Taming the flotsam of receipts, bills, loan paperwork and more can be hard work for home-based business owners. These important documents can also prove hard to replace. Editor in Chief Stacy Henderson received a ScanSnap iX500 to test out, and was more than satisfied with the high quality product, which proves to be a useful tool for businesspeople.
Equipped with a dual-core CPU-mounted “GI” processor, ScanSnap iX500 is the next generation of desktop scanners. It performs intelligent image functions dramatically faster for blazing new scanning speed and best-in-class performance at practically every level. With a Wi-Fi connection, entrepreneurs are no longer restricted by the length of their USB cable. Not only can business owners place the iX500 wherever they please, they can scan directly to an iOS, Android, or Kindle Fire mobile device, without even turning on the computer.
The ScanSnap iX500 helps people store documents by quickly and easily digitizing them. Entrepreneurs can scan documents to popular online cloud services, such as Evernote, Dropbox or SugarSync to tag and sort massive quantities of documents, without the need for a computer or mobile device. Users simply press the Scan button. ScanSnap cloud automatically separates entrepreneurs’ data into documents, receipts, business cards and photos and sends them directly to their favorite cloud service.
Business owners can use ScanSnap’s organizing tools to keep a neat and tidy file system on their desktop. Users can view and edit scans, create filing cabinets, perform searches and more. A software program, CardMinder, makes adding and managing contact information a breeze. By simply stacking business cards in the scanner and pushing the button, CardMinder captures both sides and places the information into editable fields. For organizing receipts, ScanSnap Receipt allows users to easily scan and extract information from receipts, and export the data into CSV for easy tax filing. ScanSnap Receipt also supports multiple languages and currencies.
The ScanSnap iX500 wireless desktop scanner is also equipped with an ultrasonic multi-feed detection sensor. This lets businesspeople quickly bypass intentional double-feeds such as a taped receipt on an expense report or even a sticky note on an insurance claim. This video shows the ScanSnap iX500 in action. To learn more, visit scanners.fcpa.fujitsu.com/scansnap11/features_iX500.html.
