PFU, the manufacturer of Fujitsu- and ScanSnap-brand document scanners, has announced award wins in product excellence and innovation for two of the company's document scanners. The fi-8170 received a Buyers Lab (BLI) 2023 Scanner Pick Award from Keypoint Intelligence, and the ScanSnap iX1300 took top honors, winning the IoT Breakthrough Awards' Wireless Technology Innovation Award.

The award from Keypoint Intelligence recognizes newly introduced or publicly announced products, capabilities or technologies that the company's analysts and technicians believe will advance a product category or move the industry forward in a meaningful way. PFU introduced the fi-8170 in March 2022. Featuring capabilities to help companies achieve their digital transformation, sustainability and efficiency goals, the compact Fujitsu fi-8170 scanner gives small and large organizations unparalleled productivity.

With PFU's exclusive Clear Image Capture technology, the fi-8170 ensures image quality that far surpasses the capabilities in existing optical technologies. The fi-8170 was designed with a broad array of flexible connectivity options, from USB to PC-less scanning straight to your application — on-premise or private cloud — resulting in flexible distribution and increased security.

Keypoint Intelligence awarded the fi-8170 with a BLI 2023 Scanner Pick Award based on an extensive product review in which it received excellent or very good ratings in every category, including the following features and benefits:

• Outstanding workflow automation and capabilities
• Clear image capture and built-in PaperStream IP ensure high-quality output
• iSOP Paper Protection, overscan control, auto separation control and intelligent multifeed detection, ensures highly reliable media handling

PFU was also recognized as a 2023 IoT Breakthrough Award winner, with the ScanSnap iX1300 receiving the Wireless Technology Innovation Award. IoT Breakthrough Awards is part of the Tech Breakthrough organization, which provides market intelligence, research and recognition programs in today's more competitive categories of tech, specifically artificial intelligence, digital health, cybersecurity, fintech and smart home, and Internet of Things. The awards program researches, analyzes and recognizes the "breakthrough" leaders, including the ScanSnap iX1300, in the most competitive categories of technology.

ScanSnap scanners feature tools to digitize, organize and share documents across remote work, education and personal environments — all with the touch of a button. The smart and ultracompact ScanSnap iX1300 features an innovative design to empower users with faster, more convenient, Wi-Fi-enabled scanning. ScanSnap's small operating footprint enables work in virtually any environment. Features include:

• Easy one-button scanning
• Small footprint, space-saving design
• Connects to Mac, PC, iOS, Android and mobile devices
• Two easy ways to scan: automatic document feeder & manual feeder
• Scan to PDF, searchable PDF and JPEG
• Equipped with USB and Wi-Fi connectivity

"We are extremely honored to be recognized by Keypoint Intelligence and the IoT Breakthrough Awards for our groundbreaking document imaging scanners," said Daisuke Kutsuwada, president and CEO, PFU America Inc. "PFU's mission is to bridge the physical and the digital worlds for our customers. Our industry-leading fi-8000 and ScanSnap scanners are helping to unlock the full power of digitization by improving the efficiency of workflows, capturing documents and images in their purest form, and drawing deeper insights through exceptional software and cloud computing."