NeatDesk or ScanSnap? I Should Have Spent the Extra $50 and Bought the Ugly Scanner

NeatDesk vs Fujitsu

I admit that I bought a NeatDesk scanner instead of the Fujitsu ScanSnap because the NeatDesk is a joy to the eyes and the ScanSnap looks like a discarded toner cartridge.

But after listening to David Sparks and Katie Floyd rattle on about the Fujitsu iX500 as they do, I’m wondering if I made the best choice.

I’ve got two gripes with the NeatDesk. First, it jams too easily. I sometimes have to do a little ninja-origami to get the paper go through the first time. But I’m also concerned about the software. It works well enough but I worry about shoveling all my documents into a system that could vanish at any time.

Deal With It

OK. Well, this is the scanner that I have. And maybe it’s not so bad.

NeatDesk Hacks

Feeding odd sized paper into your NeatDesk

Scan to Dropbox with NeatDesk

Scan to Evernote with NeatDesk

Change the location where NeatDesk stores your data

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