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Features
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OpticBook
3600
|
OpticBook
3600 Plus
|
OpticBook
3600 Corporate
|
Image
|
Save
to File |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Scan
to E-mail |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Scan
to Print |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Scan
to program |
PageManager
|
Customize
your own Image Editing Application
|
Customize
your own Image Editing Application
|
| Multipage |
n/a
|
PDF Image
(50 pages limitation)
|
PDF Image
|
OCR
|
Recognition
language |
176
|
176
|
127 with
Asian version support
|
Mixed
language
recognition
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
Yes
|
| Export
to Word |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Export
to Excel |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Export
to WordPad |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Export
to IE |
n/a
|
n/a
|
Yes
|
| Export
to Adobe Acrobat |
n/a
|
n/a
|
Yes
|
| Export
File Format |
|
|
|
Transfer
PDF to
Other document
Format
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
Yes
|
| Split
PDF |
n/a
|
n/a
|
Yes
|
| Merge
PDF |
n/a
|
n/a
|
Yes
|
| Detect
Orientation |
n/a
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page
Deskew |
n/a
|
n/a
|
Yes
|
| Import
File format |
|
|
|
BCR
(Business Card Recognition)
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
Yes
|
|
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Book Scanning
Method Comparison
|
| |
Advantages
|
Disadvantages
|
Book
on flatbed scanner
|
 |
Keep book in original state |
|
Low cost |
|
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Book spine shadow and text distortion |
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Must press down hard on the book, damaging binding |
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Images must be edited for clear viewing |
|
Some books cannot be scanned |
|
Professional
Book Scanner
|
|
High speed scan of two pages at once |
|
Good for delicate books |
|
Can scan larger size |
|
|
Cost - US $5,000-$150,000 |
|
Large size, setup time, calibration, maintenance |
|
Complicated to use |
|
Cut
book pages then scan on flatbed scanner
|
|
No book spine shadow or text distortion |
|
Low Cost |
|
|
damage the book |
|
Easy to get pages out of order |
|
Cut
book then load pages or copies of pages in scanner
ADF
|
|
No book spine shadow or text distortion |
|
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Damage the book |
|
Easy to get pages out of order |
|
Varying page thickness jams scanner or copier |
|
Copies of pages wastes paper, time, and money |
|
Plustek
OpticBook 3600
|
|
Low Cost |
|
No book spine shadow
or text distortion |
|
Easy to use |
|
Keep book in original
state |
|
Software automatically
rotates and organizes page images |
|
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