Personal Desktop Scanners "Wave of the Future"?

Art Post (Guest)

Thursday, April 5, 2007

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Personal Desktop Scanners "Wave of the Future"?

A few months ago I was in a clients office doing an analysis for their printing needs in New Jersey. As I was going from office to office, I noticed that everyone had their own personal desktop scanners. This particular client had 12 Fugitsu ScanSnap S500's ($495 Retail)and all were connected locally via USB. As I made the rounds with the owner to each office, I was curious why the desktop scanners and not scanning from the MFP's, he stated that scanning at an MFP wastes time and productivity and for $500 each, he figured he was saving almost 20 hours a month of productivity! He also stated that all documents are scanned locally and then distributed or archived. I thought this was pretty neat idea and tucked it away in the ole memory banks. Just a few weeks ago doing another print analysis I again encountered 15 of the these scanners at another location, hmmmmmmm is this coincidence or a new fad.

Just yesterday one of my clients called me and asked me to quote on 6 desktop scanners similar to the Fugitsu, although he mentioned that he had seen the Canon DR2050c (Retail $695) and liked what he saw. Now this got my attention!

The Fugitsu Scan Snap S500 comes with a 50 page feeder, ABBY Fine Reader, USB 2.0, and scans at 36ppm in mono chrome and 18 ppm in color (150 dpi). Nice little box plus it is an upright scanner, the foot print is just under the size of a letter size piece of paper.

When comparing prices on the Internet, this are no margins, maybe $50 per box, however an solution like this may get you the MFP sales over someone else where scanning is an issue.

Keep it in your back pocket, I surely will.

4/5/074:10 PM

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ChuckElite P4P'er

Art, curious if these were being supplied by the same vendor? Could it be the some stellar salesperson was very busy and vewry successful. The 8025e/DSm725e etc. scans at 52 per minute and costs nothing versus $500 per desk (15x$500=$7500.

Now if he liked the productivity of that solutions why not consider a desktop MFP that can Scan, and Print, and Copy, and Fax, and perhaps Color for the same price.

4/5/077:30 PM

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Art Post (Guest)

hey cheuck, scanner swere from two different supplies, in reference to the desktop MFP's, the fugitsu scanners are half the size have 50 ppm feeders, color, letter and legal size, along with wieghing on 5 lbs!

4/6/0710:45 AM

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TonySenior P4P'er

I also have a larger customer that although they have 30+ MFP's that all scan, they have 15 to 20 Snapscan devices all over their offices. Same mentality, $500, very convenient, does just as good a job, and no residual cost. I have seen two of them basically burned up though. They put them in a file room that they were supposedly going to eliminate but soon determined it could not handle the volume.

4/9/0711:22 AM

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DeanwMaven VIP

Where can I buy these to resell?
I'm thinking maybe we can sell them for next to $0 profit and charge a little to set them up and connect them?

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Originally posted by Art Post:
Thursday, April 5, 2007

Art's Web Blog

Personal Desktop Scanners "Wave of the Future"?

A few months ago I was in a clients office doing an analysis for their printing needs in New Jersey. As I was going from office to office, I noticed that everyone had their own personal desktop scanners. This particular client had 12 Fugitsu ScanSnap S500's ($495 Retail)and all were connected locally via USB. As I made the rounds with the owner to each office, I was curious why the desktop scanners and not scanning from the MFP's, he stated that scanning at an MFP wastes time and productivity and for $500 each, he figured he was saving almost 20 hours a month of productivity! He also stated that all documents are scanned locally and then distributed or archived. I thought this was pretty neat idea and tucked it away in the ole memory banks. Just a few weeks ago doing another print analysis I again encountered 15 of the these scanners at another location, hmmmmmmm is this coincidence or a new fad.

Just yesterday one of my clients called me and asked me to quote on 6 desktop scanners similar to the Fugitsu, although he mentioned that he had seen the Canon DR2050c (Retail $695) and liked what he saw. Now this got my attention!

The Fugitsu Scan Snap S500 comes with a 50 page feeder, ABBY Fine Reader, USB 2.0, and scans at 36ppm in mono chrome and 18 ppm in color (150 dpi). Nice little box plus it is an upright scanner, the foot print is just under the size of a letter size piece of paper.

When comparing prices on the Internet, this are no margins, maybe $50 per box, however an solution like this may get you the MFP sales over someone else where scanning is an issue.

Keep it in your back pocket, I surely will.