[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: new scanner and OCR alert
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:51:19 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks for this article, Louise. This sounds
wonderful! Almost too good to be true. Has anyone here
actually used it anywhere? Hopwfully by the time I
need a new scanner the price will come down, but even
it not, it would be worth it to me from the point of
view of saving time.
Cindy
--- Louise <lougou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > New Scanner Eliminates Spine Shadow
> >
> > By Mike Berman
> >
> > Frustration is trying to scan pages from a book on
> a flatbed scanner.
> > The solution: the new OpticBook 3600 ($249) from
> Plustek.
> >
> > It's happened to all of us _- we try to scan or
> copy pages from a book
> > or other publication only to discover that some of
> the type is distorted
> > or the type
> > near the spine is lost in what has become known as
> "spine shadow."
> >
> > So, we end up either breaking the spine of the
> book to get it to lie
> > flat or cut the pages out of the book, neither of
> which is a desirable
> > solution.
> >
> > Enter, stage left, the OpticBook 3600.
> >
> > Plustek has developed what they call SEE (Shadow
> Elimination Element)
> > Technology, which allows book pages to lie flat on
> the bed of the
> > scanner and uses
> > a lamp with curved ends to scan type close to the
> book's spine. The
> > result is a readable, undistorted copy in
> eight-to-10 seconds.
> >
> > Of course the scanner has all of the features
> we've come to expect from
> > a flatbed including the ability to email, copy,
> and scan images at the
> > touch of
> > a button. But the additional "book action buttons"
> allow us to preview,
> > color scan, grayscale scan or text scan those
> pesky book pages.
> >
> > In addition, the scanner comes with Book Pilot
> software, which:
> >
> > _ It automatically rotates images as consecutive
> pages are scanned.
> >
> > _ It gives you an image preview in 3.5 seconds.
> >
> > _ It allows you to save images in JPG, BMP or PDF
> formats.
> >
> > _ You can convert images to Microsoft Word or PDF
> documents.
> >
> > _ You can adjust the scan frame size to fit the
> book size.
> >
> > _ You can save all the images of a particular job
> into one file.
> >
> > Plus you can scan to OCR, view images in "real
> time" to make adjustments
> > in contrast, brightness and gamma, and categorize
> your images.
> >
> > The scanner comes with the standard software
> bundle (except for Book
> > Pilot): NewSoft Presto Page Manager, ULead Photo
> Impact XL SE, ULead
> > Photo Explorer
> > SE and ABBYY FineReader 5.0 Sprint.
> >
> > Specs on the scanner, for those that are addicted
> to such things, are
> > pretty much what we've come to expect from the new
> generation of
> > flatbeds:
> >
> > _ A high-speed USB 2.0 interface.
> >
> > _ Hardware resolution of 1200 dpi with software
> interpolated resolution
> > of 2400 dpi.
> >
> > _ 48-bit input and 24/48-bit output scanning mode
> for color, 16-bit
> > input and 8/16-bit output for grayscale.
> >
> > _ Single-pass scanning mode.
> >
> > _ A cold cathode lamp.
> >
> > For more information, check out the company's web
> site at
> > www.plustek.com.
> >
>
>
>
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