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Hi fellow SF members.
When I sold my business in 2019 I lost most of our office equipment and I now find myself in need of a good home office scanner and am wondering what the braintrust might recommend.

I would like a scanner that I can load a multi page document into (not one page at a time) and probably uses a laser printer as I don’t want to keep buying those crazy ink cartridges.

What can you recommend?
Thanks.


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Fujitsu scansnap is the gold standard.


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Fujitsu scansnap is the gold standard.


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Originally posted by ruger357:
Fujitsu scansnap is the gold standard.


And, accordingly pricey.

A Brother MFC (multi function copier) has been, in my opinion, the best combination of price, reliability, and feature set (inclusive of toner replacement and included software packages). I have purchased 3 iterations of MFC printers over the past 15ish years, and all have met or exceeded my expectations.

I would pick one that has, at the minimum, "automatic duplexing" for the scanner AND printing. That means it scans both sides of the page and prints on both sides without you having to manually flip pages over.

If you need a stand alone scanner for documents, I will also recommend Brother's document scanners over the Fujitsu for price. The choice between a Multi Function machine and a stand alone scanner will depend on how heavy your use is. Scanners and printers both have wear items parts. If you scan and print about the same (e.g, lots of "copies") or if your use is considered light to medium duty, an all-in-one makes sense: either the parts of the scanner and printer wear in at the same time, or never wear in enough to make a difference before you decide to upgrade.

However, if you either print a whole bunch or scan a whole bunch, then separate machines make sense as they'll be on different replacement/wear schedules.

For myself, I scan much more than I print, so separate scanner for me works best.

If you are looking for a scanner for pictures, then you should look at either a specialized auto-feeding photo scanner like the Epson, or a flat bed scanner. I have been unable to get my Brother document scanners to make my photos look "good" on a scan.
 
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I have a Brother MFCL2710DW laser printer:

It scans, prints, copies. Has 50-page auto-document feeder for copying & scanning. As a plus it also supports network printing via WiFi or Ethernet.

https://www.amazon.com/Brother...shment/dp/B0763ZCH7K




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Have and HP Office jet pro, multi page scanner, auto feed on the scanner, color or grey scale.

Also have a separate laser scanner but it's BW only, so the HP gets the scanner duties.

You can get them at Sams/Costco, there is also a laser model. Shouldn't break the bank doing this.
 
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If you have an iPhone the notes app has a scanner built in


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For a standalone scanner the Fujitsu Scansnap is excellent. Mine has been going strong for years.

For a laserjet-based AIO I use the HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M479fdw. It has also been extremely solid.

Good luck!
 
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For a standalone scanner the Fujitsu Scansnap is excellent. Mine has been going strong for years.


This... mine is an older model Si1300 but it's been running perfectly for many years. Excellent quality. The feeder works very well if you do your part in removing staples and not trying to feed crumpled up documents. If you do get a jam, the head unlocks and swings open for easy removal. Scans both sides at once. No printer built in but it does have "copier" mode which will send scanned docs directly to any printer set up on your host computer. I never use that, simple scan to PDF then print from there. I'd buy again without hesitation.



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I have a ScanSnap IX500 and could not be happier.

I have had several though the years and this is by far the best I've ever used that was not part of a business copier/scanner.


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Originally posted by ruger357:
Fujitsu scansnap is the gold standard.


And, accordingly pricey.

A Brother MFC (multi function copier) has been, in my opinion, the best combination of price, reliability, and feature set (inclusive of toner replacement and included software packages). I have purchased 3 iterations of MFC printers over the past 15ish years, and all have met or exceeded my expectations.

I would pick one that has, at the minimum, "automatic duplexing" for the scanner AND printing. That means it scans both sides of the page and prints on both sides without you having to manually flip pages over.

If you need a stand alone scanner for documents, I will also recommend Brother's document scanners over the Fujitsu for price. The choice between a Multi Function machine and a stand alone scanner will depend on how heavy your use is. Scanners and printers both have wear items parts. If you scan and print about the same (e.g, lots of "copies") or if your use is considered light to medium duty, an all-in-one makes sense: either the parts of the scanner and printer wear in at the same time, or never wear in enough to make a difference before you decide to upgrade.

However, if you either print a whole bunch or scan a whole bunch, then separate machines make sense as they'll be on different replacement/wear schedules.

For myself, I scan much more than I print, so separate scanner for me works best.

If you are looking for a scanner for pictures, then you should look at either a specialized auto-feeding photo scanner like the Epson, or a flat bed scanner. I have been unable to get my Brother document scanners to make my photos look "good" on a scan.


Thanks guys for all the suggestions.

Aeteocles I have a question for you. I believe that you are an attorney. If so my question is a blue pen signature “more legal” than one done in black ink and does a scanned document need to be in color or will black and white be just as “official”?? Hope this makes sense.


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I have a Visoneer standalone PatriotH60 which I have used for heavy duty B&W and/or color scanning for the past two years. Has been excellent, has multiple capabilities and formats. A bit pricey initially but uses laser so no inks. Definitely has helped with preparing large multipage documents for tax accountants and estate attorneys. Also allows digital backups of documents no longer needed in hardcopy reducing my paper clutter. Definitely worth a look.
 
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If you have an iPhone the notes app has a scanner built in


With an IPhone the “Notes” app is awesome for scanning, storing and sharing.





 
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Aeteocles I have a question for you. I believe that you are an attorney. If so my question is a blue pen signature “more legal” than one done in black ink and does a scanned document need to be in color or will black and white be just as “official”?? Hope this makes sense.


In a dispute over a signed agreement, a signature only serves one purpose: It allows the opposing attorney to ask "Did you sign this agreement?"

At that point, black ink, blue ink, color scan, black and white scan, or electronic signature does not matter--either the person on the stand will agree that they signed the contract as presented, or will assert that it is not their signature and whatever document being presented is fraudulent. Having a wet blue ink signature is not going to be particularly probative either way.

However, there are of course certain specific situations mandated by state statute that require wet ink signatures. For example, many states require that wills and trusts and the like to be "original." Probably because the signer is usually dead and can't get on the stand to confirm or reject the signature as being valid.

So, as always, the answer is going to be, "It depends."
 
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I’m going to chime in on the Fujitsu; I have the ix500 and it has been almost flawless for years. Fujitsu updates the software so that for Mac, for example, their software will run on the latest MacOS 11 Big Sur. Consumables such as rollers are also available.

I recommend against using three-in-one machines if you want serious, fairly high-volume scanning. I can cut the spine off a book of several hundred pages and the scanner will scan it into a pdf in about 10 minutes. All bills of which I need a copy; tax documents; legal documents; even greeting cards and kids’ old drawings get scanned in and saved in folders where I can find them. Using OCR to digitize the scan makes searching for text within a document easy. No more filing cabinet.


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To further Aeteocles' thinking, I have always used blue to help differentiate originals from copies. I find that even high quality copiers don't reproduce a blue ink signature as well as they reproduce a black one.

It's important to note, however that as they get better and better, that distinction is rapidly eroding.



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......However, there are of course certain specific situations mandated by state statute that require wet ink signatures. For example, many states require that wills and trusts and the like to be "original." Probably because the signer is usually dead and can't get on the stand to confirm or reject the signature as being valid.

So, as always, the answer is going to be, "It depends."


Thank you and this why I wanted the scanner. We have just established a Revocable Trust and my wife signed in blue but I used my black pen. When I asked my attorney if that was OK he said yes but he usually asks his clients to sign in blue as it’s “easier” to distinguish if it’s an original..In my construction contracts everything was signed electronically so I didn’t think much about it which is legal in Virginia.

I want to have electronic copies of everything stored in my cloud file and give copies to the trustees who in turn can use the copy to get access to our safe deposit box where the original documents will be kept.

Thanks everyone.


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......However, there are of course certain specific situations mandated by state statute that require wet ink signatures. For example, many states require that wills and trusts and the like to be "original." Probably because the signer is usually dead and can't get on the stand to confirm or reject the signature as being valid.

So, as always, the answer is going to be, "It depends."


Thank you and this why I wanted the scanner. We have just established a Revocable Trust and my wife signed in blue but I used my black pen. When I asked my attorney if that was OK he said yes but he usually asks his clients to sign in blue as it’s “easier” to distinguish if it’s an original..In my construction contracts everything was signed electronically so I didn’t think much about it which is legal in Virginia.

I want to have electronic copies of everything stored in my cloud file and give copies to the trustees who in turn can use the copy to get access to our safe deposit box where the original documents will be kept.

Thanks everyone.


Right, the blue ink thing is just so the intern doesn't put an original in the shredder.
 
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I’m going to chime in on the Fujitsu; I have the ix500

This. I have scanned thousands of old photos into my PC and my Mac. Hundreds of document into word and pdf. Killer software. Wireless connection. Just buy the darn thing.



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I have had several types of scanners over the years. One scanner can not do everything that even a small home office requires. You need a flatbed scanner for oversize or very small documents as well as a ScanSnap for just about everything else.

The all in one printer/scanner/copier/Fax does everything, but not everything well. My current setup is a ScanSnap, Cannon Flatbed scanner, a Cannon all in one for copies, and a HP Black and White Laser Printer for high speed printing. Don't forget a dedicated FAX; over the years, I have used it more than I thought possible.
 
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