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ScanSnap S500 Getting Started | 1
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the
ScanSnap
S500
Color Image
Scanner product.
ScanSnap S500 is a color image scanner able to scan
double-sided documents. It is a complete Office Solution
designed to improve your productivity and to solve
scanning problems in your office. ScanSnap product has
the following features.
● Just pressing the Scanner button allows you to
turn images on paper into PDFs!
You can turn the documents that clutter up your
desktop into PDFs, and manage and archive them on
your computer. You can use the Adobe
®
Acrobat
®
software packaged with this scanner to display and
these PDF documents.
ScanSnap product can also automatically recognize the
type of document, color or black & white, so scanned
image files can be made smaller when scanning
documents containing a mixture of color and black &
white pages. You can also have the scanner
automatically remove blank pages in documents in
order to reduce the size of files even more.
● Effortless scanning!
Double-sided color documents A4 or letter in size can
be scanned at a speed of about 18 sheets/minute (when
used with a computer with Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 1.8GHz or
higher that runs Windows
®
98, Windows
®
Me,
Windows
®
2000 or Windows
®
XP, and with Scan mode
Normal, Color mode Auto, and Compression rate 3).
● Small desktop footprint!
Smaller than a sheet of A4 or letter paper in size,
ScanSnap scanner can be left on your desk all the time.
● Business cards easily filed!
Business cards can be easily filed and searched for
using the OCR function by using the "CardMinder
TM
"
application supplied with the scanner.
(*ScanSnap S500 Scanner does NOT comply with
TWAIN or ISIS standards.)
Manufacturer
PFU LIMITED
International Sales Dept., Imaging Business Division,
Products Group
Solid Square East Tower, 580 Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku,
Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa 212-8563, Japan
Phone : +81 (44) 540-4538
Trademarks
Microsoft, and Windows are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries.
Adobe, the Adobe logo, and Acrobat are either
registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in
the United States and/or other countries.
ScanSnap, the ScanSnap logo, and CardMinder are the
trademarks of PFU LIMITED.
Other product names are the trademarks or registered
trademarks of the respective companies.
ABBYY™ FineReader™ 7.x Engine © ABBYY
Software House 2005.
OCR by ABBYY Software House. All rights reserved.
ABBYY, FineReader are trademarks of ABBYY
Software House.
How Trademarks and Product Names Are
Indicated In This Manual
ScanSnap: ScanSnap S500
CardMinder: CardMinder
TM
3.0
References to operating systems (OS) are indicated as follows:
Windows 98: Microsoft
®
Windows
®
98 operating
system.
Windows Me: Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Millennium
Edition operating system.
Windows 2000: Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000 Professional
operating system.
Windows XP: Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP Professional
operating system,
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP Home Edition operating system.
Where there is no distinction between the different versions of
the above operating system, the general term "Windows" is
used.
Adobe Acrobat: Adobe® Acrobat®
All the descriptions in this manual assume the usage of Adobe
Acrobat bundled with this product. However, Adobe Acrobat
may be upgraded without notice. If the descriptions differ from
the screens actually displayed, refer to the Acrobat’s “Help”.
ABBYY FineReader: ABBYY
TM
FineReader
TM
for ScanSnap
ScanSnap and the Manuals
ScanSnap S500 consists of:
1) S500: Color image scanner.
2) Carrier Sheet: A document is inserted into the sheet
which is then used for scanning. You can scan large
documents such as A3/B4/11x17 documents, and
documents of irregular shapes such as clippings of
newspaper.
3) ScanSnap Manager: ScanSnap's driver to scan and
save documents.
4) CardMinder application: Software with OCR engine
to capture and manage business card data for Personal
Information Manager software such as Microsoft
®
Outlook
®
.
5) ScanSnap Organizer: Software to browse and manage
images scanned with ScanSnap.
6) Adobe Acrobat: De facto standard software for
generating and manipulating PDF format electronic
document.
7) ABBYY FineReader: Software to OCR images
scanned with ScanSnap, which allows conversion of
those images into editable files in Microsoft ® Word,
Excel, or PowerPoint formats.
Following manuals are prepared for you:
ScanSnap S500 Getting Started (This manual):