Hi T-Bone... I have the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner. It meets all your requirements but is a bit pricey as scanners go. See other comments below the quote.
T-Bone wrote:
So I finally pulled the trigger on this add-in. Im now looking for a printer and/or scanner to use with this program. My criteria is that it have ADF and do duplex scanning. I don't want to have to feed multiple page bills in and I would rather not have to flip bills to copy the back sides.
What are other users of this program using and how do you like your equipment?
What are other users of this program using and how do you like your equipment?
The ScanSnap 1500 is by far the best scanner I have ever owned. Of course, because of the design of this scanner it does not do "flatbed scanning", so you would need to have some other cheap scanner to do that. For loading in multipage stackes of paper (both front and back) this scanner is great. It does have the duplex feature you want and it works perfectly.
I bought DA Document Manager about a year ago and have found it extremely useful and to be a good piece of software. We are moving toward a completely paper-free storage status at our house. I can definitely see we will get there although going 100% electronic storage will take a while to accomplish. I have important papers stored on my WHS and love the feature of being able to add large user manuals, etc. to the server storage pool and discarding the paper. I use DA Document Manager for everyday scanning/storage as well. For instance, when I order something on line I have a pretty automated procedure that lets me store the invoice directly to the server for future reference. Of course, moving the invoice from my desktop screen to DA Doc. Mgt. does not require the scanner. I would definitely recommend the WHS DA Document Manager software. You will be glad you got it.
However, as you obviously know, the scanner you use with DA is of paramount importance. I paid about $390 after cash back, coupons, etc. including shipping when I bought the ScanSanp 1500. That was a great price at that time. I see you can get it for about the same price now as when I bought it several months back. I did get the scanner with the "Deluxe Bundle". That includes a full copy of Adobe Acrobat (not just the reader) and I have found that useful. The bundle includes some other software that I haven't taken the time to look into much but you may find it valuable. It includes some software for filling and storage as well, but I use DA for that and it works well for me. I have not investigated the alternative software offered in the bundle that duplicates some of DA's capabilities. If you decide you can live without the "Deluxe Bundle", you might be able to get the scanner a little cheaper than the $390 price I paid.
If I had gone ahead and bough the S1500 first instead of the 15 other scanners I have used over my computing life, I would have paid a lot less for scanners. 15 or so scanners at $100 bucks each is much more expensive that the $390 I paid for the S1500. I found all of them lacking in many aspects ( for instance the ones you mentioned in your post) but the most impressive thing about the S1500 is its speed and accuracy. All the other scanners I have owned are intolerably slow.
Full disclosure: I have had some trouble scanning different sized pieces of paper placed in the scanner "bin" like Fujitsu shows in all their advertising. But I think that is mostly my fault for not reading the documentation enough and my (so far ) unwillingness to address that issue.
Summary: I would highly recommend the DA Document Manager and the ScanSnap S1500 scanner.
Hope this helps.
George
Edit: Edited for clarity