Planon Systems Handheld Portable Scanner RC-800
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Manufacturer: PlanonAudio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Model: RC800
Product features:
- The DocuPen RC800 uses rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that allows it to remain perpetually charged without utilizing a separate charging unit. Once a user plugs the DocuPen RC800 into a computer's USB port to download the scanned information, the scanner's batteries are automatically recharged
- Dual-roller guiding system to enhance the user experience by creating a smoother scanning operation and a more accurate scan. The dual-roller guiding system includes strategically placed rollers around the scanner lens to distribute operator's pressure evenly for smooth and easy scans
- Micro-SD memory card slot
- ScanSoft PaperPort SE-PC Software Included
- Stylish zippered sheep skin Leather Case Included
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Digital camera reviews of Planon Systems Handheld Portable Scanner RC-800
Digital camera Review: Just awful!
Summary: 1 Stars
It's terrible. If I knew how it would be I would not have bought it. Unacceptable even if it were a lot cheaper!
I didn't expect much quality for a scanner this size, but the image quality is so low that documents are unreadable sometimes. Scan speed is slow, and you have to wait for it to store the scan in memory (about 15-20 seconds per full-color page) before scanning another page.
Forget about the internal memory, which can barely hold 2 full-page color scans, you have to have a memory card (used Kingston 2GB micro-sd and it worked ok, despite the warning that only Sandisk memory chips would work). But the card is not formatted in a standard way, so you can't put it in a card reader to transfer images, and have to wait the incredibly slow transfer through the non-standard USB cable (I thought the connector on the device end would be mini-usb, but it's a proprietary connector). I had to wait about 15-20min for 16 color pages before I could even see the image thumbnails.
I bought it for work so that I could scan documents, both for reference and to print them later with my reports, but the scanned documents' quality is so poor I don't feel it's worth printing them, whether scanned in b/w, half-color or full-color. You would be better off just photographing the documents with a digital camera, which is a lot faster...
Summary of Planon Systems Handheld Portable Scanner RC-800
Planon introduces the DocuPen RC800 color handheld scanner - the latest technology breakthrough from the R&D efforts. Planon has been able to achieve full color 24 bit scanning in a remarkably compact and light form that provides you with the ultimate convenience. The RC800 is capable of storing 100s of pages into memory and it takes just seconds to scan a page. Choose the mode you want to scan: black and white, standard color or high 24bit color and the resolution from 100 to 400 dpi. Now you can scan your letters, color documents, pictures and bring them into Paperport software (included with the Docupen). The DocuPen is different from other pen sized scanners in that it scans a full page width and therefore scans the entire page including text and graphics in as little as 4 seconds. Other handheld and pen scanners only scan single lines of text or records handwriting and some scanners need to be attached to your computer whereas the Docupen overcomes these limitations. The need for convenient out of office scanning is enormous but has not been satisfied because the products to date did not fulfill that need adequately.Cameras and Photo
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