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Fujitsu launches the ScanSnap S500M: “One-button” scanning to benefit Mac users
Fujitsu crossover-scanner for Apple/Intel platform
25 October, 2006 — Fujitsu Europe Limited, a market-leading provider of document image scanners, today announced the launch of its newest scanning solution for the Apple Macintosh platform – the ScanSnap S500M. The new model is a compact-size PDF scanner for fast, reliable “one-button” scanning, safe digitisation and image transfer. The ScanSnap S500M is a true crossover-product, which enables Mac users to manage their day-to-day business comfortably and more efficiently.
One-button scanning approach
Fujitsu’s new document scanner for Macintosh is designed with a field-proven scanning concept: for users – even without previous
operating experiences and without additional, time-consuming preparations – to generate searchable PDF files. Fujitsu’s new
Mac companion offers scanning at resolutions of between 150 to 600 dpi at speeds up to 18 pages per minute in colour as well
as black and white. In duplex mode capturing front and back pages in a single run, the scanning speed increases to 36 images
per minute. Its 50-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF) can be topped up whilst the scanner is being operated. Whether day-to-day
business correspondence, business cards or multi-colour brochures up to A4 formats, the S500M scans each document via a simple
“one button” technique in a matter of seconds, automatically saving them into an Adobe PDF file. The standard S500M package
includes the full version of Adobe® Acrobat® 7.0 Standard.
Optimised paper management
Additional functionalities of the ScanSnap S500M include automatic colour detection where the scanned format is determined
by the colour content of the document, ensuring storage capacity is minimised which can then be further reduced through automatic
compression. Automatic blank page detection will ensure that any scanned blank pages are automatically deleted if so desired;
if a page contains text elements then automatic page rotation will ensure scanned images appear the right way up in either
landscape or portrait, whilst automatic de-skew re-aligns any documents that may have been scanned at a slight angle.
The ScanSnap S500M recognises the precise size of each document and creates and appropriate PDF file, even if the batch being scanned contains multiple-sized documents. With its small footprint, roughly the size of an A4 piece of paper, the ScanSnap S500M will comfortably sit on any desktop making it an optimal solution for efficient and convenient day-to-day scanning.
Price and availability
The Fujitsu ScanSnap S500M is available immediately for a recommended sales price of € 449 plus VAT. For more information
about Fujitsu Europe Limited or our products, please visit the Internet under http://www.fel.fujitsu.com Images of the ScanSnap
S500M are available in the Internet under http://www.fel.fujitsu.com/imagelibrary
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting
device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwide corps of systems and services
experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers'
success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of about 4.8 trillion yen (US$40.6
billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006.
About Fujitsu Europe Limited
Operating in Europe/Middle East/Africa, Fujitsu Europe Limited is a market leading provider of document image scanners for
professional desktop, workgroup and high volume production environments; Enterprise SCSI, FCAL and SAS, and Mobile ATA and
SATA hard disk drives; high capacity external 2.5-inch drives; KVM devices including switches, CAT-5 extenders and pull-out
drawers; biometric authentication sensors as well as dot-matrix printers. Established in the United Kingdom in 1981, Fujitsu
Europe Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the global electronics giant Fujitsu Limited and has its head office in the
UK as well as subsidiary offices in Germany, Italy and Spain.
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