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 Fujitsu 5120C scanner April 14, 2008
Old Bull (Orange County, CA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I had purchased 3 HP scanners at different times, the lastest was a 5500, all of which were insufferably incompentent and a complete waste of time and money. Never again will I buy an HP product unless it's a laser jet printer, which is a fabluous product.
I've tried and returned 3 Brother all-in-ones, none of which worked well as scanners, except the doc feeder did work well sometimes as paper shredder. I couldn't figure out how to remove the jammed original from the doc feeder except by pulling it through, which, on perforated originals, would destroy the document. Phooey on Brother. Another complete waste of time.
With that background, now comes Fujitsu. I paid full legal retail, no fooling around with E-Bay on this one, and got the product the next business day for $20 more shipping.
The scanner is a work of art, a complee delight and a reliable workhorse. It always works, it's small, quiet and FAST. The standard software is a dream. The doc feeder opens like a clam shell, so NO pulling the paper through if it jams. You just press the releast button and the thing opens up and the original drops out of the bottom. It scans both sides of the doc at the same pass, at about the same speed as single sided scanning, so no jerking around with running the original back and forth through the doc feeder, where it introduces more opportunity for a screw ups, tearing and jamming. In case you have experienced it, it's horrifying to watch your original being slowly crumpled and torn while the doc feeder groans, then stops after it has destroyed your document. It's a sickening feeling.
Later, I bought a Canon duplex copier, Image Class model 6530, which sounded like a thrashing machine. It was both slow and stupid, on top of being too loud. It's duplex copying ran the copy through back and forth four times before it produced a single page of copy. It's doc feeder for duplexing was back and forth with the original, and it, too, jammed and the doc feeder wouldn't open up so you could gently remove the original. It also acted as a shredder. It went back.
The only thing about this Fujitsu model is that it doesn't have a flat bed for scanning photos and books, etc. That version wouldn't fit my pocket book or my desk top. My brother has a 5110C and says he just uses his copier for these jobs requiring a flatbed and then scans in the copy. I'll be buying a very nice Canon flatbed for about $80 which should work well for color flatbed and book scanning, which I need from time to time. The combination should be a killer.
In summary, the 5120C is a fabulous product which is carefully designed to do it's job flawlessly, taking everything into consideration, including noise, desk space, speed, reliability, ease of use, and care-free usability. With all those benefits, don't complain about the price. If you value your time, you respect yourself, you'll pay the price and get the one that works properly, so you can get on to the work at hand, rather than fighting your tools.
Hope this helps...
Great Scanner February 8, 2007
FF Fan
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This scanner is incredibly fast, user-friendly, and quiet. Just what is needed in a busy office.
 Good - but not quite as good as expected August 13, 2007
Alex Hill (Ottawa, Canada)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased this scanner to scan documents for my home business. I found that most personal scanners were too slow for this purpose. The FI-5120C is very fast however I found that the feeder would not feed pages in straight every time. The software can correct for this but its not ideal. I would recommend looking at the FI-5220, it has a flatbed in addition to the feeder and might allow for better scanning when you are more concerned about quality.
Extremely Satisfied! March 10, 2008
Vassil Mollov (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I use this product in my office, scanning about 2000 pages/day. It works great, fast and reliable. I bought it to substitute another scanner that was 4 times the price of this one. I have to say that this model still does the same job as the more expensive one and at a comparable speed (I only use black/white scanning) with the only backdrawn being it does not have a flatbed. So, if flatbed is not your necessity, I highly reccomend the Fujitsu FI-5120C scanner. I plan on purchasing two more of the same kind, that is how much I like it!
FI-5120C December 11, 2007
Henry Grabkowitz
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
IN fact I own four of these scanners and they are the best value I have found in a long time.
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