Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the ScanSnap S500 Color Image Scanner product.ScanSnap S500 is a color image scanner able to scan
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!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 "CardMinderTM " application supplied with the scanner.
(*ScanSnap S500 Scanner does NOT comply with TWAIN or ISIS standards.)ManufacturerPFU LIMITEDInternational Sales Dept., Imaging Business Division,Products GroupSolid Square East Tower, 580Microsoft, 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 registeredOCR by ABBYY Software House. All rights reserved. ABBYY, FineReader are trademarks of ABBYY Software House.
How Trademarks and Product Names Are Indicated In This ManualScanSnap: | ScanSnap S500 |
CardMinder: | CardMinderTM 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: ABBYYTM FineReaderTM 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 engineto 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):