The Plustek SmartOffice PS4080U ($649) provides good speed and paper capacity as a desktop scanner designed for busy workgroups. Its software suite is well rounded, and its feature set includes a 100-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF). If your business needs to scan business cards or letter- or legal-size (or longer) paper in volume, the PS4080U gets the job done, with aplomb. DesignFinding a space for the PS4080U, which measures 9 by 12.6 by 9.1 inches (HWD), shouldn't be difficult. For a small scanner, it's capable of heavy-duty scanning, with a duty cycle of up to 4,000 sheets a day. The 100-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF) is generous for a desktop scanner. It can scan letter- and legal-size paper, as well as banners up to 200 inches long. The paper path is straight-through; sheets fed into the ADF emerge at the scanner's base. It scans business cards, as well as plastic cards. Software bundled with the scanner includes NewSoft Presto! PageManager 9 SE, Abbyy FineRea...
The Plustek SmartOffice PS4080U provides good performance and a solid feature set as a document scanner for busy workgroups.
Good optical character recognition (OCR) and business-card reading performance; 100-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF); Good speed
The single-character display is primitive for a workgroup scanner; Although scanning speed to searchable PDF is respectable, it's well out of the top tier