Looking for a new batch document scanner.
Posted by draggar@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 9 comments
(I've seen a few recent posts, but it seems a lot of people are still suggesting Fujitsu/Ricoh but...)
First, don't get me wrong. I've been supporting Fujitsu batch scanners for almost 10 years now with two different jobs and I love them. In that time I've replaced only 2 - one was last year and a Fi5000 series and the other, well, took one too many falls off of a desk. If I could still get the fi-7160's new I would, in a heartbeat and I would not be posting here.
But, with Ricoh making them now, I've already had 3 fi8170s die and, well, Ricoh has never been known for their quality, and that's going back to me selling electronics in Staples back in the 90's.
We're a small hospital and we would be using these for scanning records, insurance cards, etc.. into our EMR. Nothing huge and when we reached out to our EMR's support to see if they had any recommended / supported scanners their only requirement was TWAIN drivers (fairly standard).
Initially speed won't be an issue, but if we continue to buy them then people (especially our new patient and records departments) may notice (since the Fujitsu scanners can routinely do 70PPM / 140IPM). I think I'd like to stay above 50PPM/100IPM.
USB 3.0 (standard), 8.5x14 (standard?) but guides will be a huge plus for scanning insurance cards.
Scanning software - I think this will be minimal since most people will be scanning directly into our EMR (but may be needed as a backup incase the EMR goes down).
The department manager had Canons in a previous job and it looks like they have two new models, Imageforumla DR-C350 and the DR-M260. I've also taken a quick look at some Epson and Brother scanners.
Thank you all!
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