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MitchK
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Scanning Directly to OD

Post by MitchK » Wed Dec 26, 2012 3:45 pm

I I am using version 12.3 and would like to purchase a scanner to scan insurance EOB's, Licenses, etc. directly into OD. Can anyone recommend some fast reliable devices.
Thank You Very Much

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Re: Scanning Directly to OD

Post by gthiele » Wed Dec 26, 2012 4:26 pm

I'm sure you've already started by looking here first?
http://www.opendental.com/manual/scanners.html
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Re: Scanning Directly to OD

Post by doctordoom » Wed Dec 26, 2012 6:27 pm

I'd recommend epson gt-s50... works good in OD.

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Re: Scanning Directly to OD

Post by MitchK » Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:21 am

Thanks for the responses. What about a small portable scanner? Anyone using one that scans directly to OD?

Mitch

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Re: Scanning Directly to OD

Post by bcpayne » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:45 pm

ditto on the s50, it is awesome. We have two and are considering another one, can't beat the speed for the price. BTW I am happy with a low cost refurbished model I got from epson.com.

I also use a scansnap s1300 which I love, but doesn't scan directly to OD :(

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Re: Scanning Directly to OD

Post by pedodoc25 » Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:47 am

anyone know if the Fujitsu fi-6130Z Duplex Sheet-Fed Document Scanner works well? A lot of offices use it with dentrix and love it, fast, reliable, and scans directly into dentrix, maybe can do the same for open dental....

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Re: Scanning Directly to OD

Post by sbgcd » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:38 am

Fi-6130Z is the scanner... it will scan directly into the OD also... only we had to do workaround is that it has only 1 usb port to split between two desktops at frontdesk.. superfast and supereasy.. aslo we have configured it to scan it on the network drive so anyone in the office can scan it and import in to OD from network drive also..

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Re: Scanning Directly to OD

Post by Jay » Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:25 pm

We have extensive experience with 2 scanners: Fujitsu Scan Snap S1500 (not Twain compliant) and Epson GT-S50 (Twain compliant) and I would have readily recommended the latter to you but for the fact that a third (and in my opinion, better) option (Brother ADS2000, also Twain compliant) has arrived on the horizon. We like it a lot since it is smaller, faster and just works.

http://www.amazon.com/Brother-ADS2000-S ... nt+scanner

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Re: Scanning Directly to OD

Post by pedodoc25 » Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:41 pm

I am gonna go with the brother one, just ordered it, fujitsu for almost $800 seems overkill to me

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Re: Scanning Directly to OD

Post by pedodoc25 » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:56 am

I purchased the Brother ADS-2000 scanner and having nothing but problems, I called open dental tech support and they told me that brother scanners do not work well with open dental, any help or tips to get it working? Everytime I scan in documents it freazes, it was working in the beggining, guess I'll have to purchase a fujitsu scanner....:(

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Re: Scanning Directly to OD

Post by Tom Zaccaria » Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:41 pm

Don't despair. We have been using, as mentioned earlier, the Epson GT-S50 for a long time.
Works great both in and out of OD.

drtmz

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Re: Scanning Directly to OD

Post by Jay » Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:13 pm

Sorry to hear that. We have had the opposite experience. Brother is rock solid. Epson is flaky with: hardware issues (one died and was replaced, one has pinstripe through scanned page) and software issues (restart, unplug/replug USB). Fujitsu is of course un-useable with OD.

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Re: Scanning Directly to OD

Post by pedodoc25 » Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:39 pm

any tips? how did you setup the twain to open dental? thanx1

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