Comments on: Scan to Evernote: Fujitsu ScanSnap

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:45:31 +0000

I can not get documents to scan directly into Evernote. Have setup ScanSnap exactly as outlined. Documents scan to a directory but do not go into Evernote.

By: Nibby Priest

Nibby Priest — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:51:01 +0000

I am having issues with SnapScan. I cannot get the files to go direct to Evernote v 3.5 from the scanner. I am new to Evernote and this was a compelling feature for me to have. I notice others are having this same issue. How soon do you think we will see a resolution?
Thank you

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:24:46 +0000

Since moving to 3.5 I also can’t scan to EN from my ScanSnap.

By: David Reber

David Reber — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:15:45 +0000

@vinava

That did the trick. Thanks for posting your findings!

@dareber

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:44:13 +0000

I too have this issue with Snapscan not working with Evernote… I’ve submitted to a request to support so hope this will be resolved soon.

By: Gautam Desai

Gautam Desai — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:46:05 +0000

My ScanSnap won’t scan into Evernote 3.5 Beta for Windows either. It activates the application, but no import. I guess I’ll do the watch folder option for now…

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:10:02 +0000

My Lexmark will not scan directly into the new v3.5 beta for Windows. Worked great with older version. Hope you get this fixed.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:47:41 +0000

I was able to set this up in under 2 minutes with a dell scanner, and think just about anyone else should be able to as well, regardless of scanner type. Create a folder on your pc called “scans”. On your scanner, chose to scan to computer (if you don’t see this option, possible scan to file.) Now in Evernote, very simply chose import from the file menu, and the import wizard. Browse to your “scans” folder, and just click the radio box “watch folders for changes and import automatically”. Done. I scan a document, and in under 6 seconds, it’s pulled into Evernote. This will create a local copy as well, but you can chose to automatically delete a file as soon as it’s uploaded with a few more clicks. Keep up the good work Evernote. You probably will have to turn on your pc to let evernote grab your most recent scans.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:41:05 +0000

I answered my own question: http://www.evernote.com/about/premium/

Premium reads PDFs.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:39:38 +0000

@Mark, so it’s the Premium account that let’s you convert S300M pdf’s to something useable on Evernote? I too have the S300M, but cannot create readable PDFs using ScanSnap software, and Evernote (free) could not read a PDF created on the S300M and uploaded. It’s really confusing the way both Evernote and Fujitsu discuss their connection.

Thanks.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:33:10 +0000

Very, very cool. I scan EVERYTHING into Evernote, using a Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M… and my organization has increased 1000%!

My goal is to go “paper free” at home and in my office, and I’m rapidly approaching it.

I have the premium membership with Evernote for the 500mb of monthly transfer, and the security.

My financials documents I scan to PDF, then encrypt them with Acrobat Pro, and compress them (zip ‘em) on my mac.

Then… drag ‘em to Evernote, where they’re titled and tagged so I can fine them when I need ‘em.

Most everything else, I scan to jpeg and drag into Evernote. Multi page documents that don’t contain financial info I use Acrobat Pro to OCR them, then drag ‘em in.

Super easy.. and now I can find virtually anything in a few clicks. Love it.

By: jbenson2

jbenson2 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:57:20 +0000

Pretty Slick???

Maybe a bit too slick…

Note that the document is still scanning at the 18 second mark, but the image is already displayed on the Mac screen.

Magic?

By: jbenson2

jbenson2 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:45:41 +0000

My previous reply seems to have disappeared. Thanks for the suggestion.

I scanned a magazine page with mostly text with a small color image

The ScanSnap Settings were:
* Send to ScanSnap Organizer
* Normal Image Quality
* Auto Color Detection
* Single Sided Scan

The Non-searchable PDF (size 303 KB) took 11 seconds to scan

The Searchable PDF (size 342 KB) took 43 seconds to scan and convert

Added to Evernote at 7:25 PM

I manually synchronized at 7:27 PM – could only find the search word on the searchable PDF

I manually synchronized again at 7:30 PM – found the search word on both PDF’s

Another test:
I ran a few other tests with my Fujitsu ScanSnap. The searchable scan/convert time is usually twice the time as the non-searchable version. The size difference is negligible.

A Form with some handwriting
no search: 11 seconds – 34 KB
search: 24 seconds – 51 KB

A Business Letter – all text with a small color logo
no search: 11 seconds – 135 KB
search: 19 seconds – 155 KB

A Small Photo
no search: 9 seconds – 44 KB
search: 20 seconds – 44 KB

It looks like the non-searchable mode is the way to go with my Premium Evernote account.

By: Rick Smith

Rick Smith — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:54:39 +0000

I just signed up as a premium user and am using a scansnap 1500 setup for searchable pdf yet I cant search anything in my account, the only thing that works is the document I emailed from shoeboxed, I can find anything on that receipt. What am I doing wrong with the other document?

By: Andrew Sinkov

Andrew Sinkov — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:25:43 +0000

@jbenson2 If you’re a premium user, Evernote will make your PDFs searchable. I would suggest doing a side by side comparison and seeing what you prefer.

By: jbenson2

jbenson2 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:50:52 +0000

Question about Step #5: In the ‘File Option’ tab, select PDF as the format and check the ‘Searchable PDF’ option (if available).

This slows down the scan process. Is it needed for Premium users. Won’t Evernote do the legwork and make the PDF’s searchable?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:59:47 +0000

I tried scanning several notebook pages and it’s causing jams. Is there a way to scan just a few pages at a time and continue appending to the same pdf file?

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:36:23 +0000

Just starting to work with the S300. It does do OCR, and if that PDF is loaded into Evernote, EN will find the document using search. It won’t, however, highlight that part of the text. If it’s a big document, that’s a problem. You know the text is there, but you may not be able to find it unless you’re sharp-eyed.

A work-around, and not a great one, is to download the PDF from Evernote, and Adobe reader will highlight the relevant search words. The scanner, so far, looks to be just what I was hoping for.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:17:24 +0000

Just hooked it up and I’m quite pleased. Just driving myself crazy deciding if I prefer the PDF or the JPEG. JPEG seems to be most logical to take advantage of Evernotes OCR and searching.

By: Ron Toledo

Ron Toledo — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:25:47 +0000

@EN the ScanSnap works great for smaller items such as receipts and business cards.

By: EN

EN — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:27:53 +0000

does the ScanSnap scan smaller items like receipts and business cards, do they get stuck??

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:04:34 +0000

Is there an advantage to doing this vs. scanning into a folder on my hard drive and setting Evernote importing to that folder?

By: Jude

Jude — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:53:18 +0000

I don’t understand some of the posts since there is an option for the Scan Snap S300 to OCR text.

I’m unable (after only a couple of tries) to have Evernote search hand-written notes. What are the correct settings? I’ve tried OCR .pdf and .jpg. I can’t believe this can run off of 2 USB ports. Loving it after day 1!

By: vinava

vinava — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:16:15 +0000

Should anyone not see the application tab I learned that deselecting “use quick menu” from the systray icon will allow the tab to appear. http://www.fixya.com/support/t1528826-application_button_tab_missing_in

By: vinava

vinava — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:57:16 +0000

@Rob I just discovered the same thing (missing application tab). I just purchased/opened the box of my new ScanSnap S300 and will be pretty disappointed if I can’t configure it with Evernote. Please post a resolution if you find one.