ScanSnap SV600 Overhead Book and Document Scanner, Black

Excellent scanning and images - a must have for large scale stuff you cant place in a traditonal scanner or flatbed

I am using this scanner for something it was probably not targeted for, scanning graded comics and trading cards encapsulated in plastic holders. The CCD optics is the same technology as older flatbed scanners that provide a clear scan despite the reflective cases. Modern flatbed scanners provide blurry images. This is expensive but perfect for my needs to catalog my collection and list for resale. Easy to use and works with latest version of MacOS. I went with this over the no name Chinese versions being sold on Amazon. Quality build and believe it will last a long time.

I like the Fujitsu Overhead scanner for large magazines and book scans. The scanner works well for quick scans but needs improvements in the software as others have suggested. The quality of the scans varies and requires some manipulation of the pages to get quality scans. I use a plexiglas sheet to hold down book pages when clarity is important. Anyone who uses this Overhead scanner will need Adobe Acrobat DC to make corrections. I believe Adobe Acrobat DC now comes with the Fujitsu Overhead scanner for one year of use; thereafter it cost $180.00 per year. Using your fingertips to hold down the pages of a book while scanning is not a good method because the software included with the scanner can only remove fingertips from scans one page at a time.

I am in the process of digitizing everything that I can. I have a scan snap document scanner and it works great but obviously it would not work for books or other bulky items and was not great for photos. Since I really liked the way Scan Snap works I purchased the Scan Snap SV600. I love it. It was just as easy to set up as the document scanner and is just as easy to operate. After watching a You Tube video I did purchase a clear acrylic sheet from the hardware store to hold the books down (no more fingertips in the scan) The scans are clear, the software works great and I am very happy with the purchase.

Just got started, but a bit disappointed that I don't seem to have control over things like resolution, or even ability to turn OFF the page turn detection mode and scan a page at a time at the pace I need to.first impression very promising product, very limited software.update - I've been using the scanner a bit more, and am more convinced that it is the software that I do not like. I am having trouble getting consistent results because there seems to be some sort of automated cropping going on, which is making a hash of my scans despite meticulous placement efforts. This is COMPLETELY unnecessary. Just stop "thinking" and follow instructions. They don't even have a twain driver, which would at least allow better software to make use of the scanner. I'm taking it down to 1 star - that's what's deserved when my work efforts are being wasted. Don't buy it, get something better.Update - I actually went to the trouble of making a rigid layout plate, coped to the base of the scanner and perfectly centered. I included layout lines to ensure I had perfect placement of each page. Still, the program's "intelligence" insists on not scanning the area as I had specified, but rather choosing the layout as it would choose (decidedly off-center). Again, COMPLETELY unnecessary.Somebody at Fujitsu needs to understand the concept of consistent results. Honestly.I want to like this product, but the amount of re-scanning and wasted work involved precludes that. No matter how perfectly I place each page, I ALWAYS get a large percentage of random scan areas. I can not understand how this POS cannot simply keep its eyes in one spot and do its job.Probably the last Fujitsu product I buy. Every use makes me think less of its makers.update - they updated the software. Aaaaaaaaand...... its still a piece of trash.

This is great for scanning large photographs and old newspapers. Easy to make edits and the images look great.

Works great. Just what we ordered.

I love the concept. It scans nearly everything sheet-fed scanners can't. It is not nearly as big as it looks, about the size of a banker's desk lamp, taking up very little desk real estate. It is possible to connect multiple ScanSnaps--sheet fed and document scanners--and switch from one to the other easily; the software automatically determines which device is being used and uses the corresponding driver:The implementation, however, has been very disappointing.o Colors and gray tones look reasonable in the initial scans, but for some reason wash out during the "enhancement" step. The colors lose vibrance and accuracy. The grays become abysmal, with lighter grays even disappearing--making pie charts and bar charts, for example, impossible to read. There is no setting change that solves the problem; the app does the "enhancement" whether or not it is wanted.o The process is very manual and slow. There are 2 things the software must do: 1) identify the borders and centerline of the pages, and 2) remove fingerprints. The software does not correctly perform either function, so a lot of manual editing is required. The software uses 6-pointed areas to define pages and fingerprints; thus, manual editing involves moving one--and frequently several edit points--for each fingerprint and page that is not properly auto-recognized. For long documents, this can mean dragging hundreds of edit points to their proper positions. This is tedious, time-consuming, and mind-numbing work.With proper software, accurate colors and gray tones should easily be possible, and document processing could be speeded up several fold, making the device a productive and pleasurable tool to use.