Plustek Opticbook 3600 Book Scanner
OpticBook is the most portable and affordable book-scanning solution. The product uses patent-pending SEE (Shadow Elimination Element) Technology that includes a specially designed edge and lamp. This technology allows for “zero edge” scanning which means the scanning module can scan right up to the edge of the scanner where the book spine is placed. The book can therefore be scanned with the pages completely flat on the glass to avoid the annoying book spine shadow and distorted lines of text which occur when the books is scanned on a traditional flatbed scanner.
Action Buttons (book scan):
- Book Pilot
- Preview, Color Scan
- Grayscale Scan
- Text Scan
Net Weight: Approx. 3900g / 8.5 lbs (scanner only)
Dimensions: (D x W x H)285 x 453 x 105 mm (scanner only)
Scan Mode: Single Pass
Lamp: Cold Cathode
Power Consumption: 18W (operation), 4.3W (idle)
Cable Length: 150 cm (59.06")
Regulatory Certificates: CE, FCC, UL/cUL, TUV
Minimum System Requirements
IBM Compatible PC, with Pentium II or faster CPU
CD-ROM Driver
One available USB Port
128 MB RAM (256MB recommended)
500 MB free HDD space (300 MB recommended)
High Color graphic card (VGA or higher)
Microsoft Windows XP, Me, 98, 2000
Features
Avoid book spine shadow and text distortion from flatbed scanning
Avoid damaging book binding by pressing it flat on a flatbed scanner
Avoid cutting books to scan them sheet by sheet
Digitize information for data exchange, retrieval and storage
Aid academic study and distribution of study materials
Digitize personal or institutional collections of rare and precious books
Enhance legibility by using software to enhance page images
Digitize books or text to share with others
Save storage space
Mobilize books so images can be read from notebooks or PDA’s
Convert text to voice to listen on tape or MP3
Easy to use- just place the book flat on the glass, turn the pages and press
the large one-touch buttons
Affordable Personal Scanner-- The only low cost book scanner on the market
for professors, students, teachers, families, individuals, libraries, offices,
and companies.
Ergonomic desktop design to ease physical strain \
Higher productivity -- approx. 10 sec for a full-sheet color scan and 8
sec for B/W scan
IntelliLock automatic lock/unlock mechanism protecting the scanner’s
valuable optical system
Categorizing the scanned images for easy data retrieval
Combining multiple images into one file at the user’s option, similar
to one chapter consisting of several pages
Included BookPilot software is an easy-to-use book scanning software with
automatic rotation of page images, maintaining book layout and page sequence,
saving all the page images to convert to PDF, Word, etc, scanning to OCR,
easy cataloguing features, and transferring images to CD/VCD; Publish to CD
or VCD
Also bundled with: NewSoft Presto! PageManager ----Powerful document management
software for OCR, PDF creation, or format conversion to Microsoft Word or
Excel; Instant PDF creation; Network support to share files over a network;
Scans to application for further image editing and OCR; Browses image conveniently
by the SlideShow applet
Ulead Photo Impact 8.0 SE --Powerful image editing software featuring extensive
image and digital photos editing tools, easy web page creation;
Ulead Photo Explorer 8.0 SE Basic --Useful image management software to
quickly browse, organize, or enhance images. Create slideshows to share on
CD, publish to the web; View image thumbnails to quickly browse or organize
them; Full screen viewer to view images in detail; Burn slideshows to CD for
viewing on PCs, or create video CDs for TV viewing, viewing books; Export
slideshows as Windows screen savers
ABBYY FineReader 5.0 Sprint--High accuracy OCR software featuring 14 language
user interface and 176 language recognition; Recognizes 176 languages; Supported
file format: Open: BMP, PCX, DCX, JPEG, TIFF, PNG; Save: BMP, PCX, JPEG, TIFF,
PNG; Export to MS Word, MS Excel, Word Pro, WordPerfect
Customer Reviews and Rating
Customer Rating:
5
Customer Reviews:
3
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Reviewer:
Knowledgeable on
Dec 10, 2009 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
This is the second scanner I've ever purchased, and I am rather impressed. I haven't been a big fan of PaperPort over the years, but the software included with the scanner seems to work fine despite being such a resource hog. I couldn't find out how to have the software flip every other page, but doing that manually is as easy as selecting the necessary pages and performing the action once. I was able to learn to use the product enough to scan a book to PDF format within a relatively small amount of time, so the software seems intuitive enough. The quality of the scanning is excellent and won't disappoint if you are scanning books.
Reviewer:
Ogontion on
Oct 17, 2007 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
This is an amazing scanner. Apart from other things I'm digitizing my reference books and this does a great job with test and pictues. Graphics give much better results than from aphoto scanner with better resolution. I don't use the included software or side buttons but have my own Abbyy Finereader and other packages. The driver CD wouldn't load but I made a copy which worked. All worked well, and it didn't need te XP patch, since I had to revert back to get it working again. Highly recommended.
Reviewer:
translator on
Sep 01, 2005 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
This is an incredibly well designed and easy-to-use book scanner. You have to turn the pages, but other than that you just press a button once for each page. The software can automatically flip every other scan for you.
Limited Warranty: A full text version of the limited warranty
may be obtained by mailing a self addressed, stamped envelope to the
address below and requesting the warranty for item number:
P405-1036
TigerDirect.com
Warranty Information
7795 W. Flagler St. Suite 35
Miami, FL. 33144