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Dave Kitabjian<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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But the real secret sauce of ScanSnap was the accompanying software that was centered around what you were trying to do rather than making you constantly fiddle with scanning parameters. Finally, a developer was thinking like a customer instead of a scanner! The combination of a simple user interface, intelligent defaults, seamless integration with external apps, and automation of the entire workflow created a user experience that was hard to beat.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Some months ago, Fujitsu sent users of older ScanSnap models email informing them that their ScanSnap software would not be updated to 64-bit and would therefore not run under macOS 10.15 Catalina.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

If you want to do simple scanning, you may have a painless experience, writing JPEG or multi-page PDF files to disk, or using some of VueScan’s many sophisticated advanced features. And as such, VueScan may well rescue your aging ScanSnap from the trash heap.<\/p>\n

But I ran into a number of issues that you should be aware of.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It seems harder to use and has problems with deskewing, color, streaks, and profiles.<\/p>\n\n

Ron Risley<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Something not mentioned in the article is that Fujitsu states that their new (64-bit) scanning software will absolutely require an always-on internet connection in order to do any scanning. This is concerning on a number of levels. Usability and availability is one issue, but in both my work as a physician and as an IT security consultant, I regularly scan documents that absolutely must not be published. (If you think there’s a functional difference between “sent to the cloud” and “published,” then you haven’t been paying attention.)<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

I originally licensed VueScan because I owned an expensive flatbed scanner whose manufacturer abandoned the Mac. I feel rescued by VueScan again, and will be buying more licenses for other machines at my office.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

A help page<\/a> says that ScanSnap does work without an Internet connection, so perhaps the connection is only needed for the “active” version of the installer.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n