Fujitsu S1500 User Manual

FSC label - LANDSCAPE

- Must be placed at a minimum height of 11 mm.

- Must have an area of clear space (shown here in grey) around the logo,
equivalent to twice the height of the letters ‘FSC’.

11 mm

FSC label - PORTRAIT

- Must be placed at a minimum width of 19 mm.

- Must have an area of clear space (shown here in grey) around the logo,
equivalent to twice the height of the letters ‘FSC’.

- The surrounding border is not required.

- Label must be in black, white or green. Background may be in any color.

19 mm

The full-color portrait positive FSC bug is preferred, although other versions
are available for a variety of reproductions.

General Technical Specifications

Product Name / Part number
Scanner Type
Scanning Modes
Image Sensor
Light Source
Optical Resolution

Auto Mode

Scanning

Normal Mode

1

Speed

Better Mode

(A4

Best Mode

portrait)

Excellent Mode
Normal Mode

without Carrier
Sheet

Scanning
Range

Normal Mode with
Carrier Sheet

Long Paper

Scanning
Multi-feed Detection
Paper Weight (Thickness)
Paper Chute Capacity
Interface
Power Requirement

Power Consumption

Operation Environment

Dimensions (W x D x H )
Device Weight
Environmental Compliance

Limited Warranty

Service Options

1: Scanning speeds may vary due to the system environment used. 2: Documents measuring 5.8 inches (148 mm) in length or
less are scanned in “Best Mode”, while other documents are scanned in “Better Mode”. 3: Monochrome 1200 dpi resolution
provided by interpolation. 4: ScanSnap S1500 is capable of scanning documents that exceed A4 size in length. ScanSnap
S1500 supports the scanning of longer documents in all modes except in “Excellent Mode”. 5: Maximum capacity varies
depending upon paper weight. 6: Excluding the stacker and other external attachments. 7: PFU limited, a Fujitsu company, has
determined that this product meets RoHS requirements (2005/95/EC).

Software

8

Driver

Applications

8: One button image file (JPEG, PDF, and searchable PDF) generation. 9: Applications listed are not supported on Mac operat-
ing systems.

ScanSnap specific driver (Does not support TWAIN / ISIS™) operable with ScanSnap Manager V5.0
ScanSnap Organizer V4.0 (for PC only)

CardMinder

9

Adobe
ABBYY FineReader for ScanSnap

ScanSnap S1500 / PA03586-B005
Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), Duplex Scanning
Color, Grayscale, Monochrome, Automatic
CCD (Charge coupled device) x 2 (front x 1/ back x 1)
White cold cathode discharge lamp
600 x 600 dots per inch (dpi)

2

Simplex or Duplex, 20 pages per minute (ppm)
Color & Grayscale 150 dpi, Monochrome 300 dpi, Simplex/Duplex, 20 ppm
Color & Grayscale 200 dpi, Monochrome 400 dpi, Simplex/Duplex, 20 ppm
Color & Grayscale 300 dpi, Monochrome 600 dpi, Simplex/Duplex, 20 ppm

3

Color & Grayscale 600 dpi, Monochrome 1200 dpi, Simplex/Duplex, 5 ppm
A4, A5, A6, B5, B6, Business Card, Letter, Legal and Custom Size.

Max: 8.5 X 14.17 in. (216 X 360 mm), Min: 2 X 2 in. (50.8 X 50.8 mm).
Automatically recognizes document size.

Use of a Carrier Sheet permits the scanning of A3, B4, Double-Letter
and photographs as well as the document sizes listed above.

34 inches in length (863 mm)

4

Ultrasonic Sensor or Length Detection (selectable)
14 to 34 lb (52 to 127 g/m2)

5

Maximum 50 sheets (Letter size at 20 lb or 80 g/m2)
USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible)
AC 100V to 240V, 50 / 60 Hz
Operating Mode 35W or less
Standby Mode 4.5W or less
Temperature 41°F to 95°F (5°C to 35°C)
Relative Humidity 20% to 80% (Non-condensing)

6

11.5 x 6.3 x 6.2 in. (292 x 159 x 158 mm)

6.62 lb (3.0 kg)

7

ENERGY STAR
1 Year Limited Warranty. For full details, visit www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/warranties or

call [phone]
In-warranty Upgrade: Advance Exchange. Post-Warranty: Advance Exchange

Plus, Depot Plus, ScanAid Kit, Cleaning and Consumable Kit. For full details on all
service programs, visit www.ImagingService.com

™

V4.0 (for PC only)

®

Acrobat® 9 Standard (for PC only)

®

Compliant / RoHS

™

4.0 PC Edition

(color / gr ayscale / monochrome Dete ction)

System Requirements

Compatible
Operating
Systems

Hardware
Require­ ments

11: This product supports Microsoft® Windows®. 12: ScanSnap Manager V5.0 is for use on select Windows operating sys-
tems; however, ScanSnap Manager V3.0 is also bundled with this product and supports select Mac operating systems. For
complete details, see http://ScanSnap.fujitsu.com/ 13: The Windows
Windows
Acrobat 8.0. 14: Requires Microsoft
memory capacity, and USB requirements are not met. 16: For use with Service Pack 4 or higher. 17: For use with Service Pack
2 or higher. Compatible with Windows

Rack2-Filer System Requirements

Compatible Operating Systems

CPU

Memory Capacity

Display

Disk Capacity

19: Rack2-Filer V5.0 only supports Microsoft® Windows®.

Consumables

Description Part Number Remarks

Pad Assy
Pick Roller
Cleaner F1 PA03950-0352 100 ml bottle. (Used to clean Pad Assy and Pick roller)
Cleaning Wipe PA03950-0419 1 package contains 24 sheets. (Used to clean Pad Assy and Pick roller)

10: These recommended lifetimes are for 17 lb (64 g/m2) A4 documents, therefore, appropriate replacement lifetimes may
vary with use of other document types.

Description

ScanSnap Manager V5.0
ScanSnap Organizer V4.0

11

CardMinder™ V4.0
Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Standard
ABBYY FineReader for

ScanSnap™ 4.0

15

CPU

Memory Capacity
Disk Capacity
DVD-ROM Drive
USB Port

®

XP. Search functionality for Windows® 2000 Professional is only supported by Adobe® Acrobat® 7.0 and Adobe®

10

PA03586-0002 Lifetime: Every 50,000 sheets or one year. (For S1500 and S1500M only)

10

PA03586-0001 Lifetime: Every 100,000 sheets or one year. (For S1500 and S1500M only)

Included items

• 1 USB cable (2.0) • 1 ScanSnap CarrierSheet • 1 Safety Precautions

• 1 AC adapter • 1 Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard DVD-ROM • 1 Set-up DVD-ROM

• 1 AC cable • 1 Getting Started

15

15

19

Windows® 2000
Professional

12

Supported

13

Supported
Supported

14

Not Supported

Supported

Intel Pentium® 4 processor 1.8 GHz or higher (recommended:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor 2.2 GHz or higher)

512 MB or higher (1GB or higher is recommended)
2,920 MB free hard disk space for installation
Required for installation
USB 2.0 / USB 1.1

®

Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. 15: Scanning speeds may drop if recommended CPU,

®

XP Professional / Home Edition. 18: Requires Adobe Acrobat 9.2 or higher.

(Comes with the ScanSnap S1500 / Rack2-Filer V5 Deluxe Bundled Model only)

Windows® 2000
Professional

Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, 1.8GHz or higher
(recommended: Intel

512MB or more (1GB or higher is recommended)

800 x 600 pixels or more

System drive: 10MB or more disk space.
Installation drive: 450MB or more disk space.*

*Additional space is required for the data created by Rack2-Filer

Windows® XP
(32-bit only)

16

Supported

16

Supported

16

Supported
Supported

16

Supported

®

Desktop Search function supports Windows Vista™ and

Windows® XP Windows® Vista

®

Core™ 2 Duo 2.2GHz or higher)

Windows® Vista
(32-bit & 64-bit)

17

Supported

17

Supported

17

Supported

17

Supported

17

Supported

(32-bit & 64-bit)

™

Options

Description Part Number Remarks

ScanSnap Carrier Sheets PA03360-0013

S510M, S500, 500M,& fi-5110E0X2)

ScanSnap Bag PA03951-0651
S500, S500M & fi-5110EOX Series

Qty 5 (Intended for ScanSnap S1500, S1500M, S510,

Intended for ScanSnap S1500, S1500M, S510, S510M,

Safety Precautions

Be sure to carefully read all safety precautions prior to using this product and use this
device as described.

This scanner is designed to digitize materials that can be reproduced lawfully, in accordance with applicable copyright regulations and other laws. ScanSnap users are responsible for how they
use this scanner. It is imperative that ScanSnap users comply with all applicable local rules and laws, including, without limitation, copyright laws when using this scanner.

Do not place this device in wet, moist, steamy, dusty or oily areas. Using this product
under such conditions may result in electrical shock, fire or damage to the product.

™

Windows® 7
(32-bit & 64-bit)

Supported
Supported
Supported

18

Supported

Supported

Windows® 7
(32-bit & 64-bit)

64bit: 2GB or more
32bit: 1GB or more

ScanSnap S1500

Compact Color Duplex Scanner
for Microsoft

One button searchable PDF creation

Intelligent paper feed detection

Blazing 20ppm color scanning

50-page Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)

Comes with Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Standard

®

Windows

®

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

http://us.fujitsu.com/fcpa
1250 East Arques Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085-4701
[phone] [phone] [e-mail]

©2010 Fujitsu Co mputer Prod ucts of Ame rica, Inc. All rights r eserved. Fuj itsu and the Fujits u logo ar e register ed trademar ks of Fuj itsu Limit ed. Adobe and Acrobat ar e either registered trademarks or tradem arks of Ado be Systems Incorporat ed in the United S tates and/ or other
countri es. Microsoft, Shar ePoint, Windows and Vis ta are either regi stered tradem arks or trademar ks of Microsoft C orporation in th e United States and/or other coun tries. ISIS is a reg istered tradem ark of Pixel Translatio ns, a division of Cap tiva Software C orporation. VRS is a re gistered
tradema rk of Kof ax Image Products, In c. ABBYY, FineReader are trad emarks of A BBYY Softw are House. As an ENERG Y STAR® Part ner, Fujitsu L td. has det ermined tha t this p roduct meet s the ENE RGY STAR® gu idelines f or energy efficiency. E NERGY STAR® is a U.S. registered
tradema rk. All other trademarks are the pro perty of th eir respect ive owners. All statements herein are valid only in the U. S. for U.S. r esidents, are based on n ormal opera ting conditi ons, are pro vided for i nformationa l purposes only, and are n ot intended to create any implie d war­ranty o f merchanta bility or f itness for a particular purpose. Fuj itsu Compute r Products of America, Inc . reserves t he right to modify at any time wi thout prior notice the se statement s, our produc ts, their per formance sp ecifications , availabilit y, price and warran ty, post-warrant y and
servic e programs. P rinted in th e U.S.A. Qty. 3M DS38601109

Breaking through the paper barrier.

Easily transform paper with the touch of one button

Organizing with the ScanSnap S1500 happens at the touch of a
single button. All this intelligent technology working behind the scene
ensures your PDF or JPEG files look their best automatically.

Blank Page Detection

DOC 1

A

Double-si ded

document

DOC 2

B

C

One-sided

document

DOC 3

D

Backwards

document

NEW Intelligent Auto Color Detection

Full Colo r Graysc ale Monochrom e

If the ScanSnap detects color, grayscale or monochrome it
scans accordingly keeping file sizes to a minimum.

Auto-Size Detection

XYZ Insurance

12345

Automotive Claims Div.
123 Straighten Way

April 21, 2007

DATE

Chicago, IL 03456

PAY TO THE

Jon Doe

3524.87

$

ORDER OF

Three Thousand Twenty-Four and 87/100

DOLLARS

SAMPLE CHE CK VO ID N O VALU E

#1234567-89

MEMO

SD110

DOC 1ADOC 1BDOC 2CDOC 3

ON

DOC 1ADOC 1BDOC 2CDOC 2 DOC 3 DOC 3

OFF

D

NEW Automatic Resolution Function

Assures small documents are readable.

148mm or shorter

XYZ Insurance

Automotive Claims Div.
123 Straighten Way

Chicago, IL 03456

PAY TO THE

Jon Doe

ORDER OF

Three Thousand Twenty-Four and 87/100

SAMPLE CHE CK VO ID N O V ALU E

#1234567-89

MEMO

SD110

Color/Grayscale: 300dpi
Monochrome: 600dpi

Auto Deskew and Auto Orientation

12345

April 21, 2007

DATE

3524.87

$

DOLLARS

(Blank pages
removed.)

D

Longer than 148mm

Color/Grayscale: 200dpi
Monochrome: 400dpi

The ScanSnap S1500 provides Windows®
users an effective way to greatly reduce
paper clutter, storage space, and security
risk associated with unmanaged paperwork
at home or office. Even better, documents

You can scan practically anything.

scanned by ScanSnap take on a higher level
of accessibility and usefulness once liberated
into the digital realm. Find out how others
are freeing up time, space and even money.
Visit http://us.fujitsu.com/scansnap.

Automatic features make ScanSnap the
quickest and easiest to use scanner ever.

Quick Menu provides ad-hoc flexibility

Operators can quickly access all the powerful features of ScanSnap from the centralized
Quick Menu. Just scan and choose a function to quickly transition from one scanning
intention to another. *Quick Menu for Windows

ScanSnap Quick Menu

Bundled Software

ScanSnap Organizer organizes and manages scanned documents

• Users can store, manage, and view PDF and JPEG files created by ScanSnap.

• Searchable PDF: Perform post-scan OCR on documents scanned by ScanSnap
S1500 immediately or when computer is idle.

• Keywords: Add and search on keywords from PDFs created by ScanSnap S1500.

®

shown

Just load the automatic document feeder with
different size documents and press scan.

Smaller
footprint
than an A4
notebook
computer

ScanSnap compliments any setting,
whether resting elegantly on the desk
at home or serving dutifully in the
corporate office.

Fast scanning

Simply load a stack of documents
into the automatic document
feeder and press the “Scan”
button. Capable of holding up to
50 pages in the feeder, ScanSnap
S1500 scans both sides simul­taneously at a speed of up to 20
pages per minute.

Scan business cards to large A3 documents

ScanSnap Carrier Sheets

The included carrier sheet allows ScanSnap
S1500 the flexibility to digitize large double­letter size documents (A3/B4), photographs,
as well as magazine and newspaper clippings.
Carrier sheets can be scanned in succession
or mixed in with paper documents.

Letter A3/B4 Clip pings Irregular shapes

NEW Intelligent Paper Feed Detection

ScanSnap S1500 is equipped with an
ultrasonic multi-feed sensor to ensure
documents are scanned as intended and
data is not lost.

Reduce paper clutter and make

documents more useful and secure.

http://us.fujitsu.com/scansnap

ScanSnap Organizer V4.0

CardMinde r V4.0

Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Standard

Rack2-Filer V5.0 (Trial on ly)

• NEW Intelligent Cropping: ScanSnap S1500 can automatically crop out sections
outlined with a standard highlighter pen.

• NEW Intelligent Indexing: Add keywords to a PDF automatically by highlighting
text on documents before scanning.

CardMinder™ efficiently organizes business card information

• ScanSnap S1500 quickly scans business cards, captures both sides simultaneously,
extracts the contact information, and places it into an editable database.

• CardMinder can recognize several different languages and provides export to Outlook
Express, Excel, and other contact managers.

ABBYY FineReader for ScanSnap™ 4.0 creates Microsoft® Word,
Excel®, and PowerPoint® files

With ScanSnap S1500, users can create editable documents by scanning directly into
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

* Generated images and text may vary from the original.

Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Standard creates Searchable and Editable PDF files

• With Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Standard, users can move beyond merely “seeing”
and “printing” PDF documents to searching and editing them however they like.

• Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Standard supports password protection and digital ID
creation, ideal for safeguarding personal and confidential information on PDF files.

Rack2-Filer V5.0 available with ScanSnap S1500 Deluxe Bundle

• Feature-rich scanning and digital archiving application.

• Allows content to be scanned directly into Rack2-Filer from ScanSnap.

• Virtual desk (Work Area) allows users to organize and disseminate scanned files
quickly and efficiently.

• Ultra-intuitive user interface incorporates realistic looking binders and cabinets.

• Easy-Flip technology allows users to interact with their scanned content with
complete ease.

*Full lic ense provided with ScanSna p S1500 Delux e Bundled Model only (PN: PA03586-B015)