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Plustek Opticbook 3600 Plus A4 Book Edge Pdf Ocr Scanner
Plustek Opticbook 3600 Plus A4 Book Edge Pdf Ocr Scanner
- A4 BOOK EDGE PDF OCR SCANNER
Product Name: OpticBook 3600 Plus Flatbed ScannerMarketing Information: What is PDF?PDF (Portable Document Format) is a universally accepted file format that retains all of the fonts, formatting, colors and graphics of documents that come from an originally created document, regardless of the software application or platform used to create itPDF provides more security, reliable and easy transit/exchange of the documentsIt could preserve the look and integrity of the original documents, including
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Review by awheat2000 for Plustek Opticbook 3600 Plus A4 Book Edge Pdf Ocr Scanner
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If you read other reviews saying the software is unstable, DO BELIEVE THEM. I took my chances and bought it anyway. I found out they were right. You can (and should) consider purchasing some other software and just leaving the CDs in the box (except the driver). I have a lot of thick books to scan (500-2000 pages each) and I’d say the software crashes at least 3 to 5 times per book (and that was AFTER installing the patch from the web site – it was much worse with the version in the box). About once every thousand pages, the software crashes and gets corrupted to the point where you have to completely uninstall it and the reinstall it. Sometimes, even that doesn’t do the trick and you have to know how to clean it out of the registry (NOT for the novice Windows user). The company does offer a clean-up utility to get it out of the registry but I found I still had to do it manually a few times. This is NOT acceptable and very discouraging. Find some other software and factor its price into the cost of this scanner when making your decision to buy. Now, as for the scanner itself… decent considering the cost (not a lot of other book scanners in this price range). Don’t expect every page to be perfectly straight the first time (I learned to live with it) but the clarity is good. The file sizes will add up, especially when you convert to a PDF. The PDF stores each page as a graphic (picture) and you cannot select and copy text as you might expect. I tried using the OCR feature that comes with it but found it did not do a perfect job of interpreting the graphic into text. What’s more, if you try to use OCR your PDF won’t look like the book. Overall, buy it if you intend to use 3rd party software.
Review by H. Lee for Plustek Opticbook 3600 Plus A4 Book Edge Pdf Ocr Scanner
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I was a big fan of this scanner until recently.
Opticbook scans books fast without damaging spines.
I used it very carefully.
I used another scanner of mine for non-book materials, because I didn’t want to waste the lamp life.
The result? The lamp died after around 200 scans!
I used it intermittently, so I was out of warranty when the lamp died.
I’ve used scanners of several manufacturers, and this is the first time that a scanner lamp died on me.
In sum, $300 for 200 scans is not recommendable at all.
Added: I got another reason to hate this scanner. Service of the company is horrible. I sent several emails about my problem, but never got answers.
Review by Avraham E. Amzallag for Plustek Opticbook 3600 Plus A4 Book Edge Pdf Ocr Scanner
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Aa long as you have no intention to upgrade to Vista, and if you want to scann books – this is the right scanner. But knoking on the company’s door for service, no matter how strong you knok – no body home… All my mails to the company asking about Vista driver were not answered. The scanner is good the service s………s The Plustek company doesn’t understand that good scanner + bad service = bad scanner.
I can only imagin what will be my fate if the scanner will for some reason- stop working. In this case my friend turn your plustek 3600 plus into a nice cofee table… I am looking for another scanner….
Review by tool timer for Plustek Opticbook 3600 Plus A4 Book Edge Pdf Ocr Scanner
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Great scanner for books ONLY… Do not recommend for documents. No feeder or alignment guides. Big buttons, easy operation. Scanned about 200+ big textbook pages per hour.
Review by D. Garvey for Plustek Opticbook 3600 Plus A4 Book Edge Pdf Ocr Scanner
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I liked this scanner so much that I bought a second one. (Note: I did not buy the “Plus” version, which only adds the ability to save directly to PDF. I bought my scanners before the Plus version became available. The software that came with my scanners does create PDFs as well, but not “directly.” I’m not sure if the direct-to-PDF feature is worth the extra $30 or $40; it may be if it generates higher quality PDFs with smaller file sizes.) I’ve had both for more than three years. I’ve installed them on both Windows XP and Windows 2000 (English and Japanese versions). I have never had a scanner install and work so flawlessly. Despite what some of the other reviews say, I have found the software to be stable and totally crash-free. Previously I have used Epson and HP scanners, and in my opinion the OpticBook 3600 offers comparable scan quality with software that is more innovative and less intrusive, if primitive looking in spots. The software does what it’s supposed to. Most notably, it allows you to scan each page of a book with just a touch of a button on the scanner, automatically rotating every other scan if you so specify in the settings.
My scanners came with a light version of Abbyy’s FineReader OCR software. I purchased an upgrade to the professional version for $100 or $150 (a free trial is available on Abbyy’s web site), and I have found it to be excellent (well worth the price of the upgrade). I chose Abbyy over OmniPage because the latter doesn’t provide a trial version (to my knowledge) and its activation policy struck me as too intrusive.
One issue that I’ve had is that occasionally the scanner lamp inexplicably fails to turn on after the warm-up. This usually happens when I haven’t used the scanner in a while, and the lamp always comes on after a reboot (once it took a couple of reboots). Scary the first time it happened, just a minor annoyance thereafter.
Overall, a very well designed product. If you have any need to scan books, I think you will be impressed with the innovation that went into this scanner and its software. There’s nothing comparable available that I’ve been able to find.
One word of warning. After I bought these scanners I bought an HP Photosmart all-in-one color printer/scanner/copier. When I installed the HP, I found that the OpticBook no longer worked. I eventually figured out that I could use the OpticBook again if I disabled the HP under Imaging Devices in Device Manager. However, even when enabled under Device Manager the HP will not work as a scanner with the OpticBook installed (it only works as a printer). I really only needed a printer anyway, and I’ve found the HP software to be so intrusive, bloated and annoying that I’ve vowed to avoid all-in-ones from now on. As soon as I get a chance, I’m going back to my trusty HP LaserJet, which has the added advantage of not prompting me to buy color ink cartridges every time I blink.
Finally, if you don’t like this scanner, you might have to spring for one by a company called Kirtas. Watch this demo – it’s a little scary:[...]
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