
Of the other portables mentioned here so far, only the ES-300W supports wireless connectivity, as do a few others, such as Apparent's Doxie Q and IRIScan's Anywhere 5, as well as several manual-feed portables. The only other alternative for scanning to your mobile device is either Wi-Fi or a peer-to-peer wireless protocol, such as Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth, or Mopria. To compensate, the S1300i allows you to fire up the scanner via AC power and simultaneously exchange data over USB. Very few of these handheld mobile devices draw and/or store enough amperage to power up themselves and a scanner. Most scanners that support power and data on one USB cable, by doing so, forfeit the ability to exchange data with most handheld tablets and smartphones. You can also run both power and data connectivity from the same computing device, but with a twist: Your PC or Mac must have two available USB ports-in other words, data and power aren't supported simultaneously over the same cable.Īt first glance, this seemed like a peculiar configuration, but after thinking about it for a moment, it made sense. In fact, there's a USB-to-power cable included in the box. The S1300i can, however, get power from either AC or USB. Connectivity consists solely of a USB 2.0 data port.
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Nearly all aspects of configuring and controlling the scanner are handled via the ScanSnap software bundle. It shifts through red, green, and blue lit states to indicate various status modes. In fact, all you really get is a Scan button that also acts as a status LED.

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Like most portable document scanners, this one doesn't have much of an onboard control panel. But the good news is that the S1300i comes with two scanning sensors, one for each side of the paper, allowing it to capture both sides simultaneously. With today's Fujitsu, that number is only 10 pages or 20 images (sides). An ADF apparatus can push and capture a small stack of pages without user intervention. The ScanSnap S1300i and other multi-sheet-feed machines, including the Epson ES-300W mentioned earlier and its less expensive sibling the ES-200, come with automatic document feeders (ADFs).

To scan multiple pages, you have to feed them to the device one at a time. Manual-feed scanners, such as, say, Epson's DS-80W, accept and scan only one page at a time (though most of them can capture both sides of two-sided pages automatically).
