The PL806 is a document scanner from the ‘Smart Office’ series by Plustek. ... more
This means high-speed scanning in a compact design. These properties make the PL806 an ideal solution for workgroups and decentralised scanner applications.
Advantages: Lightweight, Portable, Compact, High Quality, Good Software & Bundled Stuff Disadvantages: Can't Scan In Books/Booklets/Full Size Newspapers Direct
Advantages: Inexpensive, very fast, high resolution good quality output Disadvantages: Unreliable and low quality construction
was quite prone to crashing causing me to have to restart the PC a few times, but the speed was fantastic. My old Canon FS-4000US scanner is so slow taking 10 minutes per full-resolution scan, the Plustek takes a minute. In fact I spent more time fiddling with the slides putting them into the mount than actually scanning. The resulting scans, while slightly noisier than other lower-resolution scanners I have used are wonderfully high resolution. Colours are also perhaps more subdued than the Canon, but of course, a few adjustments in Photoshop or Gimp soon fixes that.
The bad news however is that it turned out to be really unreliable, making some very strange grinding noises and something inside jamming (not sure what, but turning off the power usually fixed it) that became more frequent as time went on, eventually resulting in it being ...
I bought the Plustek Optic Pro P12 for one reason - it was very cheap - only £45 from Comet. Although when I got it home and started to use it I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the output.
It scans reasonably fast and is pretty good at OCR and images alike, the instructions are easy to use and so is the scanning software - although the software is pretty basic, enough for most users with a decent graphics application. The only bad point I can think of is the noise it makes - when scanning at a high resolution it makes a pretty loud vibrating noise.
Overall I would recommend the P12 to anyone for it's price there can't be much better. ...
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP1, Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4
Peripheral / Interface Devices
CD-ROM, USB port
System Requirements Details
Pentium III - 1 GHz - RAM 256 MB - HD 800 MB
Manufacturer's product description
The PL806 ADF document scanner, a member of Smart Office series, offers high-speed scanning capability and compact design, making it a perfect solution for workgroups and other decentralized scanning applications. The PL806 ADF scanner provides a maximum scanning speed of 8 pages per minute, optical resolution up to 600 dpi, and permits identify of large quantities of documents at high speed by built-in Auto Document Feeder (ADF) that holds up to 50 pages. Besides, it can be used as regular flatbed scanner easily, which adds ever more versatility to provide all your need. This PL806 ADF scanner is a truly versatile document scanner that puts up outstanding value and high performance, making it a perfect business and SOHO solution.
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