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Plustek Opticbook 3600 Book ScannerItem#: P405-1036 | Model#: 91N-BBM31-A
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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.
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Additional Specifications
- Interface: USB 2.0
- Technology Color: CCD image sensor
- Hardware Resolution: 1200 dpi
- Interpolated Resolution: 24000 dpi
- Scanning Modes:
- Color: 48-bit input, 24/48-bit output
- Grayscale: 16-bit input, 8/16-bit output
- B/W: 1-bit - Max. Flatbed Scanning area:
- 216 x 297 mm (8.5" x 11.69", A4/ Letter Size) - Action Buttons (regular):
- Custom
- E-Mail
- Copy
- OCR, Scan - 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
Specifications
Scanner Specifications |
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| Scanner Type | Flatbed | ||||||||
| Interface Connectivity | USB 2.0 | ||||||||
| Scanner Element | Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) | ||||||||
| Light Source | Cold Cathode Fluroescent Lamp | ||||||||
| Hardware Resolution | 1200 x 1200 dpi | ||||||||
| Interpolated Resolution | 24000 x 24000 dpi | ||||||||
| Color Depth | 48-bit | ||||||||
| Gray Scale Depth | 16-bit | ||||||||
| Power Source | AC Adapter | ||||||||
Scanner Compatibility |
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| Compatible OS | Windows 2000 | ||||||||
| Windows 98 | |||||||||
| Windows XP | |||||||||
| Windows ME | |||||||||
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4.8
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- 5.0
- Features
- 5.0
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- 4.0
- Reviewer:
- theprostud
- Date:
- Aug 16, 2011
good scanner for the money
I have had one of these for five years, and it has seen HEAVY use. The OCR probably isn't the best, but relatively speaking, it's an inexpensive book scanner. I was so please, that I bought a second one. (The light became unreliable on the first one though it's life was extended by advice from the very helpful tech support people I spoke with on the phone. Essentially, if the light doesn't light, place your fingertips at the ends of the light when it first starts up. The static electricity in your fingers can jump start the bulb. This has worked for the last 4 months for me). Considering the use I put it through, I consider the longevity of the first one to be fairly remarkable.
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1.5
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- 2.0
- Reviewer:
- YA
- Date:
- Apr 04, 2011
expensive and poor quality
I didn't mind paying that much money for a scanner however because I was paying a lot I've had more expectations than this scanner can deliver. scan quality is poor, OCR is not the latest and too many errors which is less that 75% accurate (useless feature). OCR was not automatic, and had to do it manually. interior surface of the glass is dirty and there is no way for me to clean it unless I take it apart. quality of scanned paper is poor. very disappointed
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4.8
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- 4.0
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- 5.0
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- 5.0
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- 5.0
- Reviewer:
- Jon
- Date:
- Jan 26, 2011
Exemplary product
Ive had this product over a month now and quite simply it delivered everything it said it would. It took a little trial and error to get it to work the way i wanted but eventually i got the hang of it. My only regret is the way the bed was designed. I would have preferred something that secured the book so it didnt slip during scanning sometimes. Otherwise i recommend this product for anyone. Especially us rpg gamers who have way to many books to tote around from place to place.
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4.5
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- 4.0
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- 5.0
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- 5.0
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- 4.0
- Reviewer:
- CDCom
- Date:
- Nov 11, 2010
Great scanner
I've had this scanner for a month now and have scanned many books already. It works as advertised and is quite fast. The feature I like best is being able to batch scan only the area I select, whatever the dimension. Most scanners allow you to scan only pre-determided formats: you end up loosing time scanning ''blackness''. Here are some minor drawbacks: The lamp heating delay (45 sec) is a little bit annoying for it rarely, but sometimes shows up in the middle of scanning. Also, the interface will sometimes stop responding needing a power-down of the scanner (which means lamp heating delay again) and restart of the system.
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5.0
- Value
- 5.0
- Features
- 5.0
- Quality
- 5.0
- Performance
- 5.0
- Reviewer:
- Ogontion
- Date:
- Nov 09, 2010
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. UPDATE: Still working fine after 3 years! A little dust got in the case but I tape over any joins in the casing to prevent further infiltrations.
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Warranty provided by: Plustek
Limited Warranty: 12 months parts; 12 months labor
Mfg Part No: 91N-BBM31-A
UPC No: 783064352659
Box Size: ( Length: 21, Width: 16, Depth: 8 )
Shipping Weight: 11.2000 pound(s)
Dimensional Weight: 12 pounds
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