Ricoh fi-8170 Large Format ADF/Manual Feed Scanner 600 dpi Optical PA03810-B055

The Ricoh fi-8170 (PA03810-B055) is a 600 dpi optical sheet-fed document scanner with duplex scanning and a 100-sheet automatic document feeder, suited to offices and organizations digitizing high-volume paperwork.

Recommended For

• Office and records teams digitizing frequent, double-sided document batches—such as contracts, forms, and receipts—who want a fast feeder and searchable files.
• School and district staff scanning mixed administrative or classroom paperwork—such as transcripts, IDs, checks, and student work—who need a shared scanner that can handle varied document batches.
• Tax, accounting, and back-office teams processing stacks of receipts and paperwork who want to reduce manual feeding and use OCR to find text in scanned records.
• Small or home offices that regularly scan paperwork but have limited desk space, and want a compact desktop unit with USB or Ethernet connectivity.

Real-World Use Scenarios

• A back-office team digitizing accumulated client, tax, or agency paperwork can feed batches of two-sided pages instead of scanning each sheet individually; in testing, the fi-8170 sustained over 60 pages per minute on mixed documents, helping clear routine scanning backlogs faster.
• School office staff assembling digital student records can scan a mixed batch of items such as IDs, transcripts, checks, and forms; the tested scanner handled varied document sizes at over 60 pages per minute, reducing the need to sort every page into a separate job.
• A team digitizing receipts and expense records can scan faded or low-quality receipts for searchable records; a FedTech review reported that the fi-8170’s OCR could decipher poor-quality receipts during testing.
• A reception or customer-service desk capturing identity documents can scan passports and ID cards alongside standard forms; PaperStream supports OCR and passport machine-readable-zone extraction to help reduce manual data entry.
• An office processing stapled, folded, or booklet-style paperwork can use manual feed for items that are awkward for a regular stack; this makes it possible to capture certain thicker or folded documents without flattening them into a standard batch.
• In a department where several authorized staff need access to scanning, the fi-8170 can connect over Ethernet and be used in a shared workflow; network setup and compatible software are needed, but users can scan from an assigned workstation or managed environment.

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