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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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Posted on Oct 15, 2012 7:35 AM

Excellent recommendation. Thank you for doing the research Alford! This works perfectly fine for me. I appreciate the input that saved my ScanSnap S510. Thank you!

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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.

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

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.

Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 drivers for Mac

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