14 DAY TRIAL // Fujitsu has launched the fi-5120C and fi-5220C color duplex workgroup scanners, the first products in their class to offer ultrasonic multi-feed sensors to detect and prevent multiple sheets of paper from being fed simultaneously.
The new scanners also support higher scanning speeds compared to their market-leading predecessors and offer additional features including mixed batch scanning and embossed card scanning.
Ultrasonic multi-feed sensors allow the fi5120C and fi-5220C to automatically detect if more than one document has been fed at any time, thus ensuring that no document in a batch will be accidentally left unscanned.
With mixed batch scanning, the scanners are able to digitize various types of documents (such as paper printouts, transparencies and photographs) in a single stack without the need to rearrange items according to sizes, textures or thicknesses, for added convenience.
The devices also incorporate the technology called the Straight Paper Path system, which allows embossed cards - such as credit cards, driving licenses and identity cards - to be scanned via the automatic document feeder (ADF), eliminating the need of having to digitize such items separately.
The ADF versions of the fi-5120C and fi-5220C scan color, grayscale or monochrome documents at input resolutions of 150 dots per inch (dpi) or 200dpi. At a resolution of 150dpi, simplex scanning of one-sided A4-sized documents in portrait orientation can be executed at 30 pages per minute (ppm) while duplex scanning of two-sided A-sized portrait documents can be performed at 60 images per minute (ipm). Simplex and duplex scanning speeds for A4-sized portrait documents at a resolution of 200dpi are 25ppm and 50ipm respectively.
Additionally, the flatbed version of the fi-5220C scans color, grayscale or monochrome documents at 150dpi or 200dpi. It takes 1.7 seconds and 2.2 seconds to capture documents at 150dpi and 200dpi respectively.
The scanners have true 600dpi optical resolutions, which allow them to accurately and faithfully capture intricate details in documents such as maps, spreadsheets and technical drawings. Color, grayscale or monochrome images can be produced at output resolutions ranging from 50dpi to 600dpi. Users can specify output resolutions in 1dpi increments, thus giving them great control over the image quality and storage space for each output file.
Output files can be generated in Portable Document Format (PDF) using the bundled Adobe Acrobat 7.0 (standard version) program, which allows users to view, print, and search for PDF files, create PDF documents from numerous applications, combine several files into a single PDF document, protect documents via passwords and organize comments from multiple reviewers with sorting and filtering tools
The new Fujitsu fi-5120C and fi-5220C color duplex workgroup scanners are priced at ~ 810 USD and 1315 respectively.