[bookshare-discuss] Re: A Book Edge Scanner
- From: "Larry Lumpkin" <llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:11:59 -0500
I very much appreciate your post concerning this scanner. We might have
considered it but for the following reasons:
1. mainly the inability to set brightness. the other hardware and software
problems we might could have lived with.
2. we already have an epson 1660 and a brand-new spare in the closet. If
they come out with a future model which performs similarly to the epson 1660
we might buy it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Baum" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <k1000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 1:58 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] A Book Edge Scanner
> We have just finished a quick evaluation of the Plustek OpticBook 3600. It
> is not widely available yet, but you can purchase it from the manufacturer
> at http://www.plustek.com, or from Alestron Inc. at
> http://store.alestron.us/opticbook3600.html
> Scanner Review
> September 2004
>
> Scanner: OpticBook 3600
>
> Scanner Manufacturer Web Site: <http://www.epson.com/>www.plustek.com
>
> Summary: The Plustek OpticBook 3600 scanner is the first commercial book
> edge scanner that we have seen in many years, and it costs less than 250
> dollars. One of the long edges of the scanner platen abuts the edge of the
> scanner body. If you are willing to scan one page of a book at a time, you
> would simply rest the book on the scanner such that the inside binding is
> against this edge. This is, of course, slower than scanning two pages at a
> time, but the quality of the scans will be excellent, without having to
> break the binding of the book.
>
> We have tested this scanner with version 9 of the Kurzweil 1000 and
> version
> 8 of the Kurzweil 3000. Until a new patch of release is made you must use
> the ScanConf diagnostic in the "Diags" folder and change the Native Scan
> setting to "On". Once this is done, the scanner works well, with a few
> troublesome exceptions. First, there is no control over scanner
> brightness.
> Second, the scanner lamp takes 60 seconds to warm up for the first scan,
> and for any scan after the scanner has been left idle (the idle period can
> be set to five or fifteen minutes). Third, the scanner software brings up
> its own progress dialogs while warming up and while scanning. The Kurzweil
> 1000 will steal focus back from these dialogs, but they may cause a
> reaction from a screen reader if you leave one running in the background.
> The scanner is reasonably fast: it will do a black and white scan in 10
> seconds, and a color or grayscale scan in 13 seconds.
>
> Details:
> · Speed (including scanner return time at 300 dpi)
> * Color or Grayscale - 13 seconds
> * Black and White - 10 seconds
> · Platen (flatbed) Size - 8.5" x 11.69" (A4)
> · Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) - NA
> * Support ADF - No
> * Capacity of ADF - NA
> * Maximum pages size - NA
> · Operating System - Windows 98, 2000 Professional, Me, or XP
> · Interface - USB (1.1 or 2.0)
> · Brightness/Threshold - No
> · Twain/WIA Support - Yes
> · Scanner Driver - OpticBook 3600
> · Background scanning - Yes
>
> Caution/Warnings:
> · Use of this scanner brings up a dialog, which may momentarily
> steal focus while scanning.
>
> Comments/Notes:
> · USB 2.0 has no effect on scanning time.
> · Scanner warm-up time on first scan 60 seconds and anytime the
> scanner idle (Power Saving ON)
> · You only need to install the Minimum Software Requirements for
> the
> scanner:
> o OpticBook 3600
>
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>
> If you have any questions on this scanner, need additional information, or
> would like to add your comments to this scanner review, please email
> <mailto:support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or call
> 800.894.5374 or 781.276.0600.
>
>
>
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