled, Large Touchscreen, Auto Document Feeder, Mac or PC, White

I have 2 HP Printers that have flatbed scanners. While useful for the occasional scanning, they are cumbersome, time consuming and not enjoyable to use for scanning years of photos and plenty of multiple documents.For years, my husband has wanted a photo scanner to digitize our hundreds and hundreds of photos.First, I purchased theScanSnap iX1300 Compact Wireless Scanner. Set it up, then realized that my husband's discomfort with tech would not make a good match with this model. It had a good price, only I knew that there was a considerable more expensive model that would suit his elder eyes and clunky fingers better. Hence, the ScanSnap iX1300 Compact Wireless or USB Double-Sided Color Document, Photo & Receipt Scanner with Auto Document Feeder and Manual Feeder was returned and theScanSnap iX1600 Photo and Document Scanner was ordered and came to live with us.IT IS A GREAT MACHINE AND WELL WORTH THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS!The Large Touchscreen in an EXCELLENT, simple, so easy to use, Superior Feature.Jim just presses the button and the scanner scans both sides of the photo, document, receipt in about the time it takes for him to blink! Then he, using the laptop, he names the item and saves it to the appropriate folder.It is incredibly EASY!SUPERFAST!Very Good Quality results.Yes, it was lots more money than I had planned to spend.And the stress that it relieves...And the ease of use...The amount of photos it can handle in one batch...THE SPEED!WOW!!!!!This was a GREAT PURCHASE!I highly recommend it!

What a great little scanner! I’ve always owned a multifunction printer and found the slow, single-sides only scanning annoying. This scanner is incredibly fast, scans two sided images, different thickness papers, and pretty much anything that can be fed thru the document feeder with speed and ease. Lots of customizations possible, although the user interface is a little old school. Would definitely buy another one of these and am never going back to expensive three in one printers/scanners that jam easily, aren’t customizable, and use expensive ink (that’s you HP). If you primarily scan, get this unit and you’ll be very happy.

I found this scanner to be easy to set up and use. It has a relatively small footprint on my desktop. It makes quick work of making images of documents. It comes with Kofax Power PDF standard for Windows and Mac, which is a program designed to be used to manage pdf files.I use this scanner primarily to scan documents. If you need to scan numerous small items, such as photographs, you would be better off to use a flatbed scanner.One thing that is tricky with this scanner is that it scans multi-page documents from the bottom. To save an image in the correct order, you simply need to load the document face-down and top-first, with the back side of the last page of the document facing you.

Very simple to add to my IOS lap top & phoneEasy set up, very simple to follow & useI wanted this to use multiple scanned docs at one button-speed & accuracy!I will be scanning all the WWII letters my grandmother saved that were sent home by my father & uncle. Then I’ll be sharing them with my siblings & their children for posterity. I didn’t want these 80 years old documents to end up deteriorating or in a dumpster

Recently, I replaced my 2009 SnapScan when I moved to a silicon Mac. Seems that the old software & machine were not compatable with the new Macs. Yes, there was 3rd party software available; but the scanner was 15 years old with OEM parts. It scanned well over 150,000 sheets.The ix1600 is very comparable to the old i1500 model. The ix1600 is much faster. The ScanSnap scanners are very good, reliable, and good value for money. So far the software does work but has a different presentation and flow than the older scanner software.The software works differently from the i1500. The new stuff is much fancier and is taking some time to reconcile. A few pointers as best I have learned so far .......1- the software stores everything in "its" library. I have a system (over the years) where document are placed. After moving the scans to the right place, having to clean up the ScanSnap homepage is an extra chore to do. yes, small potatoes but extra.2- the old scanner allowed "one sheet per file", so the feeder could be loaded up with a mash of items. The new software seems to only allow one file per feeder load. So, either scan one sheet at a time or pluck pages out of a 50 sheet scan?3- the software seems to be built for a large volume invoice processing or high traffic client office, which is different from the old software. As I recall, the old software seemed to allow more "manual" control and options.4- the business card scan does not extract data from the scan for automatic input into a database ..... as best I can tell. So, scanning business cards is like scanning photos.5- the software has a different feel. No doubt, I will get the hang of it.

I LOVE this scanner. I used one at the office and found I couldn't live without it. I took several books and cut the bindings off, ran them through the scanner and turn them into searchable PDF books! You can scan multiple sizes at one time as well. Snapshots to legal pages. Truly the best money I've ever spent!!

The scanner quality is fantastic. It is so easy to use, plug it in and it's ready. Great value for the money!

Whoa! This scanner is GREAT! I replaced another, older scanner that could no longer be supported or upgraded. This new one is super fast at scanning and very easy to set up. I probably had it set up in less than 1 minute and it works perfectly. Highly recommended.