Fujitsu ix500 vs fi-7160 - CIS vs CCD sensor comparison
Posted: 13 Dec 2016, 16:20
Hey everyone. I've currently got my hands on two ADF scanners, a Fujitsu ix500 and a fujitsu fi-7160. The interesting thing about these two scanners is that they use different sensors. The ix500 uses CIS while the fi-7160 uses double CCD.
Now as you might know, CCD has generally been considered the better sensor. For more information you can refer to this document or just search "CIS vs CCD" on google and you'll find plenty of information.
So I was curious as to how this translated in practice and so am currently doing some comparison scans between the two scanners. Now I thought some of you in the community might find this interesting as well, and will therefore share some of my impressions and comparison scans here in this thread. Hopefully it will be of some use. If you want to see some specific comparison or have any questions or ideas feel free to ask. I will do the comparison over the next two days.
DISCLAIMER: I'm not a professional, just an ordinary guy doing some comparison scans.
First off, the scanners:
Fujitsu scansnap ix500:
Data sheet
Manual
Software: Scansnap Manager
Drivers: No TWAIN or ISIS drivers.
Fujitsu fi-7160
Data sheet
Manual
Software: Scansnap Manager for fi series, PaperStream Capture, ScandAll PRO V2
Drivers: TWAIN drivers, TWAIN x64 drivers, ISIS drivers.
Now as you might know, CCD has generally been considered the better sensor. For more information you can refer to this document or just search "CIS vs CCD" on google and you'll find plenty of information.
So I was curious as to how this translated in practice and so am currently doing some comparison scans between the two scanners. Now I thought some of you in the community might find this interesting as well, and will therefore share some of my impressions and comparison scans here in this thread. Hopefully it will be of some use. If you want to see some specific comparison or have any questions or ideas feel free to ask. I will do the comparison over the next two days.
DISCLAIMER: I'm not a professional, just an ordinary guy doing some comparison scans.
First off, the scanners:
Fujitsu scansnap ix500:
Data sheet
Manual
Software: Scansnap Manager
Drivers: No TWAIN or ISIS drivers.
Fujitsu fi-7160
Data sheet
Manual
Software: Scansnap Manager for fi series, PaperStream Capture, ScandAll PRO V2
Drivers: TWAIN drivers, TWAIN x64 drivers, ISIS drivers.