Fujitsu fi-6130 Flatbed Scanner
- Connectivity Technology: USB 2.0
- Scanner Type: Flatbed Scanner
- Optical Resolution: 600 dpi
- Max. Color Depth: 24-bit (16.7M Colors)
- Max. Resolution (Hardware): 600 x 600 dpi
- Platform: PC
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Best Sheetfed Scanner under $1000, period!
Pros
<br />•<br />·Speed & Reliability<br><br />•<br />·Budget SOHO Scanner<br><br />•<br />·Small Footprint
Cons
A Larger Capacity Document Feeder would make it even better. No Real Cons.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
If you have a budget of less than $1000 for a sheet fed scanner, the fi-6130 offers reliability, speeds of 40 ppm / 80 ipm . It is the best.
Fujitsu fi-6130 Sheetfed Scanner
Introduction
According to an InfoTrends forecast (2008) Fujitsu Imaging Products Group (IPG) owns 50-55% share of the Work Group Scanner Market Share (Work Group Scanner is an industry term describing scanners dealing with small to medium business workloads, usually priced under $2000). Having witnessed the evolution of the "fi-series" scanners from Fujitsu, I can clearly see the reason.
The Fujitsu fi-6130 is the next generation of workgroup scanners from Fujitsu following up on the big success of the fi-51xx and fi-41xx Sheet-fed models (I have used all of these models). Like its ancestors the fi-6130 makes good use of its small form factor, convenience of use while keeping up with the same reliability which is the biggest asset of the Fujitsu fi-series scanners
Technical Specifications
The following is a very detailed list of technical specifications available on the fujitsu website about this scanner:
Product name
FI-6130
Scanner Type
ADF (Automatic Document Feeder)
Scanning modes
Simplex / Duplex, Color / Grayscale / Monochrome
Image Sensor Type
Color CCD (Charge-coupled device) x 2
Light Source
White cold cathode discharge lamp
Scanning range
Maximum: A4 portrait (210 x 297mm), legal (8.5 x 14in.)
(long document scanning: 216 x 863mm or 8.5 x 34in., or 210 x 3048mm or 8.4 x 121.92in.)
Minimum: A8 (52 x 74mm or 2 x 3in.)
ADF feedable paper weight
(Thickness)
41 to 210g/m2 (11 to 56.2lb) and only supports 127 to 210g/m2 (34 to 56.2lb) for A8 sheets.
Card feedability (ADF)*1 supports both portrait and landscape feedability*2 1.4mm thickness or less
Scanning speed
(A4 Portrait)*3
Color*4
Simplex: 30ppm (200dpi), Duplex: 60ipm (200dpi)
Simplex: 30ppm (300dpi), Duplex: 60ipm (300dpi)
Grayscale*4
Simplex: 40ppm (200dpi), Duplex: 80ipm (200dpi)
Simplex: 30ppm (300dpi), Duplex: 60ipm (300dpi)
Monochrome
Simplex: 40ppm (200dpi), Duplex: 80ipm (200dpi)
Simplex: 30ppm (300dpi), Duplex: 60ipm (300dpi)
Paper chute capacity*5
50 sheets (A4: 80g/m2 or 20lb) (Active loadable ADF)
Background colors
White / Black (Selectable)
Optical resolution
600dpi
Output resolution*6
Color (24bit)
50 to 600dpi (adjustable by 1dpi increments), 1200 dpi*7
Grayscale (8bit)
Monochrome (1bit)
Output format
Color: 24bit, 8bit/4bit
Grayscale: 8bit, 4bit
Monochrome: 1bit
AD converter
1024 levels (10bit)
Interface
USB2.0 / USB1.1
Connector shape
B type
Output mode (half-tone)
Dither / Error diffusion
Voltage or voltage range
AC 100 to 240V, 10% / -10%
Power requirement
Operating: 38W or less (Sleep mode: less than 6.2W)
Operating environment
Temperature: 5 to 35°C (42 to 95°F)
Relative humidity: 20 to 80% (Non-condensing)
Dimensions: Width x Depth x Height*8
301 x 160 x 158mm (11.8 x 6.4 x 6.2in.)
Installation space: 400 x 700 x 380mm (15.8 x 27.6 x 15.0in.)
Weight
4.2 kg (9.24lb)
Included software/drivers
TWAIN, ISISTM ScandAll PRO, Adobe® Acrobat®, QuickScanTM Pro. Demo(Trial), Image Processing Software(Trial), VRS Professional
Environmental compatibility*9
ENERGY STAR® and RoHS
Others
Multi-feed detection
Yes(Standard) ultrasonic multi-feed detection sensor
Long paper scanning*10
3048mm (120in.)
[Note]
•
1. Supports ISO7810 embossed cards
•
2. Capable of scanning up to 3 cards at a time. (Note: does not support multi-embossed card feedability.)
•
3. Actual scanning speeds are affected by data transmission and software processing times.
•
4. JPEG compressed figures.
•
5. Maximum capacity varies, depending upon paper weight.
•
6. Maximum output resolutions may vary, depending upon the size of the area being scanned and whether the scanner is scanning in simplex or duplex.
•
7. Scanning limitations brought about by scanning mode, document size and available memory may occur when scanning at high resolutions (600dpi or higher).
•
8. Excluding the ADF paper chute and stacker
•
9. PFU Limited, a Fujitsu company, has determined that this product meets RoHS requirements (2005/95/EC)
•
10. Capable of scanning documents that exceed A4 sheets in length. However, the scanning of documents that exceed 863mm (34 inches) in length will be limited to using TWAIN at 200dpi or less.
The General Experience
Working in the Healthcare IT industry and promoting the use of Electronic Medical Records, helping physicians and their staff to get rid of their existing paper records is a major step in the whole process. These sheet-fed scanners have become a major part of all my implementations. I usually place them in the front-office, allowing the secretaries to scan paper as it comes in. Most of their exiting paper records are also scanned in the same fashion.
Busy offices, that deal with more than 40 patients a day, also dealing with existing patient charts, having to scan around 250 - 400 pages a day, often like to have 2 of these units. The scanner is good for A4 / Letter Size pages and does a pretty good job for scanning cards and other smaller non-standard size items as well. The Automatic Document feeder (or ADF) on the top has adjustable clips that allow you the position the paper accurately in an upright position. The unit conveniently fits in all settings as it has a very small desk space foot print. The paper tray conveniently folds up when not in use.
Scanning Specifics
In my experience with these medical offices, I mostly use the scanner in Simplex mode, Black and White @ 200 dpi. At this resolution the text is very readable on screen and comes out looking decent when printed. The best part is that the scanner does all of this at a pretty decent speed of around 30 ppm (pages per minute). On the other hand the scanner really does achieve the speeds of around 80 ipm (images per minutes) or 40 ppm when it is used at the same resolution but in the duplex mode. The scanner does not take a lot of lot of warm-up time like some of the other scanners that I have used.
Apart from scanning plain old paper the scanner also does a good job, scanning business cards, insurance cards and other non-standard size documents. The scanner also works great as a photo scanner. You can literally scan a whole roll worth of 4" x 6" printed photographs, at a good resolution of 300 dpi under 5 minutes.
Having an automatic document feeder really lets you use the scanner in fire and forget mode. You load up the document feeder and let it scan while you do other stuff. Most of the time, the ultrasonic multi-feed detection really works the way it is supposed to, and helps avoid issues like paper jams and multiple documents going through the same time.
I must say here that I have experienced both of these issues with this model. That usually happens when you try to test the limits of the amount of paper that you can load. My recommendation is to stay safe by going a little under the limit. In my line of work, sometimes the clients have medical records spanning more than a 100 pages per record. This is the only limiting factor of the scanner. I just wish it could hold more than 50 sheets in the document feeder.
Comparison with other models
Before I continue with this, I want to make one point absolutely clear. I believe that there are no other scanners out there that come even close to what the fi-series of sheet fed scanners have to offer. This comparison will give you a fair idea of the price to performance ratio for the top 3 scanners of the fi-series A4 Scanners.
Comparitive Scanning Speeds & Pricing (August 2009)
fi-6140
Simplex Monochrome: 60 ppm (200dpi) 40 ppm (300dpi).
Duplex Monochrome: 120 ipm (200dpi) 80 ipm (300dpi).
Simplex Color: 40 ppm (200 / 300 dpi).
Duplex Color: 80 ipm (200 / 300 dpi).
Price: $1,450.00
fi-6130
Simplex Monochrome: 40 ppm (200dpi) 30 ppm (300dpi)
Duplex Monochrome: 90 ipm (200dpi) 60 ipm (300dpi)
Simplex Color: 30 ppm (200 / 300 dpi)
Duplex Color: 60 ipm (200 / 300 dpi)
Price: $820.00
fi-5110C
Simplex Monochrome: 15 ppm (200dpi)
Duplex Monochrome: 30 ipm (200dpi)
Simplex Color: 15 ppm (150 dpi)
Duplex Color: 30 ipm (150 dpi)
Price: $640.00
Looking at the above comparison, it is clear that the fi-6130 gives you the best bang for your buck, under $1000. There is a marked difference of a more than double the scanning speeds between fi-6130 and fi-5110C scanners; thus spending a little extra for that makes perfect sense. The fi-6140 is currently priced at $1450.00. Although it does offer a performance boost, it certainly doesn't justify the $630 price difference. The choice is clear, the fi-6130.
Bundled Software
•
1. Setup Package
Apart from the Drivers themselves, the setup package includes the ScandAll PRO Ver1.5 image capture software, which includes nifty features like automated job separation using Barcodes. The software has an easy to use User Interface with present for Batch Scanning.
•
2. Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard
This is a vital part of the bundle, which provides the ability to create PDF document immediately after they are scanned; for easy to share documents, a very widely used format for keeping scanned medical records.
•
3. Kofax VRS (Virtual ReScan) Professional for Workgroup
Powerful image processing software that offers neat image verification and adjustment features.
Conclusion
The scanner has no match in terms of speed and reliability which justifies the cost. If you are looking for a sheet-fed scanner for office use for all kind of documents, cards, receipts etc., look no further than the Fujitsu fi-6130. For under $1000, there is NOTHING BETTER out there.
Introduction
According to an InfoTrends forecast (2008) Fujitsu Imaging Products Group (IPG) owns 50-55% share of the Work Group Scanner Market Share (Work Group Scanner is an industry term describing scanners dealing with small to medium business workloads, usually priced under $2000). Having witnessed the evolution of the "fi-series" scanners from Fujitsu, I can clearly see the reason.
The Fujitsu fi-6130 is the next generation of workgroup scanners from Fujitsu following up on the big success of the fi-51xx and fi-41xx Sheet-fed models (I have used all of these models). Like its ancestors the fi-6130 makes good use of its small form factor, convenience of use while keeping up with the same reliability which is the biggest asset of the Fujitsu fi-series scanners
Technical Specifications
The following is a very detailed list of technical specifications available on the fujitsu website about this scanner:
Product name
FI-6130
Scanner Type
ADF (Automatic Document Feeder)
Scanning modes
Simplex / Duplex, Color / Grayscale / Monochrome
Image Sensor Type
Color CCD (Charge-coupled device) x 2
Light Source
White cold cathode discharge lamp
Scanning range
Maximum: A4 portrait (210 x 297mm), legal (8.5 x 14in.)
(long document scanning: 216 x 863mm or 8.5 x 34in., or 210 x 3048mm or 8.4 x 121.92in.)
Minimum: A8 (52 x 74mm or 2 x 3in.)
ADF feedable paper weight
(Thickness)
41 to 210g/m2 (11 to 56.2lb) and only supports 127 to 210g/m2 (34 to 56.2lb) for A8 sheets.
Card feedability (ADF)*1 supports both portrait and landscape feedability*2 1.4mm thickness or less
Scanning speed
(A4 Portrait)*3
Color*4
Simplex: 30ppm (200dpi), Duplex: 60ipm (200dpi)
Simplex: 30ppm (300dpi), Duplex: 60ipm (300dpi)
Grayscale*4
Simplex: 40ppm (200dpi), Duplex: 80ipm (200dpi)
Simplex: 30ppm (300dpi), Duplex: 60ipm (300dpi)
Monochrome
Simplex: 40ppm (200dpi), Duplex: 80ipm (200dpi)
Simplex: 30ppm (300dpi), Duplex: 60ipm (300dpi)
Paper chute capacity*5
50 sheets (A4: 80g/m2 or 20lb) (Active loadable ADF)
Background colors
White / Black (Selectable)
Optical resolution
600dpi
Output resolution*6
Color (24bit)
50 to 600dpi (adjustable by 1dpi increments), 1200 dpi*7
Grayscale (8bit)
Monochrome (1bit)
Output format
Color: 24bit, 8bit/4bit
Grayscale: 8bit, 4bit
Monochrome: 1bit
AD converter
1024 levels (10bit)
Interface
USB2.0 / USB1.1
Connector shape
B type
Output mode (half-tone)
Dither / Error diffusion
Voltage or voltage range
AC 100 to 240V, 10% / -10%
Power requirement
Operating: 38W or less (Sleep mode: less than 6.2W)
Operating environment
Temperature: 5 to 35°C (42 to 95°F)
Relative humidity: 20 to 80% (Non-condensing)
Dimensions: Width x Depth x Height*8
301 x 160 x 158mm (11.8 x 6.4 x 6.2in.)
Installation space: 400 x 700 x 380mm (15.8 x 27.6 x 15.0in.)
Weight
4.2 kg (9.24lb)
Included software/drivers
TWAIN, ISISTM ScandAll PRO, Adobe® Acrobat®, QuickScanTM Pro. Demo(Trial), Image Processing Software(Trial), VRS Professional
Environmental compatibility*9
ENERGY STAR® and RoHS
Others
Multi-feed detection
Yes(Standard) ultrasonic multi-feed detection sensor
Long paper scanning*10
3048mm (120in.)
[Note]
•
1. Supports ISO7810 embossed cards
•
2. Capable of scanning up to 3 cards at a time. (Note: does not support multi-embossed card feedability.)
•
3. Actual scanning speeds are affected by data transmission and software processing times.
•
4. JPEG compressed figures.
•
5. Maximum capacity varies, depending upon paper weight.
•
6. Maximum output resolutions may vary, depending upon the size of the area being scanned and whether the scanner is scanning in simplex or duplex.
•
7. Scanning limitations brought about by scanning mode, document size and available memory may occur when scanning at high resolutions (600dpi or higher).
•
8. Excluding the ADF paper chute and stacker
•
9. PFU Limited, a Fujitsu company, has determined that this product meets RoHS requirements (2005/95/EC)
•
10. Capable of scanning documents that exceed A4 sheets in length. However, the scanning of documents that exceed 863mm (34 inches) in length will be limited to using TWAIN at 200dpi or less.
The General Experience
Working in the Healthcare IT industry and promoting the use of Electronic Medical Records, helping physicians and their staff to get rid of their existing paper records is a major step in the whole process. These sheet-fed scanners have become a major part of all my implementations. I usually place them in the front-office, allowing the secretaries to scan paper as it comes in. Most of their exiting paper records are also scanned in the same fashion.
Busy offices, that deal with more than 40 patients a day, also dealing with existing patient charts, having to scan around 250 - 400 pages a day, often like to have 2 of these units. The scanner is good for A4 / Letter Size pages and does a pretty good job for scanning cards and other smaller non-standard size items as well. The Automatic Document feeder (or ADF) on the top has adjustable clips that allow you the position the paper accurately in an upright position. The unit conveniently fits in all settings as it has a very small desk space foot print. The paper tray conveniently folds up when not in use.
Scanning Specifics
In my experience with these medical offices, I mostly use the scanner in Simplex mode, Black and White @ 200 dpi. At this resolution the text is very readable on screen and comes out looking decent when printed. The best part is that the scanner does all of this at a pretty decent speed of around 30 ppm (pages per minute). On the other hand the scanner really does achieve the speeds of around 80 ipm (images per minutes) or 40 ppm when it is used at the same resolution but in the duplex mode. The scanner does not take a lot of lot of warm-up time like some of the other scanners that I have used.
Apart from scanning plain old paper the scanner also does a good job, scanning business cards, insurance cards and other non-standard size documents. The scanner also works great as a photo scanner. You can literally scan a whole roll worth of 4" x 6" printed photographs, at a good resolution of 300 dpi under 5 minutes.
Having an automatic document feeder really lets you use the scanner in fire and forget mode. You load up the document feeder and let it scan while you do other stuff. Most of the time, the ultrasonic multi-feed detection really works the way it is supposed to, and helps avoid issues like paper jams and multiple documents going through the same time.
I must say here that I have experienced both of these issues with this model. That usually happens when you try to test the limits of the amount of paper that you can load. My recommendation is to stay safe by going a little under the limit. In my line of work, sometimes the clients have medical records spanning more than a 100 pages per record. This is the only limiting factor of the scanner. I just wish it could hold more than 50 sheets in the document feeder.
Comparison with other models
Before I continue with this, I want to make one point absolutely clear. I believe that there are no other scanners out there that come even close to what the fi-series of sheet fed scanners have to offer. This comparison will give you a fair idea of the price to performance ratio for the top 3 scanners of the fi-series A4 Scanners.
Comparitive Scanning Speeds & Pricing (August 2009)
fi-6140
Simplex Monochrome: 60 ppm (200dpi) 40 ppm (300dpi).
Duplex Monochrome: 120 ipm (200dpi) 80 ipm (300dpi).
Simplex Color: 40 ppm (200 / 300 dpi).
Duplex Color: 80 ipm (200 / 300 dpi).
Price: $1,450.00
fi-6130
Simplex Monochrome: 40 ppm (200dpi) 30 ppm (300dpi)
Duplex Monochrome: 90 ipm (200dpi) 60 ipm (300dpi)
Simplex Color: 30 ppm (200 / 300 dpi)
Duplex Color: 60 ipm (200 / 300 dpi)
Price: $820.00
fi-5110C
Simplex Monochrome: 15 ppm (200dpi)
Duplex Monochrome: 30 ipm (200dpi)
Simplex Color: 15 ppm (150 dpi)
Duplex Color: 30 ipm (150 dpi)
Price: $640.00
Looking at the above comparison, it is clear that the fi-6130 gives you the best bang for your buck, under $1000. There is a marked difference of a more than double the scanning speeds between fi-6130 and fi-5110C scanners; thus spending a little extra for that makes perfect sense. The fi-6140 is currently priced at $1450.00. Although it does offer a performance boost, it certainly doesn't justify the $630 price difference. The choice is clear, the fi-6130.
Bundled Software
•
1. Setup Package
Apart from the Drivers themselves, the setup package includes the ScandAll PRO Ver1.5 image capture software, which includes nifty features like automated job separation using Barcodes. The software has an easy to use User Interface with present for Batch Scanning.
•
2. Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard
This is a vital part of the bundle, which provides the ability to create PDF document immediately after they are scanned; for easy to share documents, a very widely used format for keeping scanned medical records.
•
3. Kofax VRS (Virtual ReScan) Professional for Workgroup
Powerful image processing software that offers neat image verification and adjustment features.
Conclusion
The scanner has no match in terms of speed and reliability which justifies the cost. If you are looking for a sheet-fed scanner for office use for all kind of documents, cards, receipts etc., look no further than the Fujitsu fi-6130. For under $1000, there is NOTHING BETTER out there.
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