Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 drivers for Mac

I just want to share this tip as I nearby dumped my ScanSnap S510 because it is not officially supported by Fujitsu for Mac computers / OS X. After a bit of research I found that the drivers and software for another ScanSnap model (S1500M) also work for S510 connected to a Mac. I use a current generation (2012 late model) updated with OS X 10.8.2. After downloading and installing the following two files, it works well with no error code after scanning. The files are:


File descriptionVersionRemarks
ScanSnap Manager for MacV3.2L31Install this first
ScanSnap Manager for Mac (update)V3.2L60 (July 2, 2012)Then this
General info about the drivers and softwareFujitsu's corporate web site


Good luck.


Alford

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Oct 3, 2012 11:35 AM

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Nov 25, 2012 7:36 AM in response to Alford7

Alford, this solution did not saved my day, but my year !!! After fighting several hours trying to install and reinstall ScanSnap manager files and updates I stumbled on your solution and YES 🙂 it worked. Eternally gratefull, Max


New Airbook 10.8.2

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Jan 22, 2013 2:17 PM in response to Alford7

Good to hear you can re-use the old gears. Just a quick update on the usage of the scanner after updating with the OSX compatible software from Fujitsu.

- I used to encounter scanner flashing light problems quite frequently when using the S510 with my Windows 7 PC. I have not had such issue once since the update.

- The driver & scanner software for Mac has been very stable. No crash so far after hundreds of pages scanned.

- I've owned many scanners: flatbed, photo, and all-in-ones, this scanner is the priciest but I am glad to took the plunge to buy it. With all the other scanners I owned, they would give me issues like eating up papers constantly, scanning with vertical lines, cumbersome scanning/saving workflow, slow scanning and poor integration with OCR software. I am glad these are in the past. I am gradually digitalizing the files in the steel cabinets. I hope to see all my previous paper files be scanned by end of year.


I am grateful for the tech achievement of Apple and Fujitsu. Both of whom make life easy like nobody else.

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Feb 15, 2013 10:38 AM in response to Alford7

I thought this was going to work for me also but alas after waking from sleep I still get the blinking blue light.


This is on a 2007 Mac pro 1.1 with Lion 10.7.5.


It will work after a reboot but this is not much better than having to boot snow leopard where it still works fine.


I do get tired of company's that sell you stuff, especially a $400 scanner but won't keep up the drivers.


Such is life


bigbird

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Mar 30, 2013 11:35 AM in response to Alford7

Just to let you know this also works for my old S500M.


I had been working happily with my unsupported scansnap software until the last IOS update, then crash!! No longer working and no support.


Thank you Alford. You have saved me £350 for a new scanner.


It does seem a pity that Fujitsu should be so shortsighted with loyal customers. I would have been happy if they told me that I was not supported but that the S1500 software should work. Great hardware and terrific performance allied with a long view for their customers is the best advert that they could have. Short sighted to make a few extra bucks and lose user satisfaction.

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Apr 2, 2013 4:14 PM in response to Alford7

Thanks Alford

Worked for me also.

I have a Mac Pro Retina - just recently purchased

Had difficulty getting S510 working before your post

Fujitsu are not on the ball re driver updates and support advice

You did well to identify the solution

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Apr 11, 2013 11:56 AM in response to Alford7

Hi from France everybody.

Idem for me.

I have a 2010 Mac book air just updated with OSX.8.

My scansnap 500M worked well with 10.6 but no more with 10.8

I tought i should by a "new" scan 510 m.

But my old 500 M works well with the 1500 M driver uploaded for 10.8

🙂

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Sep 2, 2013 9:39 AM in response to Alford7

Your post re: how to use ScanSnap S510 with OS 10.8 was very helpful. I have a Macbook Pro which orginally came with 10.7 and I had upgraded it to 10.8.

I was also under the impression that I will have to dump my Scanner, which otherwise is an excellent piece.


Thank you for the post

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Sep 11, 2013 11:13 AM in response to Alford7

My thanks as many of the above for your guidance. Now have my S510 running on my macBook. I do have one question. On SS manager on the PC, had option to set documents face up or face down. Can't find this particular setting in SS manager for Mac. Any clues, please.

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May 15, 2014 5:40 PM in response to Alford7

Alford you are AWESOME! Thank you thank you.


We had the S510 scanner sitting in our office "dead" and you've saved it.


I installed the ones you're "supposed" to from the Fujitsu sight and no luck


You've saved the day!


Much gratitude from a user 3 years after your wonderful service of posting this tip!


Tuan

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Jun 24, 2014 5:45 PM in response to Alford7

I was gifted an S510 (not the "M" model) by a friend and would like to get it running on Mac OS X Mavericks v.10.9.3. I tried your workaround for 10.8.2, but the installer app informed me that it could not be installed on "this computer". I understand that Fujitsu no longer supports this "older" model, but I was told it is still in good working condition. Any idea if there is a Mavericks compatible driver available anywhere???

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Oct 25, 2014 3:56 PM in response to Alford7

Alford, Yes you are awesome. Yosemite likes your suggestion also.

I have an S510M Fujitsu Scanner that worked well in Snow Leopard. A few days ago made the plunge for upgrade to Yosemite 10.10 and I decided to give your instruction a shot and thankfully the scanner is working fine

once more.


Thanks a million,

Elisabeth

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Nov 6, 2014 9:14 AM in response to Alford7

Just a big THANK YOU... because I just got a new Mac with Yosemite pre-installed and I couldn't find the driver on Fujitsu's site.


Come to think of it, I used your advice over a year or so ago when I installed it on my Mavericks system, but neglected to thank you or even acknowledge that it worked in Mavericks.


So, for the record. I installed this on a new Mac running Yosemite and it works perfectly. So thanks again!

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Jan 3, 2015 1:06 PM in response to Alford7

With a fresh install of Yosemite (10.10.1), I installed the two files in the original post, made some profile changes that I usually prefer re: scanning to a folder and everything worked perfectly. I'm using the S510.

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Feb 9, 2015 9:41 AM in response to Alford7

Thank you, thank you. This saved my Fujistu scanner from oblivion (or at least an awkward VM solution). Odd that the Fujitsu site listed other "compatible" drivers that were not.


File descriptionVersionRemarks
ScanSnap Manager for MacV3.2L31Install this first
ScanSnap Manager for Mac (update)V3.2L60 (July 2, 2012)Then this
General info about the drivers and softwareFujitsu's corporate web site
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