Plustek SmartOffice PS406U
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Top specs and features
Plustek SmartOffice PS406U review: 23 facts and highlights
1. maximum scan size
Maximum scan size shows maximum dimensions of the scanned document.
216 x 1270mm²
Kodak Ngenuity 9125: 318 x 200000mm²
2. bit depth grayscale
Bit depth means the number of bits per pixel, so the higher the bit depth, the greater number of grayscales the system can scan.
8bit
HP Scanjet N6310: 48bit
3. Has an Auto Scan Mode
Auto Scan Mode detects the type of document being scanned – Photo, Post Card, Business Card, Magazine, Newspaper, Document – and automatically crops and saves files to PDF or JPEG format based on image type.
Plustek SmartOffice PS406U
45% have it
4. weight
2.7kg
Plustek MobileOffice S800: 78g
5. width
318.7mm
VuPoint Solutions PDSBT-ST43-VP: 22.86mm
6. ADF simplex scanning speed color
Automatic document feeder or ADF is a feature which takes several pages and feeds the paper one page at a time into a scanner or copier, allowing the user to scan, copy, print, or fax, multiple-page documents without having to manually replace each page.
40pages per minute
Kodak i5800: 210pages per minute
7. power consumption operation
How much power the device consumes when it's switched on.
24W
Avision MiWand 2 Pro: 1.2W
8. thickness
230.7mm
Planon DocuPen X: 0.5mm
9. Has an Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)
ADF allows multiple pages to be copied or scanned at one time without the need to place each individual page in the copier or scanner. You will need an ADF if you plan to scan documents on a regular basis—particularly documents longer than one or two pages.
Plustek SmartOffice PS406U
51% have it
10. Is a card scanner
Can scan your business cards and organize it into a digital file.
Plustek SmartOffice PS406U
36% have it
11. height
228.3mm
Planon DocuPen X: 0.5mm
12. scanner daily duty cycle
The duty cycle is the maximum number of pages you can scan each day and still get the scanner to live out its full life (measured in days or years).
4000pages per day
Kodak Ngenuity 9150: 150000pages per day
13. volume
16785.55cm³
Planon SlimScan SS100: 12.9cm³
14. ADF simplex scanning speed grayscale
Automatic document feeder or ADF is a feature which takes several pages and feeds the paper one page at a time into a scanner or copier, allowing the user to scan, copy, print, or fax, multiple-page documents without having to manually replace each page.
40pages per minute
Kodak i5800: 210pages per minute
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15. feeder tray capacity
If you have lots of long documents, a higher capacity might be of interest.
100sheets
Plustek SmartOffice PS406: 4000sheets
16. Has a Skip Blank Page function
With the Skip Blank Page function while scanning one-sided and two-sided documents at the same time, you can delete images of blank pages to produce scanned images without redundancy. This function is also effective with colored-paper documents that are blank.
Plustek SmartOffice PS406U
32% have it
17. Allows scanning documents directly into PDF format
Plustek SmartOffice PS406U
71% have it
18. Has a multi-feed detection
A special sensor that can detect when two or more pages are stuck together and going through the scanner at the same time.
Plustek SmartOffice PS406U
34% have it
19. USB ports
With more USB ports, you are able to connect more devices.
1
HP Scanjet Enterprise 7000nx: 4
20. power consumption on standby
How much power the device consumes when shut down but still plugged in.
0.5W
ScanShell 800NR: 0.2W
21. USB version
Newer USB versions are faster and have better power management.
2
Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 Sheet-Fed: 3
22. higher optical scan resolution
The highest resolution the scanner can put out without using software to make it bigger. In dots per inch.
600 x 600dpi
Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F: 9600 x 9600dpi
23. bit depth color
Bit depth means the number of bits per pixel, so the higher the bit depth, the greater number of colors the system can scan.
24bit
HP Scanjet G4050: 96bit
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