Document Scanner Recommendations Needed

[Steven1621]

This summer I am working on an archiving project that will require me to scan a plethora of documents. I have the funding to get a scanner to do this task. I'd like something with a document feeder and duplexer and preferably can scan directly into a PDF. Does anyone have an expirence with such a product? This is all new to me, so I'd like to see if there is a clear popular choice for this type of scanner.

Thanks!

 

[xov]

The Fujitsu ScanSnap has gotten a lot of good press ...

http://www.macworld.com/2005/12/reviews/fujitsuscansnap/index.php

 

[erickg]

My aunt has one and scans directly into pdf at an extremely high rate (although she chooses not to use OCR, so that speeds things up a lot). I'm pretty sure she uses a Fujitsu as well, but she uses Windows XP and I've heard the drivers are more optimized for Windows than OS X.

edit: I think Adobe Acrobat 7.0 wasn't out when I last looked at these types of scanners, so driver issues may be sorted out by now as well.

 

[technicolor]

Epson Perfection Pro 4490 Photo

 

[Steven1621]

The ScanSnap S500 is looking like the way to go. 18 ppm with duplexer. The older model has a OS X compatible version, but it isn't much trouble for me to get a PC from my school for scanning purposes.