Plustek PS396 User Manual

Plustek PS396

SOFTWARE

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Hotcard BizCard Finder

BizCard Finder, provides Business Card Reading (BCR) Technology and
Photo /Document database for contact management. BizCard Finder
quickly and easily converts the vital contact information on business
cards into a convenient, searchable, digital database that can be easily
synchronized between PC, NoteBook, and PDA.

ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint

Unlocks the data inside paper-based documents, images and PDF
les with enhanced accuracy that eliminates the need for retyping
and reformatting. Tool that increases your productivity and eciency
which comes with simple user interface and supports recognition up
to 183 languages.

Plustek DI Express

Features accurate and ecient Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
for four Asian languages: Traditional Chinese, Simplify Chinese,
Japanese and Korean with automatic image processing functions
such as Color-Dropout, Threshold, Rotating. Import images, or
image PDF and convert to TXT, RTF, Searchable PDF, XLS formats,
and editable text.

Plustek DocAction

Button utility to simplify document scanning. DocAction enables you to
specify your personalized scanning conguration settings and scan
documents with the touch of a button. Scanned documents are
automatically sent directly to Printer, Email, Folder or FTP. DocAction also
enables you to scan directly to many imaging and document
management applications. DocAction saves scanned documents in all
common imaging formats including: JPEG, TIFF, and PDF.

Plustek PS396

High speed, reliable,

cost effective
document scanner

100

pages

departmental class

BUSINESS

CARD

ID
CARD

SEARCHABLE

CLOUD

SmartOffice Series

Plustek DI Capture

Image capture and management software featured with indexed
archives. Makes it easy manage and organize documents and images
eciently. Exports les in PDF, JPEG, TXT and XLS with exible le
naming options.

Hardware Requirements

Pentium IV 2.0 GHz processor (Pentium IV 3.0 GHz processor recommended)
CD-ROM Driver
One available USB Port (USB 2.0 recommended)
1GB RAM or higher recommended
800 MB free HDD space (1 GB or larger recommended)

As an international ENERGY STAR
Partner, Plustek has determined that this
product meets the international ENERGY
STAR Program for energy efficiency.

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Specication

Image Sensor CCD Sensor x 2
Optical Resolution 600 dpi
Hardware Resolution 600 x 600 dpi
ADF Capacity 1. 100 sheets (A4/ Letter, 70 g/m or 18 Lbs)

2. 30 sheets (Business Cards)

3. Plastic Card, Max. thickness under 1.2 mm.

Note: Maximum ADF capacity varies, depending upon paper weight.

Scanning Speed ( ADF ) 30 ppm/ 60 ipm (Grayscale mode, 200 dpi, A4 Portrait)
30 ppm/ 60 ipm (B&W mode, 200 dpi, A4 Portrait)
20 ppm/ 40 ipm (Color, 200 dpi, A4 Portrait)

and system memory.

Scanning Area (W x L) Max. 216 x 1270 mm (8.5” x 50”)
Min. 13.2 x 13.2 mm (0.52” x 0.52”)
Acceptable Paper Sizes (W x L) Max. 244 x 1300 mm (9.6” x 51”)
Min. 50.8 x 50.8 mm (2” x 2”)
Acceptable Paper Weight (Thickness) 40 to 220 g/m (10 to 58 Lbs)
Daily Duty Scan ( Sheets ) 4,000
Roller Lifetime (Scans) 300,000
Pad Lifetime (Scans) 50,000
Action Button 4 Buttons: Up, Down, Scan, Standby
9 Function Keys: Scan, PDF, OCR, File, E-Mail, Copy, BCR, FTP, DI Capture.

All Customizable.
Power Supply 24 Vdc/ 0.75 A
Interface USB 2.0
Net Weight 2.7 Kgs (5.95 Lbs)
Dimensions (W x D x H) 318.7 x 230.7 x 228.3 mm (12.55" x 9.08" x 8.99")
Protocol TWAIN Compliant
OS Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7

Note : Results may vary depending upon your scanning application, computer processor

The Plustek SmartOce PS396 is a 30 page per minute, duplex color document scanner that is not only fast, it’s
reliable and cost eective. Robust paper handling, advanced image processing and a high daily duty cycle all
add up to the perfect departmental scanning solution for document management, content management and
forms processing applications.

KEY FEATURES

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• Scan speed up to 30ppm/60ipm

• 100 page ADF capacity and a generous daily duty cycle up to 4000 pages

• Improved high quality imaging and robust paper handling.

• LED instant warm-up technology

• New quiet operation

• Scans plastic cards, insurance cards, license cards, business cards up to 1.2mm

• Scans long documents up to 50”

• Single touch scanning to popular formats including Searchable PDF, Word, Excel, JPEG and TIFF

• Automatic wake up when documents are placed in the feeder

• Advanced image enhancement to automatically straighten and rotate pages, adjust brightness, detect

color and increase OCR accuracy.

�• TWAIN and WIA drivers

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FEATURES

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Exceptional Document Handling

The SmartOffice PS396 features one of the most advanced document
feeding and separation system in the industry. This system allows the
SmartOffice PS396 to scan mixed batches of varying paper sizes and
weights.

No more wasted time sorting documents based on their size or
thickness. Plastic and rigid cards such as ID cards, Drivers Licenses,
Membership Cards, Insurance Cards and even long documents up to
50” are scanned without additional adjustments or additional set up.
The SmartOffice PS396 also features auto wake up that enables users to
simply place the paper in the scanner and wake up the scanner from
sleep / stand-by mode.

Exceptional Reliability

The 100 sheet feed tray along with a daily duty cycle of 4000 pages
means that the SmartOffice PS396 is a scanner that is designed to scan
documents every day, all day long.

Auto Threshold

Automatically thresholds the current
image into a binary black and white
image.

Automatically rotates document based
on the contents of the document.

Auto Rotate

Auto Mode

Automatically detects document color and scans document in
color, grayscale or black & white mode.

Normal Scan

Auto Crop & Deskew

Automatically straightens and crops
image to the documents actual size.

Multi-Image Output

Scans and saves documents in 2 or 3 color modes at same time.

Exceptional Productivity

Create searchable PDFs at the touch of a button. Single Touch scanning allows you to define 9 different scanning
functions that can all be accessed by simply pressing a button. In addition to Searchable PDF, you can transform your
paper documents into editable Microsoft Office document formats or common image formats such as JPG and TIFF. The
SmartOffice PS396 is bundled with business card reading software and a suite of document management and scanning
applications to allow you to be productive right out of the box. Industry standard TWAIN, ISIS and WIA drivers ensure
compatibility with thousands of image enabled applications.

With Auto Color Detection

Color Dropout

Removes red, green or blue color when scanning forms.

Blank Page Removal

Automatically removes blank pages without manual editing.

Fast scanning at speeds up

to 30ppm/60ipm in

Grayscale mode.

Effective scanning with large

Automatic Document Feeder

up to 100 pages.

Digitize paper business cards

into easily-managed and

sorted contacts, and turn your

business cards into

information.

Scans embossed rigid cards

such as ID cards, insurance

cards, drivers licenses and

credit cards up to 1.2mm.

Perfect for vertical

applications such as

healthcare, pharmacy,

accounting. hospitality, etc.

Save paper documents as

searchable PDFs at the touch

of a button and find your

information faster.

Easily upload files or scanned

images to a compatible server

of your choice including FTP

servers, Google Documents,

Microsoft SharePoint, Box,

Dropbox and Twitter.